A Quick Pick becomes $1 billion: $2 changes everything
By Kate Northrop
The Illinois Lottery has confirmed the handoff of a billion-dollar Powerball jackpot to one, lone winner.
The wait is over — the winner of the $1.04 billion Powerball lottery jackpot from Illinois has come forward to claim their prize.
While Illinois state law allows lottery winners of $250,000 prizes and more to claim their winnings anonymously, they shared with Lottery officials what it was like to claim the second-largest lottery prize ever won in the state.
Since winning a £115 million (US$ 155.3 million) EuroMillions jackpot seven years ago, the Irish lottery winner says she has given half her fortune away.
A Michigan lottery winner was lucky to discover a missing Fantasy 5 jackpot winning ticket worth $240,955 but intentionally waited until the deadline to claim it.
There's a "Lightning Ball" promotion running for the Wisconsin Lottery's Badger 5 draw game that's only available for a limited time, and it offers additional chances to win more cash at no extra cost.
After the Megabucks jackpot went on an unbelievable nine-month climb and smashed previous prize records, one ticket in Massachusetts just made state lottery history and won a $29.71 million jackpot.
The Michigan Lottery has increased the threshold for prize claims in person from $600 to $999, allowing players to redeem greater prizes at convenient spots located around the state.
The Hoosier Lottery has announced that it is offering cash payments for scratch-off tickets that had appeared to win big prizes but were in fact misprints.
New Jersey lottery players will have an extra chance at winning a million dollars — plus tickets to a New York Jets football game — if they play Pick 6 and enter a special promotion this month.
The Multi-State Lottery Association (MUSL) has officially announced the start date for the new Powerball Xs and Os game, which aims to combine two of America's favorite pastimes: football and the lottery.
The lottery player who won the $800 million Mega Millions jackpot in Florida in July has claimed the prize quietly, but we still won't know their identity for some time.
The California State Lottery Commission has been awarded judgment along with more than $150,000 in attorneys' fees and costs following the dismissal of a lawsuit brought by a man who claimed he was improperly denied a $750,000 payout on a winning high-stakes poker ticket, according to court documents obtained on Friday.
