A Michigan woman had never played the lottery before in her life, but her first ticket, which she received as a gift, was all it took for her to win a $500,000 prize.
One Michigan woman had some outstanding beginner's luck on her first-ever lottery ticket, a gifted one no less, and she technically never even played it.
The anonymous Genessee County resident didn't think much of the $5 "Detroit Tigers" scratch-off ticket she was given, even tossing it to the side to come back to another day.
The Ontario Lottery and Gaming Corporation (OLG) is urging a mystery lottery winner to come forward before a $40 million (US$28 million) Lotto Max jackpot slips away at the end of the month.
The Holiday Millionaire Raffle is underway in Kansas, giving players in the state their best odds at winning $1 million before the end of the holiday season.
Lottery players across the state of Maryland have collectively hit it big after one week of wins valued at $10,000 and more resulted in a massive total payout of $29.5 million.
The North Carolina Lottery has paid out exactly $1 million post-tax to a player who won a top prize in a game that factors in taxes to guarantee the million-dollar amount.
The British government is weighing a proposal to ban licensed betting operators from taking wagers on the outcome of the newly launched Powerball draw game in the United Kingdom.
The ex-Circle K manager embroiled in a legal battle over a $12.8 million Arizona Lottery jackpot-winning ticket has picked up an unexpected supporter: a former NFL player with alleged ties to the convenience store chain.
