"Oh shoot! I didn’t want to spend that much," the lucky winner recalled thinking after buying a $20 ticket instead of the $2 one she had her eye on

An Illinois woman mistakenly bought the wrong FastPlay lottery ticket online -- and the mistake ended up winning her a $250,000 jackpot.

The Powerball jackpot continues to grow after no one matched all six Powerball numbers to win Wednesday's drawing. Grab your tickets and check your numbers to see if you're the game's newest millionaire. Here are the numbers for the Saturday, Sept.

PHILADELPHIA (WPVI) -- A $20 lottery ticket purchase paid off big-time for one person in the Philadelphia area. Someone bought a lottery Fast-Play ticket in the city's Roxborough section over the weekend that is now worth more than $1 million. The ...

A proud father of a recent high school graduate took a gamble on a post-ceremony gift for his son — and it paid off more than he or his son ever imagined. Shortly after 18-year-old Lance Wall of Washougal, Washington, crossed the stage to pick up his ...

OHIO — A new study shows that Ohio is in the top 20 for lottery spending in the United States. The study, done by Pulsz.com, looked at the latest lottery spending data from the US Census to see which states spend the most on lottery tickets and which provide the best return via prizes.

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