Lottery

Mega Millions is played in 45 states plus the District of Columbia and the U.S. Virgin Islands. The five states that do not participate in this lottery are Alabama, Alaska, Hawaii, Nevada and Utah.

Larger payouts attract more media attention, increase ticket sales and bring in new players.

If you overspent for the holidays, there’s a chance to get a billion dollars to help pay for those gifts. The Mega Millions jackpot is now $1.15 billion for the next drawing, or $516 million in cash payout. NBC10’s Lauren Mayk reports. 

Depending on where you live, you could miss out on $125 million of your winnings due to state taxes.

There was no jackpot winner on Christmas Eve, raising the pot to $1.15 billion for the Friday drawing.

The jackpot has been growing for more than three months.

The Mega Millions jackpot has increased to an estimated $944 million after another drawing without a big winner Friday night.

Many throughout the Philadelphia region bought their tickets for Friday night’s drawing for the Mega Millions jackpot. NBC10’s Johnny Archer reports. 

An $862 million Mega Millions jackpot is up for grabs Friday night, giving a lucky player the chance to stuff tons of stockings this holiday season.

No one hit Tuesday’s Mega Millions jackpot, that means that the estimated annuity for the Dec. 20, 2024, draw is now at $825 million.

A New Jersey woman just entered the millionaire club. The state’s lottery program announced that Stacey Fiore, an MTA supervisor stationed on Staten Island, won the Powerball prize last weekend. Fiore plays the Mega Millions and Powerball lotteries weekly, according to lottery officials. She ran into her local Quick Stop last Saturday and pulled a quick pick, which turned out...

“We are going to head straight to Golden Corral and eat everything they’ve got,” Jerry Hicks said.

A $1 million Powerball ticket that matched all five white balls in the Oct. 23, 2024, drawing was sold at a Morrisville, Pennsylvania, store.

The cost of a Mega Millions ticket will rise to $5 in 2025. This is what the higher price tag would mean to lottery jackpot dreamers.

Got some old Delaware lottery tickets laying around in your drawer? Check those numbers again.

The Delaware Lottery is looking for winners to claim Powerball and Mega Millions tickets to come forward. One ticket is worth $4 million.

The Pennsylvania Lottery announced Tuesday that a $1 million ticket matching all five white balls (15-21-25-37-45), but not the red Powerball of 19, was sold at Sak Traders Inc. on Richmond Street in the Port Richmond neighborhood.

A month after a winning ticket to a $221 million Powerball jackpot was sold in New Jersey, a winner has come forward to claim the prize.

A great-grandmother from Pennsylvania who recently completed radiation treatments for breast cancer won $5 million on a scratch-off state lottery ticket.

The winning $221 million Powerball ticket was sold at the Preet Food Market in Lindenwold, New Jersey. The store clerk who sold the winning ticket spoke out during a press conference on Tuesday and talked about the winner. NBC10’s Leah Uko has the story.