Lottery

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.

Someone won $100,000 playing Cash5 on Wednesday night. The winning numbers were 1-5-10-27-34. The ticket was sold at In & Out Market at 88 Quinnipiac Ave. in North Haven, according to the CT Lottery website.

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

There was a $100,000 Cash5 jackpot winner in Connecticut on Friday. The winning numbers were 4-5-12-19-26. The ticket was sold at News Express on Tunxis Hill Road in Fairfield.

Someone won the $100,000 Cash5 jackpot on Thursday and it was the second day in a row. The winning numbers on Thursday were 1-5-7-11-18. The ticket was sold at Isaacs Mini Mart at 18 Mountain Ave. in Bloomfield. This was the second day in a row with a Cash5 jackpot winner. On Wednesday, a South Windsor resident bought a...

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

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.

Many have their mind on the Powerball and Mega Millions, especially customers who went to One-Stop Convenience Store in Cheshire.  Joan Hickey said she doesn’t play these games too often, but she’ll sometimes make exceptions. “Only when the money gets higher,” Hickey said. Monday night’s Powerball jackpot was $800 million – an estimated cash value of $384.8 million. “It’s...

The stars have aligned in the lottery universe like never before, with two jackpots totaling nearly $2 billion.

Attorney Andrew Stoltmann has represented 12 lottery winners, many of whom lost all their winnings through bad investments, reckless spending and greedy relatives. “Unfortunately, the people who win the lottery think at that point, the journey is over. And what they don’t realize is that the journey has really just begun,” says the Chicago-based Stoltmann.

The sixth largest Mega Millions jackpot ever is set to be drawn Friday night.

The Mega Millions jackpot increased to an estimated $687 million after no one beat the odds Tuesday night.

A Washington, D.C., man is suing Powerball and the D.C. Lottery for refusing to pay a $340 million prize last year after, the lawsuit claims, his numbers came up on the D.C. Lottery’s website. 

The Powerball jackpot has reached an estimated $760 million, the sixth-largest prize in the game’s history. Here’s what the winner should do first.