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Two Winning Tickets Sold in Tuesday's $636m Mega Millions

Those two winning tickets were sold in Atlanta, and San Jose, California! So I guess I am not the BIG winner, but there is still money to be won. Check those tickets!  The winning numbers were........

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Question Of The Day: Would You Still Work If You Won The Lottery?

We've all daydreamed about hitting the jackpot. I rarely buy lottery tickets but when I do I admit I daydream about what I would do with the money. I think I would be practical and pay off my debt,...

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Family of 17 Wins New Jersey Lottery

Sometimes winning the lottery jackpot couldn’t happen to better people and that the case for the Enderson family. There are 17 siblings in the family and they just won the New Jersey lottery worth $20...

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18 Year Old Girl Hits Million Dollar Lottery

How about this for a recent lottery winner! Jane Park, 18 years old from Edinburgh, England, won one and half million dollars in the lottery a year ago but not much has changed for her. Jane still...

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Hernia Operation Turns Into a $7 Million Lottery Winner

Here’s a feel good story that turned a hernia operation into $7 million and the man didn’t have to sue anybody. Joseph Amorese of Eaton, Pennsylvania was in the hospital recovering from hernia surgery...

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Red Sox Big Papi Lottery Ticket

The Maine State Lottery is selling ‘Big Papi lottery tickets. David Ortiz of the Boston Red Sox showed off a giant version of the ticket at Fenway on Friday. Continue reading…

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Winning $75.00 Lottery Ticket Worth Much Much More

A man in Los Angeles won on a scratch-off lottery ticket, he won $75.00, at least that’s what he walked away with. The cashier at the gas station gave the man $75.00 but the ticket was worth much more....

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America Spends $70 Billion a Year on the Lottery

The dream of winning big bucks in the lottery keeps us going back time after time buying a  ticket. When the jackpot really gets high, more people tend to buy lottery tickets. Continue reading…

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2015 Maine Moose Permit Lottery Winners

2,740 permits were allocated over the weekend in Bethel for this year's moose hunt. That is down 11 percent from last year. Most (90 percent) of the permits went to Maine residents. Continue reading…

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Powerball Odds for Big Jackpot Getting Harder by October

With Powerball ticket sales lagging lately, officials have decided to give the game a shot in the arm. In October, Powerball will make the odds of winning the big prize harder but the odds of winner...

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Illinois Lottery Winner Told She Has to Wait for Her Money

Susan Rick finally got a break, financially, when he boyfriend won the Illinois Lottery last month. She planned on taking a little time off work and taking a trip to Minnesota, maybe fix up the...

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Man Finds $20 Bill, Turns It Into a Million Dollar Lottery Winner

I would consider it a ‘good day’ if I found a $20 bill lying on the ground, most people would. Herbert Tang found a $20 bill outside the San Francisco International Airport and turned it into a million...

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Results For This Years 'Any Deer' Lottery in Maine

The 2015 lottery drawing for “any deer” permits was held earlier this week. The state uses the permits to manage the deer population by controlling the harvest of females.... Continue reading…

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Results For This Years 'Any Deer' Lottery in Maine

The 2015 lottery drawing for “any deer” permits was held earlier this week. The state uses the permits to manage the deer population by controlling the harvest of females.... Continue reading…

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Michigan Factory Worker Wins $310 Million Powerball

      Julie Leech of Three Rivers, Michigan was introduced by lottery officials as the lucky winner of last week's $310.5 million Powerball game. Continue reading…

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Maine Lawmakers Alarmed By Amount Of Welfare Money Spent On Lottery Tickets

The governor and lawmakers plan to revisit limits on how welfare recipients can spend their money following a report that hundreds of millions of dollars were spent on lottery tickets. Continue reading…

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Some Things to Know About The $700 Million Powerball Jackpot

This Saturday’s Powerball Jackpot should be around $700 million because there was not a winner for Wednesday's $500 million jackpot. Someone will, eventually, start 2016 out with a bang. Continue reading…

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Maine Fishermen Hoping For a Baby-Eel Lottery

There could be a new coveted lottery in Maine, and the prize would be wet and wriggly, a proposal to create a new lottery system to allow people into Maine's big-money baby eel fishery. Continue reading…

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Why I Won't Win The Powerball

  Tonight, there's a record Powerball drawing, and we spent a decent chunk of time fielding calls about what people would do with the money. When Sarah asked me, I sputtered for an answer. See, I...

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Today's R2S: Lottery Winners We Can All Cheer For

One trip to a convenience store to buy a soda changed their life when all seemed lost. Continue reading…

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