Lottery

A person has claimed the $1.35 billion Mega Millions jackpot won at a Maine gas station last month, the Maine State Lottery revealed Wednesday. They didn’t share the person’s name — they accepted the state’s first ever Mega Millions jackpot win, from Friday, Jan. 13, through a limited liability company called LaKoma Island Investments. They chose the pre-tax cash payment…

See the thorough vetting process the California Lottery used before announcing the winner of the $2 billion Powerball jackpot. Lolita Lopez reports for the NBC4 I-Team on Feb. 14, 2023.

Lottery officials named Edwin Castro the sole winner of the historic $2 billion Powerball jackpot that was sold in Altadena last November. Alex Rozier reports for the NBC4 News on Feb. 14. 2023.

The California Lottery said it does not release information on address or age of any winner out of concern for the winners’ privacy. What is public is that the winner chose the lump sum option of his prize.

So you’ve won a life-changing sum of money. Here’s what happens when lottery prizes are claimed in California.

The California Lottery will finally reveal the winner the of the record-breaking $2.04 billion Powerball jackpot that was sold in Altadena last November. Tracey Leong reports for the NBC4 News on Feb. 13, 2023.

There’s finally an answer to the $2 billion question first raised more than three months ago when someone walked out of a Southern California service station with a history-making lottery ticket.

Juliette Lamour, 18, hit a lotto jackpot on her first try, winning $48 million Canadian dollars (nearly $36 million USD).

Finally there’s a winner from a single ticket in Washington State that won the Powerball Jackpot worth $754 million. Whoever won has a year to come forward to claim the prize, but before that an investigation has to take place. Lolita Lopez reports for the NBC4’s I-Team on Feb. 7, 2023.

The winning numbers were 05, 11, 22, 23, 69 and the Powerball 07

The winning numbers for the $747 million Powerball jackpot were drawn Monday night. A jackpot winner was declared to be located in Washington state following the drawing. The winning numbers are 5, 11, 22, 23 and 69, with a Powerball of 7. No one had won the jackpot since Nov. 19, 2022, allowing the prize to grow larger with each…

The jackpot ranks as the fifth-largest in Powerball history and ninth-largest in U.S. lottery.

The winning numbers for the tenth largest Powerball jackpot of $700 million were announced Saturday night.

The I-Team wanted to find out why there seems to be so many huge jackpots now taking place.

Lately there have been quite a few big lottery jackpots and the I-Team wanted to find out why. Lolita Lopez reports for the NBC4’s I-Team on Feb. 3, 2023.

Another big jackpot is at stake this weekend, and it seems like these jackpots are happening often. Lolita Lopez reports for the NBC4 I-Team on Feb. 3, 2023.

The jackpot ranks as the sixth-largest in Powerball history.

According to the California Lottery when you play lottery games like Mega Millions, Super Lotto, and Powerball a good portion of your money goes to local schools. Lolita Lopez reports for the NBC4’s I-Team on Feb. 1, 2023.

The odds of winning the Powerball are 1 in 292 million. Those odds aren’t great, but the good news is people who purchase tickets are helping some great causes no matter what.   According to the California Lottery, when you play lottery games, a chunk of your money goes to local schools. For example, when you play the Powerball, 80 cents...

The winning Powerball numbers in Wednesday night’s $653 million jackpot drawing were 58, 59, 43, 31, 66, with a Powerplay number of 9. The jackpot climbed to $653 million ahead of Wednesday night’s drawing after no winning tickets were drawn on Monday. The jackpot ranks as the eighth-largest in Powerball history. The $653 million prize is for winners who choose…