Winning a major jackpot is less like finding a golden ticket and more like being handed a complex business overnight. The choices you make in the first hours and weeks can determine whether that money ...

Powerball is all luck—jackpot odds are 1 in 292 million, so keep expectations realistic. Using personal favorite numbers won’t improve your odds, so a quick-pick or random selection is just as good.

Dec. 11 (UPI) --A Maryland woman's strategy of sticking with the Maryland Lottery's most recently-released scratch-off tickets earned her a $100,000 prize. The Prince George's County woman told ...