Lottery

Discover how Indiana ranks as the fourth luckiest lottery state in the US. Explore the number of winners and their impressive jackpot prizes.

Sidney Hertzberg, a 13-year-old girl near Detroit, won a Petco essay contest that came with a $50,000 grand prize. And she's going to donate all of it to her local cat shelter. <div class="scripps_iframe_embed" style="position: relative;"> <div style="display: block; width: 100%; height: auto; padding-bottom: 56.25%;"></...

Thomas Cook and Joseph Feeney made a deal in 1992 that if either of them ever won a Powerball jackpot, they would split the winnings. So when Thomas won - they celebrated an early retirement. Source: UPI

A man bought a couch from a Habitat for Humanity and noticed it was a little uncomfortable. When he opened the cushion, he found $43,000 in CASH. Being an extremely noble man, he tracked down the person who donated the couch and returned the money...

Two morons in Mississippi got arrested on Monday after trying to cash a fake $100,000 winning lottery ticket. And once you see the ticket, you'll quickly see the issue. Lottery officials said that it was pretty obvious the ticket was fake because all they did was super glue the winner numbers onto it before attempting to cash it in...

We all ask ourselves what we would do if we won the lottery!

Double shocks are the worst, but for me it's usually one bad thing after another.

I have to admit it, I caved. I had two dollars to throw away (big radio money) so I purchased a Powerball ticket. Maybe I have a better shot getting bitten by a shark in the Ohio River than I do winning that money, but I like to dream big. Money may not buy happiness, but I would be more comfortable crying in a Mercedes...

Last week I was excited. You see, I had FINALLY remembered to bring this sweet buy-one-get-one free coupon to a local restaurant. When I go to pay for my order and hand over the coupon, it had been expired for over a week. So I was cheated out of my freebie.