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Mystery buyer buys $16.3M lotto ticket in NYC as others can only dream: 'Hopefully they spend it wisely'
A lucky person bought a winning $16.3 million lotto ticket at a shop in Manhattan — and money-hungry New Yorkers had plenty of advice Thursday about how to spend that...
Mega Millions ticket price more than doubling to $5 — with promise of bigger jackpots and higher odds
The lottery officials hope the larger jackpots and better chance of winning will draw in more customers even as ticket prices increase.
The Real Winners: How New York Lottery revenue benefits public schools
Since 1967, the New York Lottery has contributed more than $86 billion to schools statewide, including $3.8 billion in the last fiscal year.
Historic $2B Powerball champ soars through 10K race days after being cleared of theft allegations
Powerball winner Edwin Castro charged through a California 10K race Saturday morning — days after a judge cleared him of allegations he stole his record-breaking $2.04 billion ticket.
Mystery winner of $1.13B Mega Millions jackpot in NJ still hasn't claimed prize after 6 months
The mystery winner who bought a $1.13 billion Mega Millions ticket at a liquor store in New Jersey earlier this year hasn’t claimed the prize six months after hitting the...
Workers reveal 'craziest' way they learned store sold $810M Mega Millions ticket — and how much they will earn
The lottery player had purchased the ticket at the Murphy Express on at 7520 Highway 90A in Sugar Land and matched all six numbers drawn Tuesday night.
North Carolina woman wins second six-figure lottery prize on $1 ticket in less than a year
After federal and state taxes, she took home $247,456 in cash.
Mega Millions player wins $800M jackpot
The odds of winning the Mega Millions are an astronomical 1 in 302,575,350.
Winning streak: Nantucket diner sells three $1M lottery tickets since March
The third time was also a charm.
Homes in a posh NYC neighborhood list for less than $200K apiece -- but there's a catch
The 17 apartments at 160 W. 80th St. are being doled out via an income-restricted affordable housing lottery.
Winning $213.8M Powerball jackpot ticket sold in Pennsylvania
Monday’s result marked the 20th time the Powerball jackpot has been won in Pennsylvania since the Powerball game began in 1992.
One third of Americans have ideas they think could help them strike it rich
One in three Americans has an idea they think could one day make them wealthy, according to new research.
$2B Powerball winner Edwin Castro visits LA rage room after dining with mystery blonde at posh organic eatery
Edwin Castro -- the lucky $2 billion Powerball jackpot winner -- was spotted visiting a "rage room" in Los Angeles on Tuesday after dining out with a mystery blonde at...
$1M Powerball prize claimed in Massachusetts weeks before ticket's expiration
The winning ticket was purchased at Metro Mini Mart located in Watertown, Massachusetts.
Michigan lotto winner learns she won $207K prize from email in spam folder
The big win “couldn’t have come at a better time,” she said.
South Carolina couple $200K richer after plucking 'losing' lottery ticket back out of trash
An anonymous couple from South Carolina is thanking their lucky stars after one of them realized their "losing" lottery ticket was actually a big winner.
Tenn. store clerk caught on video stealing customer's $1M-winning lottery ticket: 'It's pretty obvious'
A Tennessee gas station clerk was allegedly caught on surveillance video stealing a customer's $1 million-winning lottery ticket — after pretending to throw it in the trash.
$2B Powerball winner Edwin Castro goes public with poet, model girlfriend in cozy Instagram posts
Payten Vincent, 24, snapped a photo alongside the California-born jackpot winner during an event at the Soho House in Malibu hosted by fashion mogul Giorgio Armani.
‘Is this for real?’: Couple wins $26.9M in lottery jackpot
“I’m just gobsmacked. I just can’t believe it,” the happy woman said.
$1.13 billion Mega Millions jackpot in NJ -- state's largest ever prize -- remains unclaimed months after drawing
“The $1.13 billion Mega Millions jackpot from Tuesday, March 26, that was won by a single ticket in Neptune, New Jersey, remains unclaimed at this time,” officials said.