Lottery news stories

The DC Lottery launched its first-ever $50 scratch-off ticket this month, raising the bar for the most expensive lottery ticket available in the District.

Lightning struck twice for one Virginia woman, who brought home yet another $100,000 prize in the lottery in the form of a Powerball prize.

In the early hours of Friday morning, the Texas House of Representatives passed a two-year $337 billion budget that would effectively eliminate all funding for the Texas Lottery.

A truck driver from Wisconsin was on his regular route through Virginia when he stopped and landed the "big one" — a $1 million prize in the lottery.

It was a lucky day for one North Carolina veteran, who won a $100,000 Keno lottery prize while already waiting to claim a separate $50,000 prize.

The winner of a $7.5 million Lotto Texas jackpot is suing the group that bought nearly every single number combination to win $95 million because he asserts his prize would have been worth more than $100 million had a London-based betting company not orchestrated the scheme.

The Mega Millions Consortium announced the results of the first drawing under the new Mega Millions game, in which players won 5X more prize winnings than they would have under the older version of the game.

The Oregon lottery winner of a $1.3 billion Powerball jackpot said the jackpot has been essential in providing security for himself and his family, but a travel-centric lifestyle is on hold while he continues his fight against cancer.

Since winning an $80 million Powerball jackpot in 2019, a loving Michigan couple have used it as an opportunity to channel a long-lost passion and start a non-profit ranch that benefits others in need.

Tonight will mark the last and final Mega Millions multi-state game drawing before ticket prices increase from $2 to $5 and the major anticipated game changes take effect.

A Massachusetts custodian will be able to fulfill a childhood dream and improve his quality of life thanks to a lucky $1 million win in the lottery.

A Virginia woman showed up at Virginia Lottery offices behind some flashy dollar-sign shades to conceal her appearance while claiming a $1 million prize.

A Pennsylvania woman is heartbroken beyond belief after realizing the winning Cash 5 ticket worth $2.6 million she purchased was in the pocket of a jacket she had donated.

Last night's Powerball drawing produced a single winning ticket for the $526.5 million jackpot, giving someone in California a half a billion reasons to celebrate.

A Kentucky woman brought in and posed with a carton of eggs while claiming a $281,651 online lottery prize at the Kentucky Lottery headquarters.

A Michigan man who won big in Daily 3 decided to reinvest a chunk of his prize into a Fast Cash ticket and ended up winning a record-breaking $2.39 million jackpot.

A Florida woman was arrested after stealing 30 books of scratch-off tickets valued at nearly $36,000 in total.

The Michigan House of Representatives passed a bill that would grant anonymity to all lottery winners of multi-state game prizes.

The lawyer who is currently representing the anonymous winner of the $83.5 million Lotto Texas jackpot warned that additional state investigations may be on the way that could further delay his client's prize payout.

A big lottery bill that simultaneously aims to crack down on tax evasion and enforce lottery winner privacy passed with flying colors in the Oregon House of Representatives last week.