Cook County gas station sells $3M winning scratch-off ticket

An Illinois Lottery player turned $30 into $3 million after a winning scratch-off ticket landed the game's top prize.

Powerball jackpot bumps up to $1.4 billion
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Powerball's search for the next billionaire continues after no winners were identified in Wednesday's lottery drawing.

Powerball jackpot up to $1.4 billion after no winners

Feeling lucky? America awaits the grand prize lottery winner for Powerball's $1.2 billion jackpot drawing.

Illinois Powerball players line up for ticket grab challenge ahead of jackpot drawing
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Powerball players are jumping at the chance to win a $1.2 billion jackpot on Wednesday. The Illinois Lottery hosted a ticket grab challenge in River Grove ahead of the drawing, where people waited in line to grab as many flying Powerball tickets as they could in five seconds.

Powerball jackpot soars to $1.2 billion after another drawing without big winner

The prize on the line for the next drawing Wednesday night has grown so massive because there have been 33 straight drawings since someone won the jackpot.

$1.04 billion Powerball jackpot tempts players to brave long odds

The prize is the world’s ninth-largest lottery prize behind earlier drawings of Powerball and Mega Millions, the other nearly nationwide lottery game.

Florida woman's $2900 lottery win taken by state because it overpaid her unemployment during pandemic

A woman in Kissimmee won nearly $3,000 on a Florida lottery ticket only to learn the state would not pay her. She was told it was because she was overpaid in unemployment benefits during the pandemic.

Powerball jackpot now up to $925 million after no grand-prize winners

The search continues for Powerball's jackpot winner. Powerball's jackpot will be just short of $1 billion after no one got all six winning numbers for Wednesday's drawing.