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I won the lottery — here’s how I learned that money won't make you happy
If you’re hoping mountains of moolah will make you happy, you may want to think twice.
TikTokker reveals what it was like to grow up the child of lottery winners: 'Life was very different'
"Life changed from there. Growing up, I was so young, I had no understanding of the lottery or money... and how unique it was to happen to us."
Mega Millions jackpot closes in on $1 billion after latest drawing
The current Mega Millions jackpot now stands at $825 million.
North Carolina woman wins second six-figure lottery prize on $1 ticket in less than a year
After federal and state taxes, she took home $247,456 in cash.
Winning streak: Nantucket diner sells three $1M lottery tickets since March
The third time was also a charm.
Michigan lotto winner learns she won $207K prize from email in spam folder
The big win “couldn’t have come at a better time,” she said.
Winner of $100,000 Powerball prize thought it was an April Fools' prank: 'It felt so unreal'
Jeremiah Maher, 43, hit the six figure prize in the Michigan Lottery’s April 1 drawing when he matched four white balls and the Powerball on a $2 ticket.
Powerball player wins $1.33B jackpot after hours-long drawing delay
The odds of winning the Powerball jackpot is 1 in 292,201,338.
Brooklyn's two-time $10M scratch-off winner still spending up to $500 a day on lottery tickets
Wayne Murray -- who won $10 million prizes on separate scratch-off lottery tickets twice in two years -- is back buying scratch off cards again.
Powerball jackpot winner's neighbors fear he could be abducted after $1.765B prize: 'Keeping an eye out'
Neighbors of California's newest Powerball billionaire are worried some "shady" person could abduct the man if he isn't careful with how he spends his new fortune.
Pastor, 64, won $500K lottery — then realized he forgot winning ticket at the store
He only noticed he didn't have his ticket to endless relaxation when one of his children asked him to send a photo of it.
Michigan woman 'mindblown' after over $900K lotto win: 'Thought something was wrong'
She bought the ticket on Nov. 16 at a liquor store in Romeo, Michigan, about 40 miles north of Detroit.
NYC man who just won $10M lottery — again — spotted tooling around in brand-new $200K wheels
Wayne Murray, 63, was spotted leaving his $800,000 East Flatbush home in the luxury top-of-the-line wheels after scoring $10 million on a scratch-off ticket this week -- and having previously...
NYC man defies incredible odds to win $10M scratch-off a year after winning $10M with card bought from same store
New York's luckiest man strikes again.
I won $22M in the lottery — I didn't tell my kids so they don't become 'waiters'
They hit the jackpot — and their kids don’t know jack about it.
We ignored what we thought were spam lottery emails for weeks — now we get $12K a month
A couple ignored messages from the National Lottery for weeks, believing the notifications that they had scored big were just incessant spam.
Kentucky mom of three who rarely plays lottery wins $2M Powerball
Jacalyn Armstrong's family thought she was pregnant when she called to tell them the news, the occasional lottery ticket had even bigger news...worth $2M.
Powerball jackpot soars to estimated $785 million
The Powerball numbers for the estimated $750 million lottery jackpot were drawn on Saturday, and there is still no winner.
Rightful winner of stolen $3M Mega Millions ticket collects prize, wishes 'the best' for accused thief
A Massachusetts man whose winning $3 million lottery ticket was stolen by the store clerk who sold it to him says he wishes "the best" for the accused cashier on...