2 hrs ago | WTOP-FM Washington
Last-minute fortune seekers buy Powerball tickets
With the majority of possible combinations of Powerball numbers in play, someone is almost sure to win the game's highest jackpot during Saturday night's drawing, a windfall of hundreds of millions of dollars -- and that's after taxes.
4 hrs ago | NJ.com
Hudson County has Powerball fever, Jersey City lottery machines very busy
Jay Patel, owner of Broadway Deli & Grocery in Bayonne, holds a printout of the current estimated New Jersey Lottery jackpots, including $260 million for the Powerball, on Tuesday, March 19, 2013.
8 hrs ago | WTHR-TV Indianapolis
Will Boy Scouts accept gay youth? Vote is imminent
It's been less than 10 months since the world record for a lottery prize. On Saturday night, it could conceivably fall once again.
12 hrs ago | WATE-TV Knoxville
Gunmen raid home in Iraq, kill 5 people
It's been less than 10 months since the world record for a lottery prize. On Saturday night, it could conceivably fall once again.
15 hrs ago | CBC News
Luck changes for $3.2M lottery winners from Cape Breton
The lucky owners of a $3.2-million winning lottery ticket sold in Cape Breton's Victoria County have come forward.
Steven Miller will have to answer to a Republican-run committee today about why conservative groups were targeted by the agency.
Record Powerball jackpot inspires office pools
In workplaces across the nation, Americans are inviting their colleagues to chip in $2 for a Powerball ticket and a shared daydream.
Idaho lottery winner gives 1st interview since winning $190M
COEUR D'ALENE, Idaho -- Holly Lahti of Rathdrum, Idaho, won one of the biggest lottery jackpots in U.S. history, and then seemed to disappear off the face of the earth.
Powerball jackpot is 2nd largest in US history
The multi-state Powerball jackpot has risen to $600 million, with a cash value of $376.9 million, according to the Multi-State Lottery Association.
Powerball jackpot grows to $600 million
Wednesday night's lottery $360 million, and the winning numbers 2, 11, 26, 34 and 41.
Former lawyer says OJ Simpson knew about guns
The numbers sum up the frenzy that has taken over the Golden State since it joined the madness over Powerball, which has seen its jackpot soar to $550 million for Saturday's drawing.
Powerball Jackpot Soars to $550M for Saturday Drawing
After no one picked all five winning numbers and the Powerball, the new Powerball prize for the Saturday, May 19 drawing is an estimated $550 million-the third-largest Powerball prize in the history of the game.
Green Card Lottery Faces Elimination Under US Immigration Reform
The lottery was set up as a way to give anyone a chance at the "American dream." But the new plan will focus instead on adding more highly-educated workers in science, technology, engineering and math.
Lottery bill is no winner for Mohave County
Mohave County officials are crying foul after the Arizona Senate released a budget bill that would restore lottery funds to some but not all counties in the state.
Paul Godfrey fired as head of OLG
Ontario's gambling expansion, which is crucial to the Liberal government balancing the books without raising taxes, is in disarray after Paul Godfrey's removal from the helm of the province's gaming agency.
Powerball: 12 Ways to Spend Your Winnings
No one won Wednesday night's Powerball drawing, which is good news for somebody: There will be an even bigger drawing on Saturday night.
Jamaica woman accused of conning elderly Canadian
For years, numerous Jamaican fraudsters have conned mostly elderly Americans out of their retirement savings by promising that they've won millions in an international lottery but they need to wire a payment to cover taxes.
SWEET! Genevan Finds $4.85 Million Lottery Ticket in His Cookie Jar
OUTSIDE CHICAGO, IL -- "I can't believe I had $4.85 million in a cookie jar for over three months!" said Ricardo Cerezo after recently checking some old Lottery tickets and discovering he had won a jackpot prize of $4,850,000 in the Feb.
This wouldn't be that unusual except that it was the fourth time the same man has won the lottery.
3: No Powerball winner; Jackpot Goes up to $475 Million
Millions of people across the country had their fingers crossed, in hopes of winning Wednesday night's massive Powerball jackpot.