The holiday weekend could turn into a permanent vacation for one lucky winner if someone nails the $1.1 billion Powerball jackpot.

The Mega Millions lottery is set to undergo significant changes, starting with a ticket price increase from $2 to $5 each.

A Sugar Land resident tested their luck and woke up $800 million richer! 🤑p

A $1 million winning Mega Millions ticket purchased in Houston for the March 19 drawing is about to expire.

A Tomball resident has claimed a $3 million prize after purchasing a winning Mega Millions lottery ticket at a northwest Houston store.

A second-tier Mega Millions winning ticket was sold in Houston, and the winner hasn’t come forward yet!

A New Caney resident is $1 million richer this Monday after claiming a top prize winning ticket in a Texas Lottery scratch ticket game.

Is it us, or are you noticing a lot of lottery winners in the Houston area?

A lucky Powerball winner who bought a ticket from a store on Houston’s southwest side won’t be so lucky if they don’t hurry up and claim their ticket!

A Conroe resident is $3 million richer after claiming a top prize-winning ticket in the Texas Lottery!

Powerball perfection is what many were seeking at Rudy’s in Rosenberg on Christmas Day.

A man who won one of the largest lottery payments in U.S. history has filed a federal lawsuit against the mother of his child in an attempt to keep his identity concealed.

The Powerball Jackpot continues to climb! After no one won Monday’s jackpot, the grand prize has grown to an estimated $1.72 billion.

A lucky Houstonian has claimed a Lotto Texas jackpot prize worth about $6.25 million for the drawing held on Aug. 30.

A Wharton resident is a lucky winner after claiming a Powerball® prize worth $2,000,008 for the drawing on Aug. 30.

These days, playing games or seeing if you won doesn’t even require people to go to the store.

Someone from Texas is $4 million richer after winning a Mega Millions prize.

A local resident claimed a top prize-winning ticket worth $1 million in the Texas Lottery®scratch ticket game Diamond 7s.

Someone woke up $2 million richer Tuesday morning after purchasing a winning Powerball ticket in Spring.

Winning the lottery is actually a curse? It has been the case for many winners.

A Houston resident woke up $3 million richer after claiming a Mega Millions® prize, the Texas Lottery announced Monday.

Someone in Missouri City is $2 million richer.

Ten people woke up a bit richer after winning the Texas Two Step Jackpot worth $1.55 million.

The Texas Lottery Commission said a resident of Porter has claimed a $1 million prize from a scratch-off ticket.

A Houston resident is $2 million richer thanks to a lucky ticket claimed recently, the Texas Lottery announced Thursday.

Someone in the Houston area is waking up $2 million richer this Tuesday!

The Powerball jackpot grew to an estimated $747 million after no one beat the odds and won the top prize in Saturday night’s drawing.

Someone who bought a Powerball ticket in Southern California has won a record $2.04 billion Powerball jackpot.

The Powerball jackpot prize grew on Saturday after no ticket matched all the numbers.

One Katy resident is all smiles after claiming a $19 million jackpot prize for the Lotto Texas drawing held on Sept. 17, according to Texas Lotto.

A jackpot-winning ticket worth an estimated annuitized $19 million for the Lotto Texas drawing held on Sept. 17 was purchased at Master Food Mart, located at 13053 E. FM 1097 Road, in Willis.

Someone beat the odds and won the $1.28 billion Mega Millions jackpot.

What should you do if you find yourself holding the lucky ticket?

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Houston Life's Lauren Kelly and Enrique Ramirez went on a mission to see how they'd spend the money if they won!

Lottery officials have raised the Mega Millions grand prize to $660 million, giving players a shot at the nation’s ninth largest jackpot.

Someone is a winner after purchasing a Texas lottery ticket in Irving, Texas.

A single lottery ticket sold in Arizona won Wednesday’s Powerball jackpot of $473.1 million, lottery officials said.

Check your tickets, Houston area and beyond.

Want to see Hamilton at The Hobby Center, but don't want to pay big bucks for a ticket?You can win tickets for $10 in digital lottery.

A Michigan woman discovered she was the winner of a $3 million Mega Millions prize when she checked the spam folder of her email account.

We still have time to scream "Show me the money, honey!" as there was no winner for the Powerball on Christmas Day. Now, the jackpot has grown to a whopping $416 million and those who still have lotto fever still have time to get their tickets ahead of Monday night's drawing.

A $1 million winning ticket for the MegaMillions drawing was sold in Cypress, according to the Texas Lottery.

A jackpot-winning ticket worth an estimated annuitized $20.75 million for the Lotto Texas drawing held on Oct. 2 was purchased at BFM Food Mart, located at 5825 Bellaire Blvd., in Houston.

Monday will have a new meaning for Texas lottery players!

Lottery officials say a woman in Germany carried a winning ticket in her purse for weeks without realizing it was worth about 33 million euros ($39 million).

A Sugar Land convenience store sold a ticket worth $1 million, according to the the Texas Lottery website.

Starting Monday, Texas Lottery players can play the Gems 7s brand of scratch-off ticket games.

Year of the scratch-off: More than half of winning tickets worth at least $600 claimed in 2020A California man is $5 million richer thanks to a scratch-off lottery ticket. Brian Christensen, a clerk at Ferndale Liquors, sold the winning ticket. “He had a $100 bill, and it was 10 or 11 in the morning, I wasn’t quite sure if I had enough money in the register to break it,” he said. The man was in Ferndale helping his cousin finish up some work, and when the clerk couldn’t make change, he bought an extra ticket. “And that turned out to be the winning ticket,” said Christensen.

Just who will collect the Powerball prize may never be known: Maryland is one of the states that allows winners to remain anonymous. The Powerball jackpot came only a day after nobody won the $970 million Mega Millions prize, the third-largest prize in U.S. history. The biggest prize was a $1.58 billion Powerball jackpot won by three people in 2016. Most winners opt for cash prizes, which for Mega Millions would be $716.3 million and $546.8 million for Wednesday's Powerball. After the Powerball win, the new jackpot has a $15 million cash value.

The Mega Millions top prize climbed to an estimated $865 million, the biggest jackpot in more than two years. The winning number’s in Tuesday night’s Mega Millions drawing were: 10-19-26-28-50 and a Mega Ball of 16. No one has won the Mega Millions jackpot since Sept. 15, allowing the prize to grow larger and larger over four months. For Mega Millions, the odds of matching all six numbers is one in 302.5 million, and for Powerball it’s one in 292.2 million. Mega Millions and Powerball are both played in 45 states as well as Washington, D.C., and the U.S. Virgin Islands.

HOUSTON – Houston-area residents purchased Powerball lottery tickets worth $1M at a Sugar Land Kroger and a Houston convenience store, Texas Lottery officials said. The individuals bought Powerball tickets that matched five of the numbers picked in Saturday’s Powerball drawing -- 14, 20, 39, 65 and 67- though they did not match the Powerball drawn, which was 2. One individual bought a Powerball ticket at a Sugar Land Kroger, located at 18861 University Blvd. and another individual purchased a Powerball ticket at a Houston Quick Stuff Convenience Store, located at 8055 North Sam Houston Pkwy. Another Powerball ticket sold in Texas matched five of the numbers drawn Saturday.

Blank forms for the Powerball lottery sit in a bin at a local grocery store, Tuesday, Jan. 12, 2021, in Des Moines, Iowa. No one beat the odds in Friday's Mega Millions drawing, so that jackpot grew to an estimated $850 million. It's been nearly two years since a lottery jackpot has grown so large. The estimated cash prize for the next Mega Millions jackpot is $628.2 million. Mega Millions and Powerball are both played in 45 states as well as Washington, D.C., and the U.S. Virgin Islands.

After not drawing a winner on Tuesday, the Mega Millions jackpot grew to nearly half a billion dollars. On Friday, numbers will be drawn again to find a winner of the $490,000,000 jackpot. According NBC News, officials said more than 19.2 million winning tickets have been sold at all prize levels including 27 worth at least $1,000,000. Following Tuesday’s drawing of the numbers 20, 43, 51, 55, 57 and 04, four tickets matched five white balls to win the game’s second prize of at least $1,000,000. Officials said no one has matched all six numbers to score the jackpot since Sept. 15.

HOUSTON – Two lucky people woke up at least a million dollars richer, thanks to two winning lottery tickets sold in the Houston-area. On Christmas Day, the Texas Lottery Commission reported that a Mega Millions ticket with a prize amount of $1 million was sold at a Kroger in Katy located at 2700 W. Grand Parkway N. The winning numbers were 17, 23, 36, 69 and 70. On Dec. 26, it was announced that there was a winner of a Powerball ticket sold at a Fiesta Mart located at 11006 Airline Dr. The winning numbers: 10, 24, 27, 35 and 53. A Powerball ticket with a prize amount of $1 million was also sold at a Tiger Mart located in Cleburne.

HOUSTON – Welp, someone just became $47 million richer after claiming a jackpot-winning Lotto Texas ticket. The ticket was sold at Pic N Pac 10 located at 109 Hwy 123 N. Bypass in Seguin, according to lottery officials. Approximately 46 people were close to getting a piece of that $47 million, but were short by one number, according to lottery officials. READ: A man hit the Powerball jackpot twice in the same day, after playing the exact same numbers for 30 yearsThe highest state jackpot in history was $97 million sold in Dallas in May 2010, according to Texas Lottery. In January, a Laredo resident claimed a Lotto Texas jackpot ticket for $17.5 million.

HOUSTON – This weekend, Texans have the rare chance to win $42.75 million -- the largest jackpot prize in North America, according to Texas Lottery. “Saturday night’s Lotto Texas jackpot is the largest lottery prize available on the continent and can only be won by a Texas Lottery player,” said Gary Grief, executive director of the Texas Lottery Commission. “We’re hopeful that at least one player wins the biggest jackpot the game has seen in more than a decade this weekend. It only takes one ticket to win.”Previously, the highest jackpot was $97 million sold in Dallas in May 2010, according to Texas Lottery. So far in 2020, there has only been one Lotto Texas jackpot winner, a Laredo resident, who claimed $17.5 million in January.

The Lotto Texas jackpot, which was at its largest prize in more than a decade Wednesday night, only got larger after the numbers drew no winners. Wednesday’s jackpot was the fifth-largest jackpot prize in the world. “I look forward to congratulating the biggest Lotto Texas winner since 2010. So far, only one person, a Laredo resident, has won a Lotto Texas jackpot in 2020 claiming $17.5 million for the drawing on Jan 15. The Lotto Texas drawings are held every Wednesday and Saturday at 10:12 p.m. You can watch the webcast of the official drawing here.

Someone has won the jackpot prize of $28 million by playing the SuperLotto Plus in California. The winning ticket matched all six numbers of Saturday's draw -- 03, 09, 23, 27, 35, along with Mega number 16. The store that sold the ticket will receive an estimated $140,000 bonus from the California lottery. Revenue from the California lottery supports public education but it also provides commissions to stores based on the ticket sales. “This money directly helps local businesses -- most of which are independently-owned by entrepreneurs who are trying to stay afloat during these difficult times,” reads the press release.

Published: May 13, 2020, 9:56 am Updated: May 13, 2020, 10:02 amPLEASANT GARDEN, N.C. – A Pleasant Garden man went to pick up some pork rinds but ended up with a $200,000 prize. On March 18, Andrew Parrish, a small business owner, was driving home from work when he stopped at Han-Dee Hugo on U.S. 22 Business in Randleman. “I just got off work and stopped to get some pork rinds,” recalled Parrish. She cried all the way home.”Parrish picked up his prize Monday in Raleigh and left with $141,501 after taxes. He plans to use his prize money to pay off bills and his daughter’s car, and maybe buy himself a new truck.

A 22-year-old grocery store employee just won the biggest jackpot in Quebec's history after he purchased a ticket from the store where he works. Eight others won $1 million in the same draw as Mathieu, the lottery's website said. Lavoie and other Loto‑Québec officials say they will give Mathieu advice on what he should consider doing before handing over the cash. "If you like your job, you don't need to retire yet," Lavoie will say. That’s good advice for grocery store workers and lotto winners alike.

HOUSTON – A convenience store clerk appeared in court Monday after being accused of scratching tickets to see if they were winners before the tickets were sold. Investigators said it happened at the Timewise Food Store at 8190 Katy Freeway in Houston. Clerk Omar Ali, 31, is charged with violation of lottery act, a felony, as some of the tickets had prizes of up to $1 million. According to court documents, investigators believe Ali would use a pin to make very small scratches in the bonus prize box to see if the ticket was an instant winner or not. “Taking away from the customers but it ain’t right though.“Court documents didn’t mention what investigators think Ali was doing with the winning tickets.

Just imagine -- you won the big lottery just a few days before Valentine’s Day and you and your partner want to take a trip of a lifetime. Where do you go? Don’t you worry, you future lottery winner, because we have assembled a nice and easy quiz to help you determine which romantic city you should spend your Valentine’s Day in.

HOUSTON – One person won $25,000 on Christmas Day through the Texas lottery. The Cash Five lottery ticket was sold at an Exxon gas station at 7090 West Orem Drive, in southwest Houston, according to the Texas lottery. More than 100 tickets had four of five numbers correct and won $350 each. In the Cash Five lottery game, a person can win cash prizes by matching 2, 3, 4 or 5 numbers from a field of 35, per the Texas lottery. Drawings are held Monday through Saturdays at 10:12 p.m. Tickets sales are not available during Draw Break, from 10:02 - 10:15 p.m.

HOUSTON – KPRC2 looked at the lottery retailers that sell the most lottery tickets and also sell the most winning tickets across the Houston area. You can read that story here to see if location and the game you play helps increase your chances of winning. Below we take a look at the top locations by county of retailers selling winning Mega Millions tickets in the KPRC2 viewing area in 2019. Click on the pins on the map below to see the locations selling the big prize tickets. Data includes only prizes valued at $600 or more.

HOUSTON – Are you a million dollars richer? The winning numbers were drawn Saturday night for the $625 million Powerball jackpot. That estimated jackpot is one of the largest in Powerball history after no tickets matched the six numbers in Wednesday's drawing. Here are the winning numbers: 24, 25, 52, 60, 66. Powerball: 5.

HOUSTON – An anonymous Houston resident claimed a $1 million lottery ticket in the Texas Lottery scratch ticket game, Stacks of Cash. The ticket was purchased at Aldine Food Store, located at 195 Aldine Bender Road, in Houston.

AUSTIN – An anonymous Conroe resident has claimed a $1.1 million Texas Two Step jackpot prize for the Sept. 17 drawing. The winning ticket matched all four of the white ball numbers drawn (12-26-31-35) and the bonus ball (29). The ticket was purchased at Speedy Stop Store 87 at 2500 N. Loop 336 W. in Conroe.

ORLANDO, Fla. – The winning numbers in Wednesday evening's drawing of the "Powerball" game were: 09-15-43-60-64, Powerball: 4, Power Play: 3The jackpot for Wednesday's drawing was $430 million, at last check.