One lucky person in New Jersey became a multi-millionaire overnight after winning $202 million in lottery jackpot — but we may never find out who that winner is thanks to a new law that went into effect last month. However, what we do know is that the lucky winner purchased their jackpot-winning ticket at the Quick Stop Food Store in…

Someone in New Jersey has a golden ticket worth more than $200 million, after winning the Mega Millions jackpot. While it is not yet known who the winner is, they aren’t the only lucky ones — the store that sold the ticket gets a nice little lump of cash as well. NBC New York’s Erica Byfield reports.

One lucky person in New Jersey became a multi-millionaire overnight after winning $202 million in lottery jackpot — but we may never find out who that winner is thanks to a new law that went into effect last month.

Lottery winners in New Jersey will have the option to remain anonymous under a new law Gov. Phil Murphy, a Democrat, signed Tuesday. The law directs the state lottery commission to set regulations permitting lottery players to keep their identities secret.

The New Jersey law’s sponsors say the bill is aimed at addressing what they called the “lottery curse”

Manuel Franco, the Wisconsin 24-year-old who won a $768.4 million Powerball jackpot, stepped out to claim the third-largest jackpot in history.

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A Midwest man who brought his coworkers bagels sliced like bread, then bragged about it on Twitter, is getting an earful from New Yorkers — including the NYPD.

A single ticket that matched all six Powerball numbers to win the estimated $768.4 million jackpot — the third-largest jackpot in U.S. lottery history — was sold in a Milwaukee suburb, Wisconsin Lottery officials said Thursday. The ticket, worth a cash option of $477 million, was sold at a Speedway gas station in New Berlin, a city of about 40,000...

It appears an upstate New York man was not hungry when police say he stole a Little Debbie delivery truck.

No one in the tri-state area hit the monster $768.4 million Powerball jackpot Wednesday night — that luck went to a lone person in Wisconsin — but we still have two million reasons to celebrate.

Lottery officials say the Powerball jackpot has ballooned to $750 million after no ticket matched all six numbers in the most recent drawing. The numbers drawn Saturday night are 24, 25, 52, 60 and 66, with a Powerball of 5.

The Powerball drawing took place Saturday night, offering players a $495 million jackpot — the 8th largest in the lottery game’s history. The winning numbers are: 30, 34, 39, 53, 67 and the Powerball is 11. The estimated cash option is $300.2 million. The Powerball jackpot was last hit in New York in the Dec. 26 drawing. Since then, there...

The only winning ticket for the $267 million jackpot in Friday’s Mega Millions drawing was sold in New Jersey, officials said.

An Iowa man got the “Jackpot treatment” after winning $1 off a scratch-off lotto ticket. Tyler Heep decided to cash in the winning ticket at the Iowa Lottery Headquarters and was presented with a big check for his win. Heep spent his winnings on a gallon of gas.

Nearly everyone in this small South Carolina town has a theory for the city’s billion-dollar mystery: Who won the $1.5 billion Mega Millions jackpot announced last October? Maybe the winner was so overwhelmed upon seeing the winning numbers that she or he died on the spot? Maybe the winner is on the run from police and fears a background check?...

Authorities have arrested a California man they say tried to steal his roommate’s $10 million winning lottery ticket.

The New York lottery is selling almost $2 million in tickets an hour ahead of Tuesday night’s record-breaking $1.6 billion Mega Millions jackpot – and the pot could still rise before the 11 p.m. drawing.

There were no winners in the Mega Millions drawing Friday night, and the jackpot for the next drawing is now $1.6 billion. Brian Thompson reports.