AUSTIN (Nexstar) — As the Powerball jackpot approaches almost $2 billion, the third-highest jackpot in the game’s history, the Texas lottery is entering into a new era under a different agency.

Though around 95% of the people who gamble do so safely, around 5% realize that they are being significantly harmed by the habit, Whelan said. Mostly, the harm is financial, but it can also damage ...

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Nobody won Powerball’s 10-figure grand prize in Monday night’s drawing, but someone who bought a ticket at a Circle K in South Carolina will receive a significant consolation prize, South Carolina ...

Playing the lottery will lose money most of the time, whereas the stock market rises most of the time. Even investing in the worst S&P 500 stock in 2024 was better than the average lottery ticket ...

Two tickets from Texas and Missouri will split the second-highest lottery jackpot ever won in the U.S., a $1.79 billion Powerball prize. The Powerball jackpot was won on Saturday, Sept. 6, after ...

The $2 Lucky for Life lottery ticket was purchased at the Circle K on Central Avenue in Charlotte, officials said. Street View image from May 2021. © 2025 Google A ...

No one hit the jackpot in the Sept. 3 Powerball drawing, but nine New Jerseyans still won some big prizes. The New Jersey Lottery announced that eight tickets sold in the Garden State matched four ...