Lottery

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

Increased costs for necessities might have helped lead to consumers dialing back purchases of scratch-off lottery tickets, as state economists reported Florida Lottery sales decreased during the past fiscal year.

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

A Publix shopper woke up millions of dollars richer on Sunday, after buying a winning Florida Lottery ticket from a store in Manatee County.

A ticket sold at a Pompano Beach gas station matched all six numbers in Wednesday night’s Florida Lotto drawing.

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.

Lottery fever is alive and well in South Florida ahead of a Mega Millions drawing with a $735 million jackpot. NBC6’s Marissa Bagg reports

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. 

The Powerball jackpot has reached an estimated $760 million, the sixth-largest prize in the game’s history. Here’s what the winner should do first.

A Hialeah man is feeling a gold rush after he won the $5 million top prize on a $20 scratch-off ticket, Florida Lottery officials said.

The deadline to claim a $44 million lottery ticket sold in Florida passed at midnight — and no one came forward.

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.

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 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.