Thirty-five years ago this summer, the newly created Ohio Lottery held its first-ever drawing, a public spectacle at Parmatown Mall that drew more than 1,000 people. Comedian Don Rickles had ...

Bad news for all those winners out there who don't want friends and family hitting them up for cash: the North American Association of State and Provincial Lotteries says that lawmakers want the ...

Wednesday night's $1.3 billion Powerball drawing will be the largest ever. As interest in lotteries soars, now might be a good time to revisit some commonly believed lottery "facts" that are strictly ...

Everyone is tuned in for tonight's $1.5 billion Powerball drawing. Here are 26 lottery facts and stories (one for each of the red Powerballs) you may not have known: 1. MICHIGAN WINNERS: There have ...

Powerball has come into major style since the jackpot rose to an unprecedented $1.5 billion, and it will possibly grow even more by the time the numbers are announced. And to be fair, who doesn't want ...

ALBUQUERQUE (KRQE) – The Powerball winning numbers for Wednesday January 13, 2016: 4, 8, 19, 27, 34 with a Powerball of 10. That night’s drawing was over a billion dollars – the largest lottery ...

LANSING, MI -- We don’t know who won it, when they’ll claim it and what they’ll do with the money, but we know a lucky player in Michigan bought the $1.05 billion winning Mega Millions ticket for the ...

Lotteries won't fix state budgets, the proceeds don't necessarily fund public schools, and your neighborhood convenience store isn't getting rich selling the chance at a $1.3 billion Powerball haul.