The Virginia Lottery has never sold more tickets than it did during the commonwealth’s 2026 fiscal year that ended June 30. On Monday (Aug. 10), the Virginia Lottery presented Gov. Abigail Spanberger (D) with a $914 million check for K-12 public…
The winning numbers for Monday night’s Powerball drawing have been revealed, showing that no one won the game’s top prize. However, the drawing did award three Match 5 prizes, making it the sixth consecutive drawing where seven-figure sums have been won. Three More Players Became Millionaires The Monday jackpot had players competing for a top […]
Five players matched all five white balls in Saturday’s (Aug 8) Powerball drawing, missing the jackpot by just the red ball. With no grand prize winner, the Powerball jackpot rolls over for a 42nd consecutive time and inches closer to the…
State-run lotteries in the United States date back to 1964, when the New Hampshire Lottery launched as the nation’s first modern lotto. In the six decades since, only 14 lottery prizes have surpassed the $1 billion mark. Powerball could soon produce…
The New York Lottery has seen another resident win a seven-figure prize, with the lottery player in Jackson Heights scoring a $1,000,000 prize. Man Adds His Name to List of Recent New York Winners The winner, one Enrique Cabrera, claimed the prize from the aptly called $1,000,000 Bonus Cashword scratch-off game and has chosen to […]
A Kentucky man who won a $167 million Powerball jackpot in April 2025 has added first-degree strangulation to a litany of criminal charges amassed since his windfall. James Farthing of Georgetown, Ky., was arrested on July 26 after police responded to a…
A single ticket sold in Florida matched all six numbers in Tuesday night’s drawing to claim an estimated $800 million Mega Millions jackpot, ending a four-month rollover streak. A release from Mega Millions revealed that the ticket sold by the Florida…