Lottery

“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.

Millions, if not billions, are up grabs once a winning lotto ticket goes unclaimed. What to know about who gets to keep it.

A Michigan clerk’s error turned out to be a big win for an Illinois man purchasing a lottery ticket in New Buffalo.

One person who played Cash5 won $100,000 on Sunday night. The winning numbers were 15-19-21-26-30. The ticket was sold at the Queen Street Exxon in Southington.

The Powerball jackpot climbed to an estimated $1.73 billion after no one matched the game’s six numbers Monday and won the giant prize.

The Powerball jackpot climbed to an estimated $1.4 billion after no players matched all six numbers and hit it rich Wednesday night.

A $1.2 billion Powerball jackpot will be up for grabs after an 11-week stretch without a big winner.

A $1.2 billion Powerball jackpot will be up for grabs after an 11-week stretch without a big winner.

The Powerball jackpot climbed to an estimated $1.2 billion after no players hit it big Monday night.