LOTTERY

A woman from Ocala claimed a $1 million prize from a scratch-off ticket purchased at a food store in Marion County, Florida Lottery officials announced in a news release on Tuesday.

A Brevard County man is $1 million richer after he purchased a winning Florida lottery ticket at a Melbourne food mart.

A 74-year-old's lottery winnings were withheld when the DEO said he was overpaid for unemployment benefits. However, he's been retired since 2014.

An Orlando man got quite the payday when he bought a $20 scratch-off game ticket and won $5 million.

An Orange County man scored a big win off his $10 scratch-off game purchase.

Mega Millions drawing for May 6, 2022 has been delayed indefinitely.

A $50 scratch-off game recently paid off for two Central Florida men.

The Powerball drawing for Saturday, April 9 was delayed due to technical difficulties, officials say.

LaQuedra Edwards won the prize after buying a 200X Scratchers ticket at a Los Angeles County supermarket back in November, the California Lottery announced in a news release Wednesday.

A Seminole County man claimed a $5 million prize after purchasing a winning scratch-off ticket.

A $10 scratch-off game turned into a $2 million payday for an Osceola County man.

Two Central Floridians scratched their way to $1 million.

LAKELAND, Fla. — A Lakeland man is Florida’s newest multi-millionaire after he claimed a $5 million scratch-off prize, the Florida Lottery announced. Marty Moon, 63, of Lakeland, claimed a $5 million top prize from the GOLD RUSH LIMITED scratch-off game at the Lottery’s Tampa District Office. The Florida Lottery said Moon chose to receive his winnings as a one-time, lump-sum payment of $3,960,000. READ: Florida Lottery launches new scratch-off game with record-breaking top prizeMoore purchased his winning ticket from Nick’s Food Mart at 1219 Lakeland Hills Boulevard in Lakeland, the Florida Lottery said. The Florida Lottery said the scratch-off game features 32 top prizes of $5 million and 100 prizes of $1 million.

A Lakeland man scratched his way to $5 million.

Tommy Shaw, of Astor, claimed the top prize of $1,000,000 after purchasing a winning The Fastest Road to $1,000,000 scratch-off game, Florida Lottery officials announced.

A bill awaiting the governor’s signature that would temporarily keep secret the names of lottery winners in Florida has at least one unexpected supporter: the woman in prison for murdering the winner of a $30 million lottery payout.

If you bought a Florida Lotto ticket in Plant City last year, check your ticket.

A lucky Volusia County woman scratched her way to $5 million.

After years of winning small amounts of cash on her favorite Florida Lotto scratch-off game, Michelle Graf Dixon had one of those magic moments: she hit for $20,000.

People who win $250,000 or more in the Florida Lottery could choose to keep their identities secret for 90 days under a bill that the Senate sent to Republican Gov. Ron DeSantis.

People who win $250,000 or more in the Florida Lottery might soon be able to choose to keep their identities secret for 90 days.

Powerball tickets sold in Wisconsin and California were winners of the latest jackpot and will split $632 million.

If you're looking to start 2022 off right, you may want to grab tickets for the next Powerball drawing.

If you're looking to start 2022 off right, you may want to grab tickets for the next Powerball drawing.

If you're looking to start 2022 off right, you may want to grab tickets for the next Powerball drawing.

Who's in the running to get the UK lotto licence - and what's at stake for players and Olympians?

‘This money is not about me. It’s about all of the good that can come from it,’ said the winner, who purchased the ticket at a grocery story in Morro Bay.

Just in time for the holidays, a Polk County woman scored on a scratch-off game.

After 40 drawings without a big Powerball winner, a single ticket sold in California matched all six numbers and was the lucky winner of the nearly $700 million jackpot prize.

The biggest lottery prize in more than eight months is growing larger after no ticket matched all five numbers and the Powerball in Saturday night’s drawing.

The giant Powerball jackpot has grown even bigger, with officials raising the estimated payout to $635 million ahead of Saturday night’s drawing.

The Powerball jackpot has climbed to an estimated $620 million after nearly four months without a big winner.

If there ever was a time to buy a Powerball ticket, tonight would be a good time to try.

The Florida Lottery announces that Matthew Stevens, 37, of Orlando, claimed a $1 million prize from the $5,000,000 CASHWORD Scratch-Off game at the Orlando District Office.

A Florida man won $1 million in a lottery game the same day he and his wife opened an auto repair shop.

Winners can get tickets for shows, like Jimmy Buffet at the Amway Center, and college football games, including the Cheez-it Bowl.

Having your flight canceled can really ruin your day but not when you then win $1 million because of it.

Lottery officials say a woman in Germany carried a winning ticket in her purse for weeks without realizing it was worth about 33 million euros ($39 million).

An Orlando man is $21.25 million richer after purchasing a quick pick Florida Lotto ticket in Casselberry.

A North Carolina woman's mistake led to a big pay off.

The new Florida-themed game offers six top prizes of $500,000 and more than 3.4 million winning tickets. The game’s overall odds of winning are 1 in 4.03.

Winning $2 million was the best birthday present ever for this Ocala woman.

A Winter Park woman tried a new scratch-off game and her luck paid off times a million.

A 23-year-old Florida man won a life-changing amount of money by winning the Powerball jackpot.

DETROIT – A four-member suburban Detroit lottery club won a $1.05 billion Mega Millions jackpot and will receive $557 million after taxes, officials said Friday. The winners claimed their prize weeks after the Jan. 22 drawing and chose the immediate lump sum option. After taxes, the $776 million payment was reduced to about $557 million, the Michigan Lottery said. The $1.05 billion jackpot was the largest in Michigan Lottery history and the third-largest in the United States. Mega Millions is played in 45 states as well as Washington, D.C., and the U.S. Virgin Islands.

Year of the scratch-off: More than half of winning tickets worth at least $600 claimed in 2020A Lake County man caught his lucky break and won $5 million on a scratch-off game, lottery officials said. Raymond Davis, 62, won the $5 million top prize from the LUCK Scratch-Off game. AdThe winning scratch-off ticket was purchased in Casselberry at the Publix on South Semoran Boulevard. The retailer will receive a $10,000 bonus commission for selling the ticket. The $5,000,000 LUCK scratch-off ticket costs $20 and was launched in September 2019.

Statisticians will tell you you’re more likely to be in a train crash or get hit by lightning than win the lottery. One Idaho man has beaten the odds, winning the lottery for the sixth time. Bryan Moss won $250,000 in that state’s lottery. His sixth win is by far his largest. To be fair, smaller winnings from scratch-off tickets, like Moss has won, are much more common.

The jackpot for the Mega Millions lottery game has grown to $1 billion ahead of Friday night's drawing after more than four months without a winner. (AP Photo/Keith Srakocic)DES MOINES, Iowa – Someone in Michigan bought the winning ticket for the $1.05 billion Mega Millions jackpot, which is the third-largest lottery prize in U.S. history. The winning ticket was purchased at a Kroger store in the Detroit suburb of Novi, the Michigan Lottery said. The Mega Millions top prize had been growing since Sept. 15, when a winning ticket was sold in Wisconsin. Three tickets for a $1.586 billion Powerball jackpot were sold in January 2016, and one winning ticket sold for a $1.537 billion Mega Millions jackpot in October 2018.

DES MOINES, Iowa – The jackpot for the Mega Millions lottery game has grown to $1 billion ahead of Friday night’s drawing after more than four months without a winner thanks to bad luck, poor odds and reduced play partially blamed on the coronavirus pandemic. It’s only the third time a lottery jackpot has grown so large, but much has changed since the last time such a big prize was up for grabs in 2018. The odds of winning a jackpot remain the same — incredibly small — but for a variety of reasons fewer people are playing Mega Millions or Powerball, the two lottery games offered in most of the country. After a peak in October 2018, Medenica said sales of the big lottery games dropped about 50%, prompting talk among lottery officials about jackpot fatigue. It’s hard to fathom how unlikely it is to beat odds of one in 292.2 million for Powerball or one in 302.5 million for Mega Millions.

Just who will collect the Powerball prize may never be known: Maryland is one of the states that allow winners to remain anonymous. The Powerball jackpot came only a day after nobody won the $970 million Mega Millions prize, the third-largest prize in U.S. history. The biggest prize was a $1.58 billion Powerball jackpot won by three people in 2016. Most winners opt for cash prizes, which for Mega Millions would be $716.3 million and $546.8 million for Wednesday's Powerball. After the Powerball win, the new jackpot has a $15 million cash value.

The Powerball jackpot is the fifth-largest ever, and it will come only a day after nobody won the even-larger Mega Millions prize, which now stands at $970 million. The biggest prize was a $1.58 billion Powerball jackpot won by three people in 2016. Such a long stretch without a winner is rare but also reflects the incredibly small odds of winning — one in 292.2 million for Powerball and one in 302.5 million for Mega Millions. Most winners opt for cash prizes, which for Mega Millions would be $716.3 million and $546 million for Powerball. Mega Millions and Powerball are both played in 45 states as well as Washington, D.C., and the U.S. Virgin Islands.

ORLANDO, Fla. – The third-largest lottery jackpot in U.S. history is at stake Tuesday night. The Mega Millions prize stands at $865 million, the second largest in the game’s history. If a lottery player strikes big in the next Powerball drawing on Wednesday, it would be the fifth-largest jackpot ever in the U.S.Mega Millions and Powerball are both played in 45 states as well as Washington, D.C., and the U.S. Virgin Islands. Powerball also is offered in Puerto Rico. Watch the drawings on News 6 at 11 p.m.

DES MOINES, Iowa – One of the largest jackpots in U.S. history will grow even larger since there was no winner for Friday’s drawing of the Mega Millions’ $750 million top prize. Mega Millions estimated its next top prize would be $850 million, which would be the third-largest of all time. Lottery players still have a chance to win big with Saturday's drawing for a $640 million Powerball top prize, the eighth-largest jackpot. The estimated cash prize for the next Mega Millions jackpot is $628.2 million. Mega Millions and Powerball are both played in 45 states as well as Washington, D.C., and the U.S. Virgin Islands.

Lottery officials announced winning tickets were sold in California, Tennessee and Florida. The winning numbers were 4, 8, 19, 27, 34 and Powerball 10. Mireya Villarreal reports from inside a 7-Eleven in Chino Hills, California, that sold one of the winning tickets.