Lottery winners

MADISON, Wis. (AP) — A 24-year-old Wisconsin man stepped forward Tuesday to claim a $768 million Powerball prize, the nation’s third-largest lottery jackpot, saying he “pretty much felt lucky” the day he bought his tickets and has been worried that people want to steal his ticket. Manuel Franco, of West Allis, said he was sorting […]

Last October, someone in Simpsonville, South Carolina won the nation’s largest Mega Millions jackpot of $1.5 billion. And since then, no one has claimed the prize, setting up one of the lottery’s biggest mysteries. They still have some time as the deadline to turn in the ticket or forfeit the jackpot is April 19th. But […]

What would you do if you found out you won $298 million? Would you keep your day job? Well, most of us would be like David Johnson, a truck driver from Queens, N.Y. who was unknowingly carrying around a winning ticket. According to ABC 7 News, Johnson, who worked across the street from Arnold’s Service […]

DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — The Mega Millions prize was already giant, but now it’s even bigger. Lottery officials have increased the estimated jackpot for Tuesday night’s drawing from $654 million to $667 million, making it the third-largest grand prize in U.S. history. The increase reflects a surge in ticket sales. The record lottery jackpot […]

A New Jersey man raked in $24 million after finding a lottery ticket in one of his old shirts.

CHINO HILLS, Calif. (AP) — While Californians have mused for months about the mystery buyer of a Powerball ticket worth $528.8 million, the couple holding the lucky numbers was busy lining up lawyers and financial advisers to help them handle their enormous winnings. Flanked by security, Marvin and Mae Acosta went to a state lottery […]

For some people, winning the lottery is the break of a lifetime. For others, its a tragedy. That was the sad case for Craigory Burch, Jr. who was killed in January of this year after winning almost $500,000 in the Georgia State Lottery. Burch was shot in front of his girlfriend after using some of […]

LOS ANGELES (AP) — Only hours remain before a $63 million California Lottery prize slips through somebody’s fingers. The winning SuperLotto Plus ticket must be delivered to a lottery office by 5 p.m. Thursday or the money will be forfeited to the state’s schools. The ticket was sold on Aug. 8 at a 7-Eleven store […]

In the midst of all the excitement about the billion dollar Powerball, which has at least one winner in California at press time, at least one previous winner is finding that old adage of ‘More money, more problems’ to be true. Not only was Powerball winner Marie Holmes issued a criminal summons for making threats, […]