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Winning the lottery is a long shot at 1 in 292.2 million odds of taking home the jackpot, but maybe Santa will see how good we've been this year. Wednesday night's Powerball jackpot has now reached $1 ...

With the holidays are just around the corner, your savings might be taking a hit. Why not take a shot at one of the year's biggest Powerball jackpots? Saturday's prize has reached $1 billion and while ...

Edwin Castro of Altadena, California, holds the record for largest lottery winner ever with $2.04 billion Publix grocery store in Newnan, Georgia, sold a winning Mega Millions ticket worth $983 ...

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