Realizing he had an extra $5 in his pocket, the Taneytown man decided to splurge on some lottery tickets, Maryland Lottery officials said in a Dec. 23 news release. He bought two $1 scratch-offs and one $3 ticket, then he headed to his truck to scratch his tickets, lottery officials said.

A New Jersey lottery player won $2 million in Saturday night's Powerball. Two other tickets sold in Idaho ($2 million) and Illinois ($1 million) also won second-tier prizes by matching all five white balls,

On his way home, a Maryland man made a quick stop at a 7-Eleven to buy a lottery ticket for a friend. As he stared at the lottery vending machine at the Glen Burnie store, one caught his eye: “the pink Millionaire’s Club scratch-off,” Maryland Lottery officials said in a Dec. 19 news release.

The Powerball winning numbers are in for the Saturday, Dec. 21 drawing with a jackpot that reached an estimated $88 million ($40.2 million cash value). The largest winning Powerball jackpot ticket sold in Michigan was worth $842.

No tickets were sold matching all six numbers in Saturday evening’s drawing of the multi-state Powerball lottery, pushing the estimated jackpot for Monday’s drawing to $103 million. Three tickets were sold matching five numbers but not the Powerball in Idaho,

A trip to the liquor store ended with someone winning an intoxicating amount of money in the Florida Lottery, and the big news came just in time for Christmas. The Fantasy 5 evening drawing was held Saturday, Dec. 21, and the winning numbers were 1-7-11-18-30, lottery officials said.