The Powerball jackpot has surged to a staggering $1.7 billion, making it the third-largest prize in the history of the multi-state lottery game, according to lottery officials. (The two higher awards ...

Ohio is among the states most affected by lottery and sweepstakes scams, according to a recent study. Vegas Insider, a sports ...

Scientific Games has secured an extension to its scratch-off games contract with the Ohio Lottery for an additional 10 years.

Saturday’s Powerball jackpot hit $1.8 billion, with a cash option of $826.4 million. It’s the second-largest jackpot ever after 40 drawings without a winner. Odds of winning are 1 in 292.2 million.

With the Powerball ballooning to $650 million after Wednesday’s drawing, hopeful players have been asking: Is winning the lottery a matter of luck or something that science and artificial intelligence ...

While nobody won the Powerball jackpot worth over a billion dollars for Wednesday's night drawing, a ticket worth $1 million was sold in Allegheny County, Pennsylvania. Eleven tickets matched all five ...

Though the odds of winning the Powerball (and most lottery games) really aren't in your favor, that doesn't stop players from buying tickets. But are you buying yours at an unlucky store in an unlucky ...

STATEN ISLAND, N.Y. — The highest lump-sum payout for a winning New York state Lottery scratch-off ticket is $10 million. There are three games that have $10 million as their top prize, with two of ...