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Governments around the U.S. are trying to come up with incentives to encourage people to get a COVID-19 vaccine to help the nation more fully open in the summer…and a lot of them are vices.

Gov. Gavin Newsom introduced incentives to encourage Californians to get their COVID-19 vaccine with a $116.5 million program – the largest vaccine incentive program in the U.S.

It is the ninth-largest jackpot awarded in the history of the game, and the largest prize won in the state since 2010.

The time limit for redeeming the winning $26 million California Lottery Super Lotto Plus ticket has expired, and although there are rumors that a Norwalk woman bought the ticket, no one showed up to claim the prize.

Four people in a suburban Detroit lottery club have won a $1.05 billion Mega Millions lottery jackpot and will share $557 million after taxes

Winning the lottery is a once-in-a-lifetime event, goes the saying. But for Brian Moss of Meridian, Idaho, the more you play, the more you win.

Someone bought a winning ticket for the $1.05 billion Mega Millions jackpot at a grocery store outside of Detroit

The Mega Millions top prize climbed to an estimated $1 billion ahead of Friday’s drawing. It is only the third time in lottery history that a national jackpot game tops the $1 billion mark. The current Mega Millions record is $1.536 billion, sold in Oct. 2018.

Someone hit it very big in a hard-luck Appalachian coal-mining community, where a jackpot-winning Powerball ticket worth $731 million was sold this week

There has been a jackpot winner in the $730 million Powerball, the first to get the top prize in months.

Lottery players are getting another shot at the third-largest jackpot in U.S. history

Giant lottery jackpots could bring scammers looking to prey on honest players, according to the Better Business Bureau. NBC 5’s Sandra Torres reports.

The Powerball jackpot will grow to an estimated $730 million after there were no winners Saturday for the lottery’s top prize

The winning numbers for the $750 million Mega Millions jackpot, the fifth-largest ever, were announced Friday night. The winning numbers: 3-11-12-38-43 with a Mega Ball of 15 and a Megaplier of 4. The $750 million jackpot refers to the winnings of those who opt for annuities paid out over 30 years. Nearly all jackpot winners actually take the cash option,…

With the Mega Million Lottery price sitting at $750,00,000 Friday, Chicagoans shared how they’d spend the winnings. NBC 5’s Jen DeSalvo reports.

It could be a profitable weekend for lucky lottery players as two of the largest jackpots in U.S. history will be on the line

Somebody could be starting off the new year with a big pile of cash.

Another night, another unclaimed giant lottery jackpot.

Terri Watkins entered the $300,000,000 Supreme Riches second-chance drawing but didn’t think she would actually win. When the state Education Lottery called to congratulate her, Watkins said she was shocked.

Lottery players still have a shot at Mega Millions’ massive $750 million jackpot after Tuesday night’s drawing ended without a winner.