Lottery

Attention Illinois lottery players — you may be holding a ticket worth $1 million with only days left to claim the prize.

A person has claimed the $1.35 billion Mega Millions jackpot won at a Maine gas station last month, the Maine State Lottery revealed Wednesday. They didn’t share the person’s name — they accepted the state’s first ever Mega Millions jackpot win, from Friday, Jan. 13, through a limited liability company called LaKoma Island Investments. They chose the pre-tax cash payment…

There’s finally an answer to the $2 billion question first raised more than three months ago when someone walked out of a Southern California service station with a history-making lottery ticket.

Juliette Lamour, 18, hit a lotto jackpot on her first try, winning $48 million Canadian dollars (nearly $36 million USD).

The winning numbers were 05, 11, 22, 23, 69 and the Powerball 07

The winning numbers for the $747 million Powerball jackpot were drawn Monday night. A jackpot winner was declared to be located in Washington state following the drawing. The winning numbers are 5, 11, 22, 23 and 69, with a Powerball of 7. No one had won the jackpot since Nov. 19, 2022, allowing the prize to grow larger with each…

With another drawing on the horizon, a number of Illinois lotto players continue to prove you don’t have to score the jackpot to be a winner.

The jackpot ranks as the fifth-largest in Powerball history and ninth-largest in U.S. lottery.

The winning numbers for the tenth largest Powerball jackpot of $700 million were announced Saturday night.

The jackpot ranks as the sixth-largest in Powerball history.

The winning Powerball numbers in Wednesday night’s $653 million jackpot drawing were 58, 59, 43, 31, 66, with a Powerplay number of 9. The jackpot climbed to $653 million ahead of Wednesday night’s drawing after no winning tickets were drawn on Monday. The jackpot ranks as the eighth-largest in Powerball history. The $653 million prize is for winners who choose…

The jackpot ranks as the eighth-largest in Powerball history.

You’re more likely to win Powerball’s lesser prizes, which can total up to $2 million.

Maine scored its first Mega Millions jackpot — and someone beat the ill fortune of Friday the 13th — when a ticket purchased in the state matched the winning numbers for the lottery’s estimated $1.35 billion grand prize.

Friday the 13th may not seem like the luckiest day for a lotto drawing, but for one Midwest state, it might be luckier than others.

The next Mega Millions drawing is upon us, with what Illinois Lottery officials are calling “a life-changing amount of cash” up for grabs for the luckiest among lottery players.

The next Mega Millions drawing is Friday the 13th. Learn how to play, the nine ways to win, most common winning numbers and more to get lottery results.

Mega Millions mania is sweeping the nation as the jackpot sits at $1.35 billion ahead of Friday night’s drawing. The director of the Illinois Lottery joins NBC 5 to talk about the excitement.

The Mega Millions jackpot is currently more than $1 billion. But, maybe you should first dig into your pockets or glove box to make sure you don’t already have a winning ticket from an earlier drawing.

The Mega Millions prize has grown again to an estimated $1.35 billion after there was no winner of the lottery’s latest giant jackpot