Arkansas woman nearly gifts winning lottery ticket to ex-father-in-law

An Arkansas woman, Paula Penn of Texarkana, narrowly avoided giving away a winning lottery ticket to her ex-father-in-law, almost missing out on a $75,000 prize from the Arkansas Scholarship Lottery.

$2 billion Powerball winner buys large Bel Air mansion; take a look inside

People often ponder what they would do if they won the lottery. Having won the largest-ever Powerball jackpot of $2 billion in November, a California man had more reason to dwell it.

$1.58 billion Mega Millions ticket sold in Florida

The winning numbers have been drawn for the Aug. 8 Mega Millions drawing -- where the top prize winner can score up to $1.58 billion.

Here's how hard it is to win Tuesday's Mega Millions drawing

There may be a lot of excitement over the Mega Millions drawing for Aug. 8, but as far as winning the jackpot is concerned, experts say don't bank on that happening. Here's what you should know about your chances of winning it all.

2 Mega Millions tickets worth $650,000 sold in California; New jackpot bumped to $1.25B

Tuesday's drawing was for the winner of $1.1 billion, but because there were no winners announced Tuesday, the next drawing will offer the jackpot of $1.25 billion.

$1.05 billion Mega Millions jackpot up for grabs in Tuesday night's drawing

No one has won the Mega Millions jackpot since April 18, and the $1.05 billion jackpot is tied for the seventh-largest in U.S. history. Tuesday night’s drawing will be the 30th since someone last won the jackpot.

Mega Millions jackpot surges to $910 million after months without big winner

Friday night's estimated $910 million prize has been building since someone last won the jackpot on April 18. There have been 28 straight drawings without a jackpot winner since then.