Cameron McKenzie, who’s in his 20s, is a lottery player who lives in Québec’s Capitale-Nationale region. One day, he stopped at the Couche-Tard convenience store, where he noticed a $5 Gagnant à vie Limited Edition ticket displayed in the register case.

A lottery player is set to get much richer after winning a jackpot prize in North Carolina. The player bought a Carolina Cash 5 ticket that matched all the numbers picked in the J

A man won big after buying a $3 instant ticket while running errands, Arkansas officials said. The Pulaski County resident who bought the 10X Cashword instant ticket in Little Rock had no idea the ticket was carrying a $75,000 prize, according to a June 5 news release by the Arkansas Lottery.

Lottery officials said the win is the second-largest Cash Castle jackpot prize, following a $1.4 million jackpot win in April.

CLEVELAND, Ohio — The Mega Millions jackpot continues to grow, reaching an estimated $223 million for the drawing on Friday, June 6, 2025. The Saturday, June 7 Powerball jackpot is an estimated $44 million and the Classic Lotto jackpot is $3.6 million.

A gift from her dad led a Georgia woman to a life-changing lottery prize. Now, she has big plans. Vanesa Menijvar Acosta, of Norcross, scratched the $25,000,000 Mega Money ticket to reveal a $2 million prize, the Massachusetts Lottery said in a May 28 news release.

We're back for another year to draw pro comparisons for ESPN's projected lottery prospects in the 2025 NBA draft, which runs from June 25-26 (8 p.m. ET on ABC and ESPN). It's often a useful exercise, if done responsibly. Sometimes that's easier said than done, as it's a process that often invites hyperbole.

The New York Lottery has various $5 scratch-off games with top-prizes ranging from $250,000 to $1 million. As of Friday, there were 14 tickets across seven different $5 scratch-off games with guaranteed top prizes of $1 million.

An Illinois iLottery player hit the jackpot Friday, winning over $1.3 million. The prize was won playing Cash Castle, the newest FastPlay game. The game is a $30 progressive jackpot, which begins at $100,000 and grows as tickets are sold across the state until someone wins it all.

When a Maryland woman screamed at the top of her lungs to get her husband and daughter’s attention, they feared the worst. They then rushed to her side, Maryland Lottery officials said in a June 5 news release. Their “fear quickly turned to shock,” lottery officials said.