A lighthearted text from a co-worker led a man to learn that he had won $1.2 million after playing the California lottery.

A text from a co-worker teasing Michael Chavez about winning the lottery led him to check his ticket. And he actually had won ...

A Southern California man realized he won $1.2 million in the California Lottery Mega Millions after a coworker jokingly ...

“He kidded me if the reason I wasn’t at work was because I had won the million,” Chavez said in the release. “He even ...

You don’t have to buy a lottery ticket to win a million dollars thanks to an offer from southern India's Tamil Nadu state, ...

There was plenty of joking in the Kansas City locker room Saturday night. Not a whole lot in the Texans’ locker room. They ...

A Michigan man’s ‘miracle’ appeared on his phone when he checked his $1 ticket after a Dec. 4 lottery drawing ... If you or a loved one shows signs of gambling addiction, you can seek ...

It’s like a dramatic scene from a movie. “He falls to the floor and she screams,” Maryland Lottery officials said in a Jan. 14 news release. Only, it’s not a movie. It’s the scene from ...

“I checked it and I knew right away that I won,” Gibbs recalled. “It was an unexpected blessing.” She says she knew she would win because chose her own numbers based on family birthdays ...

To protect their illicit dealings, lottery kingpins bribed judges, politicians and police officials. In working-class areas of Rio, they won hearts ... the animal lottery, there are still those ...

“I wanted this to be the big ta-da,” Janice Gibbs told the N.C. Education Lottery. “I’m having a great birthday.” Gibbs claimed her prize in mid-January, almost a month after she won $ ...