Lottery News

Maryland Lottery officials say a software problem made it impossible for some winners of the Powerball game to claim their prizes for a time over the weekend.

It could be an anxious wait of up to two months for people in a small Florida city to find out who won the highest Powerball jackpot in history: an estimated $590.5 million.

A California woman turned on the TV last week and saw she had the winning numbers in Wednesday's drawing.

It could be an anxious wait of up to two months for people in a small Florida city to find out who won the highest Powerball jackpot in history: an estimated $590.5 million.

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After no one picked all five winning numbers and the Powerball, the new Powerball prize for the Saturday, May 18, drawing is an estimated $600 million-the third-largest Powerball prize in the history of the game.

Minnesota State Lottery players won nearly $3.9 million in prizes during the 6 A1 2-week run up to Saturday night's Powerball jackpot drawing.

The sole winning ticket for the $590.5 million jackpot was sold in Florida. But the Wisconsin Lottery says $1 million tickets were sold in Antigo and Milwaukee.

Multimillionaire wannabes nationwide are wondering, "Did anyone win the Powerball jackpot May 18, 2013?" The Powerball winning numbers are 10, 13, 14, 22, 52, and the red Powerball number is 11.

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A man has been charged with sexually assaulting a 15-year-old girl in the garage of a Sydney home.

A lottery official says 1 winning ticket has been sold in Florida for a record Powerball jackpot of more than $590 million.

No tickets matched all four numbers plus the Mega Ball in the Mega Money game so the jackpot rolled over to $550,000, the Florida Lottery said Saturday.

With the majority of possible combinations of Powerball numbers in play, someone is almost sure to win the game's highest jackpot during Saturday night's drawing, a windfall of hundreds of millions of dollars -- and that's after taxes.

Jay Patel, owner of Broadway Deli & Grocery in Bayonne, holds a printout of the current estimated New Jersey Lottery jackpots, including $260 million for the Powerball, on Tuesday, March 19, 2013.

It's been less than 10 months since the world record for a lottery prize. On Saturday night, it could conceivably fall once again.

It's been less than 10 months since the world record for a lottery prize. On Saturday night, it could conceivably fall once again.

The lucky owners of a $3.2-million winning lottery ticket sold in Cape Breton's Victoria County have come forward.

Steven Miller will have to answer to a Republican-run committee today about why conservative groups were targeted by the agency.

In workplaces across the nation, Americans are inviting their colleagues to chip in $2 for a Powerball ticket and a shared daydream.