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Lottery players will soon have more opportunities to hit the Powerball as it adds a third weekly drawing to its lineup.

It is the ninth-largest jackpot awarded in the history of the game, and the largest prize won in the state since 2010.

Someone bought a winning ticket for the $1.05 billion Mega Millions jackpot at a grocery store outside of Detroit

The Mega Millions jackup is up again – this time to $1 billion – and buyers are  clamoring at the chance to get a cut of the cash. “It’s definitely worth a couple of tickets,” said John Fitzgerald, a lotto buyer from Rocky Hill.  If the jackpot is won Friday night it would be the third-largest lottery prize ever, below…

Lottery players still have a shot at Mega Millions’ massive $750 million jackpot after Tuesday night’s drawing ended without a winner.

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The Mega Millions lottery game climbed to an estimated $447 million jackpot for Tuesday’s night’s drawing.

A western Wisconsin man will share his millions in lottery winnings with a longtime friend because of a promise they made to each other nearly three decades ago.

Arizona lottery officials say a sole winning ticket for Tuesday’s $410 million Mega Millions drawing was sold at a convenience store in a Phoenix suburb

Manuel Franco, the Wisconsin 24-year-old who won a $768.4 million Powerball jackpot, stepped out to claim the third-largest jackpot in history.

Manuel Franco said he felt lucky when he purchased five Powerball games last month at a Wisconsin gas station. The 24-year-old West Allis resident’s hunch was right. Franco matched all six Powerball numbers to win the $768.4 million prize, the third-largest jackpot in U.S. lottery history. “It feels like a dream,” Franco told reporters at a news conference Tuesday.

A single ticket that matched all six Powerball numbers to win the estimated $768.4 million jackpot — the third-largest jackpot in U.S. lottery history — was sold in a Milwaukee suburb, Wisconsin Lottery officials said Thursday. The ticket, worth a cash option of $477 million, was sold at a Speedway gas station in New Berlin, a city of about 40,000...

Lottery officials say the Powerball jackpot has ballooned to $750 million after no ticket matched all six numbers in the most recent drawing. The numbers drawn Saturday night are 24, 25, 52, 60 and 66, with a Powerball of 5.

The Powerball drawing took place Saturday night, offering players a $495 million jackpot — the 8th largest in the lottery game’s history. The winning numbers are: 30, 34, 39, 53, 67 and the Powerball is 11. The estimated cash option is $300.2 million. The Powerball jackpot was last hit in New York in the Dec. 26 drawing. Since then, there...

The only winning ticket for the $267 million jackpot in Friday’s Mega Millions drawing was sold in New Jersey, officials said.

Think you have a chance at winning the Lottery? Well, you do! But its a very, very small chance. Here are some things that are more likely to happen to you.

A lottery winner just minutes away from losing out on a chance to score a big Powerball payout managed to make it with minutes to spare when she first bought her ticket at a Southern California 7-Eleven.

The Mega Millions jackpot rolled once again on Tuesday night, reaching an estimated $415 million after no ticket matched all six numbers drawn. The numbers were 15, 17, 20, 35, 55 plus Mega Ball 7. The jackpot rose to $390 million ahead of Tuesday’s drawing. But with no winning tickets sold, a $415 million or $286 million cash jackpot is...

The Mega Millions jackpot has risen to $363 million after no ticket matched all six numbers drawn Tuesday night. The numbers are 6, 13, 21, 49, 50 plus the Mega Ball 10. The prize grew to $363 million since no winning tickets were selected last Friday night. The jackpot rolled again to an estimated $363 million ($244 million cash) —...