The ticket matched all six numbers in Tuesday night’s drawing, claiming the estimated $800 million prize, or $344.2 million as a lump-sum cash payout.
Some states hit the jackpot more often. This map illustrates the idea that luck isn’t evenly distributed when it comes to gambling wins across the U.S. States like California and Florida have seen record-breaking lottery prizes, whereas others still await their first big win. But why do certain states produce so many winners?
Here's something to add to your holiday weekend list: Saturday’s Powerball jackpot is estimated at $1 billion, the sixth-largest prize in the game’s history.
Mega Millions players will get slightly better odds and should start seeing more billion-dollar jackpots, but at a cost — literally — with tickets for the multistate lottery more than doubling in price from $2 to $5.
At least one Mega Millions player has plenty of dough to ring in the New Year after drawing the winning number.
There are some horror stories how winning the lottery actually turned out to be the worst thing for some people, but not for two people from Brevard County.
Americans still dreaming of a really big Christmas present can keep that dream alive during Friday’s Mega Millions drawing for a jackpot worth an estimated $1.15 billion.
The cost of a Mega Millions lottery ticket will soon more than double, but officials said they’re confident players won’t mind paying more after changes that will lead to larger prizes and more frequent winners.
Someone in New Jersey who bought a single ticket overcame the odds and won the $1.13 billion Mega Millions jackpot, breaking a winless streak that dated to last December.
The Powerball jackpot has increased to an estimated $865 million after yet another drawing without a big winner, continuing a winless streak that dates to New Year’s Day.
The winning numbers for a nearly $1 billion Mega Millions lottery prize will offer sudden riches to any lucky player who matches them and almost certain disappointment for everyone else.
The Mega Millions jackpot has reached $977 million for Friday night’s drawing after no tickets matched all six numbers drawn on Tuesday night.
Estimated jackpots for Powerball and Mega Millions have respectively reached $412 million and $607 million ahead of their drawings this week, signaling that more than $1 billion in lottery winnings could soon be on its way to the nation’s luckiest.
The Florida Lottery has confirmed that the deadline for claiming the unclaimed MEGA MILLIONS jackpot-winning ticket, worth $36 million, expired on Sunday at midnight.
If it seems like lottery jackpots topping $1 billion are more common nowadays, it's because they are.
The Mega Millions jackpot climbed to an estimated $1.05 billion after no one beat the tough odds and won the giant prize.
The Mega Millions jackpot climbed to an estimated $910 million after a drawing without a winner extended a stretch of bad luck dating back to April.
Lottery dreamers are setting their sights on the growing Mega Millions jackpot now that a ticket worth more than $1 billion finally has been sold for the Powerball lottery.
Your chances of winning the lottery are extremely slim — even as more and more eye top prizes soaring to jaw-dropping heights.
The Mega Millions top prize has grown again to an estimated $640 million after there was no winner of the lottery’s latest giant jackpot.
Convenience stores are swamped as the Powerball and Mega Millions jackpots soar to some of their largest in the history of the games.
Two Central Florida players won $3 million and $1 million in separate Mega Millions lottery draw games, officials announced Thursday.
Maine scored its first Mega Millions jackpot when a ticket purchased in the state matched the winning numbers for the lottery’s estimated $1.35 billion grand prize.
After nearly three months of lottery losing, will someone finally break the trend and win a $1.1 billion Mega Millions jackpot.
After another drawing with no winner, Mega Millions drawing on Tuesday night will mark the third largest prize in U.S. history with an estimated $1.1 billion.
Lottery players whose numbers didn't hit or who forgot to even buy a ticket will have another shot at a nearly $1 billion Mega Millions prize.
Someone could win more than half a billion dollars in the Mega Millions lottery Tuesday, but that jackpot wouldn't even rank in the top 10 as the prizes have grown bigger in recent years.
The holiday shopping season — for Mega Millions lottery ticket buyers, at least — is ramping up as officials say the estimated jackpot for Tuesday night’s drawing has surpassed half a billion dollars.
Florida lottery officials announced that one of two Mega Millions lottery winning tickets was purchased in the Sunshine State from Oct. 14′s drawing.
There is a lot of money up for grabs this weekend as the Mega Millions jackpot rose to $494 million for this Friday's drawing and $454 million for Powerball’s Saturday drawing.
Lottery officials say two people who wish to remain anonymous have claimed a $1.337 billion Mega Millions jackpot after a single ticket was sold in a Chicago suburb for a late July drawing, opting to take a lump sum payment of $780.5 million.
The Mega Millions drawing is tonight with a jackpot of over a billion dollars. And that has scam artists trying to capitalize on the opportunity and rip people off.
Now that the Mega Millions lottery jackpot has topped $1 billion, plenty of people who rarely play the game are considering risking $2 or joining an office pool in hopes of an immense payoff.
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