Joseph Wheat won a $775,000 lottery prize in Louisiana, and asked his wife to double-check that he had winning numbers on Jan. 3: 'I made her come check the ticket to make sure I was really seeing what I thought I was seeing,

A mysterious Georgia lottery player has claimed the historic $983 million Mega Millions jackpot, which is the largest in the state’s history.

Although the lowest dip in five years, the program's latest contribution to Michigan's School Aid Fund is $364 million more than it was a decade ago.

A North Carolina grandma got quite the surprise just days before her birthday: striking lottery gold! Janet Murray of Fayetteville won a $534,619 prize playing a $1 Cash 5 ticket that she bought in time for the Dec. 9 drawing, the North Carolina Education Lottery said in a news release on Monday, Jan. 5

A shop in Springfield sold a winning $100,000 lottery ticket that was claimed on Tuesday. The $100,000 prize was from “$100,000 Max Winnings," a $10 scratch ticket game released in August 2025. There’s still 45 $100,000 prizes remaining to be claimed in the game as of Jan. 7. The winning ticket was sold at a Pride Station & Store in Springfield.

Several Connecticut Lottery players have claimed big jackpots to start the year, including a million-dollar Powerball win.

An Illinois woman received a "Christmas Day blessing" when she scored a $350,000 lottery jackpot from a Lucky Day Lotto drawing on the holiday.