Winners can't be publicly identified until they claim their prize. But if you played the game but did not win the jackpot, there is still hope for a payout. You nonetheless could be a winner if you matched even a couple of numbers. The odds of winning the jackpot are 1 in 292.2 million, even though the odds of winning some sort of smaller prize ar… Read More

The biggest U.S. lottery jackpot ever won was $2.04 billion in November. The winner bought the lucky Powerball ticket in Southern California. Tickets sold in California and Florida for an Oct. 14 drawing shared the last Mega Millions jackpot of $502 million.The newest jackpot is a enormous quantity of dollars, but it has a approaches to go ahead of… Read More

By 2006, the couple had spiraled into drug addiction, and just 12 years following the win changed the course of his life, David Lee Edwards died alone and broke in hospice care at the age of 58. Lara and Roger Griffiths' marriage ended in divorce less than a decade immediately after the British couple won a $two.19 million jackpot. Roger chased his… Read More

Others do not — but in these states, you may possibly be in a position to create a legal entity such as a trust that claims the windfall and shields your name from the public. In other words, the trust's name would need to be what is on the back of the ticket. A man holds Mega Millions lottery tickets in New York City.Woman unable to sleep learns… Read More

Winners of giant jackpots almost normally take the money, and economic advisers say that may well be a mistake. There are nine ways to win Powerball, ranging from $four to the jackpot, which will continue to develop till it is won. Where you can claim your prize and the length of time you have to gather it will also differ by jurisdiction. A ticket… Read More