Lottery news stories

A bill introduced to South Carolina legislature aims to reinstate a school voucher program that will allow state lottery revenue to be spent on private school tuition in addition to public education.

$2 billion Powerball lottery winner Edwin Castro's $3.8 million Malibu home was one of the many homes flattened in the Palisades Fire disaster that has been ravaging Los Angeles County since Tuesday.

A Jersey Cash 5 jackpot winner was skeptical of their $678,674 win, but a coincidental run-in with a New Jersey Lottery official assured them that it was entirely real.

The Texas Lottery has implemented age verification measures on its self-service vending machines across the state to deter ticket sales to underage individuals.

An encounter with an inconsiderate driver on the road led to a Maryland man using their license plate numbers in a Pick 5 drawing and winning an astounding $500,000 prize.

A North Carolina woman entered the New Year with a $1 million Powerball prize, having bought her ticket on New Year's Eve for the New Year's Day drawing.

A seasoned Arkansas lottery player rounded off 2024 with a $200,000 win, a significant improvement from her previous prize record of $5,000.

A longtime lottery enthusiast, who has dedicated 35 years to playing, won the Pick 5 $50,000 top prize for the second time using the same numbers.

The $139 million Powerball jackpot from the July 3, 2024 drawing, won by a single ticket purchased in Ohio, quietly expired amid the excitement of the New Year.

One Iowa woman's dream of winning the lottery came true on Christmas Day after she received a gift from her husband in the form of a winning $250,000 ticket.

Have a happy, successful, and lucky 2025!

After a month's worth of attempts from the Hoosier Lottery to locate the missing winner of a $1 million winning Powerball lottery prize, one Indiana couple stepped forward just five hours before it was set to expire to claim it.

An annual family tradition turned this Christmas into one to remember after an Iowa woman found out the lottery ticket in her stocking was worth $150,000.

After a run of 30 drawings without a jackpot winner, the 31st drawing of the multi-state Mega Millions game produced a single $1.22 billion winner last night when one lottery ticket sold in California matched all five numbers plus the Mega Ball.

After nobody won a billion-dollar Christmas Eve jackpot, lottery players around the country are lining up for an even larger jackpot set to draw Friday.

May the spirit of Christmas fill your heart with peace, love, and joy.

Spain's legendary annual El Gordo, which translates to "The Fat One," has once again captivated the nation with millions of viewers glued to their screens for the annual event that handed out €2.7 billion (US$2.8 billion) in prize money.

The New Jersey lottery winner of the $1.128 billion Mega Millions jackpot drawn on March 26 has officially submitted the winning ticket and started the claims process.

Nine months after Mega Millions delivered a $1.13 billion jackpot to one ticket sold in New Jersey, the multi-state lottery game is back with a jackpot to be drawn Tuesday that is also nearing the $1 billion mark.

During the season of peace and cheer, there's no better time to discover how one New Jersey family's touching story of hope revolves around the shared love of lottery games and the excitement it brings to an ailing father.