Jan. 28 (UPI) -- A North Carolina man made a stop to put gas in his car and ended up winning a $200,000 lottery prize.

Buying tickets, however, doesn’t mean you’re guaranteed to win anything, and countless Americans often put more money into playing the lottery than they get out of it — or they can afford.

The ticket matching all six Powerball numbers in last Saturday's $328.5 million Powerball jackpot was sold at the Fred Meyer ...

Part of the reason so many lottery winners and heirs blow their windfalls shortly after getting rich is that they never learned the skills to manage, guard and grow that kind of money. The other ...

PHOENIX — At least two seven-figure winning lottery tickets remain unclaimed across the Valley from this week's drawings! A $1.19 million Triple Twist jackpot winner remains unclaimed for the ...

Billionaire Mark Cuban has also had some well-considered advice for lottery winners. He told the Dallas Morning News in 2016 that winners should hire a tax attorney, avoid taking the lump sum and say ...