Lottery

A single ticket sold in California won Friday’s $1.22 billion Mega Millions jackpot, the lottery announced Saturday morning.

Mega Millions is played in 45 states plus the District of Columbia and the U.S. Virgin Islands. The five states that do not participate in this lottery are Alabama, Alaska, Hawaii, Nevada and Utah.

Larger payouts attract more media attention, increase ticket sales and bring in new players.

Depending on where you live, you could miss out on $125 million of your winnings due to state taxes.

There was no jackpot winner on Christmas Eve, raising the pot to $1.15 billion for the Friday drawing.

The jackpot has been growing for more than three months.

The Mega Millions jackpot has increased to an estimated $944 million after another drawing without a big winner Friday night.

An $862 million Mega Millions jackpot is up for grabs Friday night, giving a lucky player the chance to stuff tons of stockings this holiday season.

It’s been nearly 100 days since someone won a Mega Millions jackpot prize. After there were no winners in Tuesday night’s drawing, the jackpot swelled to $825 million with a cash option of nearly $400 million. The next drawing is scheduled for Friday night, Dec. 20 at 11 p.m. Eastern time. Will someone finally win and take home a very…

The Mega Millions jackpot keeps growing after there were no jackpot winners in Tuesday night’s drawing. One winner in North Carolina will walk away with a $4 million prize after after getting all five numbers plus the Megaplier, but no one successfully picked all five numbers and the Mega Ball. The next drawing will be this Friday with the estimated…

The jackpot for Tuesday night’s Mega Millions drawing is estimated at $541 million. For a winner selecting the cash option, they’ll win $257.6 million. The next Mega Millions drawing is scheduled for Tuesday, Dec. 3 at 11 p.m. The last Mega Millions jackpot winner was on Sept. 10, 2024 when a winner won $810 million in Texas. Mega Millions is…

With no jackpot winner in Tuesday’s Mega Millions lottery drawing, the grand prize has climbed to $514 million for Friday’s drawing. The winning numbers Tuesday were: 5, 22, 24, 39, 42 and Mega number 3. There were two Match 5 winners in California, and one Match 5 winner in Louisiana who selected the Multiplier. The cash option amount for Friday…

A New Jersey woman just entered the millionaire club. The state’s lottery program announced that Stacey Fiore, an MTA supervisor stationed on Staten Island, won the Powerball prize last weekend. Fiore plays the Mega Millions and Powerball lotteries weekly, according to lottery officials. She ran into her local Quick Stop last Saturday and pulled a quick pick, which turned...

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

Beginning in April 2025, the price of a Mega Millions ticket will increase from $2 to $5, the game’s second price increase since it launched in 2002. NBC New York’s Rana Novini reports.

In a coastline New Jersey community, there’s a mystery unfolding that no one seems to know the answer to: why hasn’t the big jackpot winner come forward?

Adam Harding reporting on the search for the winner of the billion-dollar jackpot. 

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

A NJ resident won the biggest jackpot in history! NBC New York Checkey Beckford reports.

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.