Lottery

“We are going to head straight to Golden Corral and eat everything they’ve got,” Jerry Hicks said.

A great-grandmother from Pennsylvania who recently completed radiation treatments for breast cancer won $5 million on a scratch-off state lottery ticket.

A Massachusetts man accused of trying to extort his coworker for a share of a $3 million lottery prize had an arrest warrant issued just days before his trial was slated to begin. Joseph Reddem of Raynham was nowhere to be found for his final pretrial conference hearing on Monday inside Plymouth County Superior Court. When his attorney did not…

The Powerball jackpot has risen to an estimated $865 million — making it one of the largest Powerball prizes ever ahead of Wednesday night’s drawing.

The stars have aligned in the lottery universe like never before, with two jackpots totaling nearly $2 billion.

Attorney Andrew Stoltmann has represented 12 lottery winners, many of whom lost all their winnings through bad investments, reckless spending and greedy relatives. “Unfortunately, the people who win the lottery think at that point, the journey is over. And what they don’t realize is that the journey has really just begun,” says the Chicago-based Stoltmann.

The sixth largest Mega Millions jackpot ever is set to be drawn Friday night.

The Mega Millions jackpot increased to an estimated $687 million after no one beat the odds Tuesday night.

A Washington, D.C., man is suing Powerball and the D.C. Lottery for refusing to pay a $340 million prize last year after, the lawsuit claims, his numbers came up on the D.C. Lottery’s website. 

Millions, if not billions, are up grabs once a winning lotto ticket goes unclaimed. What to know about who gets to keep it.

A Michigan clerk’s error turned out to be a big win for an Illinois man purchasing a lottery ticket in New Buffalo.

A man who won one of the largest lottery payments in U.S. history has filed a federal lawsuit against the mother of his child in an attempt to keep his identity concealed. The man won a $1.35 billion Mega Millions jackpot earlier this year after purchasing a lottery ticket at a gas station in Lebanon, Maine. He has sued his…

Imagine buying a lottery ticket that hits a multi-million-dollar jackpot, but you didn’t know you won. You wouldn’t find out until weeks later when someone recognizes you on surveillance video and you discover you’re a part of an investigation conducted by the Massachusetts State Lottery and state police. That scenario plays out in “The $3 Million Mistake,” a new...

Imagine having a lottery ticket in your hand that turns out to be the winner of a multi-million-dollar prize — but instead of collecting the money, you return the ticket because it belongs to someone else. NBC10 Boston explores the situation in this new documentary.

Two tickets sold in Massachusetts hit for $50,000 each.

The Powerball lottery game finally has a new jackpot winner, after no one taking the grand prize home since July. A very lucky lottery player in California won the $1.73 billion jackpot during Wednesday night’s drawing, marking the first Powerball jackpot win in 36 drawings. Although nobody in Massachusetts won that big, there were still a couple of tickets that…

The Powerball jackpot climbed to an estimated $1.73 billion after no one matched the game’s six numbers Monday and won the giant prize.

The Powerball jackpot continues to rise, after no one got all six numbers during Wednesday night’s drawing for $1.2 billion — sending the massive grand prize even higher into the stratosphere. The jackpot prize has now risen to an estimated $1.4 billion. There were two tickets sold in Massachusetts that hit for $50,000, according to the lottery commission. Those tickets…

The Powerball jackpot climbed to an estimated $1.4 billion after no players matched all six numbers and hit it rich Wednesday night.

A $1.2 billion Powerball jackpot will be up for grabs after an 11-week stretch without a big winner.