A lighthearted text from a co-worker led a man to learn that he had won $1.2 million after playing the California lottery.

A Powerball ticket sold in California won $18,461 but just missed the $59 million jackpot, lottery officials say. The ticket ...

A coworker's text jokingly asking if Michael Chavez didn't show up to work because he won the lottery jackpot turned out to ...

Jeffry Figueroa, who purchased his lucky Winter Magic Multiplier scratcher for $10 at Koko’s Liquor in Los Angeles, drove to ...

Michael Chavez reportedly received a million-dollar prize in the Mega Millions lottery after a co-worker joked that he would ...

“He kidded me if the reason I wasn’t at work was because I had won the million,” Chavez said in the release. “He even ...

The California Lottery announced Tuesday that a Mega Millions player only realized he bought a winning ticket in Los Angeles ...

Edwin Castro became biggest lottery winner ever, winning a $2.04 billion Powerball prize. Here's how the California fires ...

A California lottery player got a shock of a lifetime when he went to claim what he thought was a $1,000 prize from a winning ...

A text from a co-worker teasing Michael Chavez about winning the lottery led him to check his ticket. And he actually had won.

Better odds and bigger jackpots. The California Lottery Commission is scheduled to vote Thursday on changing the way the Mega Millions game is played.

Stockphoto A Powerball ticket sold in California won $28,258, but just missed the $48 million jackpot, lottery officials say.