Lottery

A 70-year-old Maryland woman took home a top lottery prize after reportedly joking about winning big with her husband. The anonymous winner is a grandma of 12.

A Maryland resident in Prince George County has won a grand prize of $750,000 after his 15 lottery tickets, each with identical numbers, hit in a single drawing.

A woman from New Hampshire has won a $25,000-a-year-for-life prize from the multi-state Lucky for Life lottery game, and it happened around the time of her 43rd wedding anniversary.

A Mega Millions player in Florida claimed the massive $1.58 billion jackpot after Tuesday night's drawing, marking the largest prize ever offered in the game.

Mega Millions has created plenty of winners — and even made some millionaires — in the more than three months that a drawing hasn't produced a jackpot winner.

The Mega Millions jackpot surpassed the previous record to an estimated $1.55 billion after the Friday evening drawing resulted in no ticket matching all six numbers.

People who tried who played the lottery and came out unsuccessful can get a free sugary snack from Krispy Kreme, the doughnut chain said. The offer ends Wednesday.

The Mega Millions jackpot ballooned to an estimated $1.25 billion after the Tuesday evening drawing resulted in no ticket matching all six numbers.

The options through which Mega Millions lottery winners can receive their windfalls have garnered attention in recent days in light of how massive the jackpot has grown now over $1 billion.

The Mega Millions jackpot now stands at $1.05 billion, an estimated $527.9 million, after no players claimed the winning ticket following Friday night's drawing.

The Mega Millions jackpot now stands at $910 million after no players claimed to have the winning ticket following Tuesday night's drawing.

The Mega Millions top prize has grown again to an estimated $820 million, an estimated cash value of $422 million, as the game continues with no winner since April.

Greg Escue, a Michigan native, has taken home a lottery jackpot worth nearly $193,000 after he said he lost his winning tickets in his car. He feared they were "nowhere to be found."

The owner of a Los Angeles, California, convenience store was surprised after he learned that his store had sold the winning Powerball ticket for the $1.08 billion jackpot.

The lucky winner of this week's $1 billion Powerball jackpot, the third-largest purse in history, lives in California, and 36 other million-dollar winners are scattered across the U.S.

One lucky Californian won the $1.08 billion Powerball jackpot on Wednesday, marking the third-largest prize in the game's history.

Tuesday's drawing for Mega Millions lifted the estimated combined jackpots of it and Powerball to a new high. The combined jackpots have been above $1 billion since early July.

The Mega Millions top prize has grown again to an estimated $720 million as the game continues with no winner since April.

Monday's Powerball drawing ended without a winner, allowing additional ticket buyers to join in on a contest to win a new jackpot of $1 billion. The next drawing is Wednesday.

A North Carolina mother and son are a lucky duo after both of them have taken home big lottery wins less than a month apart. Each winner took home over $350,000 in winnings.