Lottery jackpots are going to shrink as the coronavirus pandemic tamps down lottery sales

We all know the Texas Lottery proceeds go towards state education, but how much? The Dallas Morning News investigated this with their Curious Texas series. Reporter Nataly Keomoungkhoun joins us.

It’s been weeks since someone won one of the multi-state lotteries, sending jackpots climbing into the hundreds of millions of dollars. Local media in Tampa Bay, Florida, reported Thursday a single winning ticket was sold at a 7-Eleven store in Bonita Springs, The Wednesday night Powerball drawing came with an estimated jackpot of $394 million, or a $274.6 million cash…

A Garland resident purchased a winning lottery scratch-off ticket at a convenience store in Wylie.

An Austin resident claimed a second-tier Mega Millions prize worth $5 million for the drawing on May 21.

Manuel Franco, the Wisconsin 24-year-old who won a $768.4 million Powerball jackpot, stepped out to claim the third-largest jackpot in history.

Manuel Franco said he felt lucky when he purchased five Powerball games last month at a Wisconsin gas station. The 24-year-old West Allis resident’s hunch was right. Franco matched all six Powerball numbers to win the $768.4 million prize, the third-largest jackpot in U.S. lottery history. “It feels like a dream,” Franco told reporters at a news conference Tuesday.

A single ticket that matched all six Powerball numbers to win the estimated $768.4 million jackpot — the third-largest jackpot in U.S. lottery history — was sold in a Milwaukee suburb, Wisconsin Lottery officials said Thursday. The ticket, worth a cash option of $477 million, was sold at a Speedway gas station in New Berlin, a city of about 40,000...

Lottery officials say the Powerball jackpot has ballooned to $750 million after no ticket matched all six numbers in the most recent drawing. The numbers drawn Saturday night are 24, 25, 52, 60 and 66, with a Powerball of 5.

The Powerball drawing took place Saturday night, offering players a $495 million jackpot — the 8th largest in the lottery game’s history. The winning numbers are: 30, 34, 39, 53, 67 and the Powerball is 11. The estimated cash option is $300.2 million. The Powerball jackpot was last hit in New York in the Dec. 26 drawing. Since then, there...

The only winning ticket for the $267 million jackpot in Friday’s Mega Millions drawing was sold in New Jersey, officials said.

An Iowa man got the “Jackpot treatment” after winning $1 off a scratch-off lotto ticket. Tyler Heep decided to cash in the winning ticket at the Iowa Lottery Headquarters and was presented with a big check for his win. Heep spent his winnings on a gallon of gas.

Nearly everyone in this small South Carolina town has a theory for the city’s billion-dollar mystery: Who won the $1.5 billion Mega Millions jackpot announced last October? Maybe the winner was so overwhelmed upon seeing the winning numbers that she or he died on the spot? Maybe the winner is on the run from police and fears a background check?...

Authorities have arrested a California man they say tried to steal his roommate’s $10 million winning lottery ticket.

You’ve probably heard by now that the Mega Millions jackpot is up to a whopping $1.6 billion – the largest in history. Aside from cash prizes, where does that money go? We break it down.

No jackpot winner has been drawn in the Mega Millions lottery drawing estimated at $415 million. Virginia Lottery spokesman John Hagerty tells The Associated Press that no ticket matching all six winning numbers was drawn Friday night. Hagerty says Tuesday night’s jackpot will be worth an estimated $449 million. The winning numbers drawn Friday night were 20-41-42- 45-49, with a...

The estimated Mega Millions jackpot has risen to $454 million, making it potentially the 7th largest lottery jackpot in the U.S. The prize increased slightly Tuesday from $449 million. The jackpot will be the largest since a $429.6 million Powerball prize won by a New Jersey family May 7. The largest Mega Millions jackpot ever was $656 million, which was...

A Massachusetts man has won a $1 million jackpot in the state lottery just months after his wife won her own $1 million prize in a different contest.

Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick wants to spend $700 million annually in Texas lottery revenue on bonuses for veteran teachers.