Dollars and Dreams Chase $370 Million Jackpot
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The odds of winning the 12-state Mega Millions jackpot, the largest ever, are about 1 in 176 million.
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The biggest jackpot in lottery history could be won later in the EuroMillions draw played across nine countries.
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Sweden&#39;s triple-jumper Christian Olsson and runner Tonique Williams-Darling of the Bahamas ensured equal shares of the $1m (Â£569,000) jackpot on offer to athletes unbeaten in their events at all six Golden League meetings.
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Rolling the dice at a craps table or wagering a paycheck playing poker may not be the most rational use of money, but one casino operator is hoping investors will find its stock a better bet.
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LAS VEGAS James Murren does not play the tables or slot machines. But boy, does he love to gamble. About three weeks ago, Murren, the president and chief financial officer of MGM Mirage, the $4 billion hotel
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A Portuguese textile worker who shared Europe's biggest-ever lottery jackpot of 43 million euros (57.6 million dollar) with a friend last month said his life has become hellish since his big win.
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With just 78 cents in his savings account and &#36;44,000 owed to creditors, parking attendant Juan Rodriguez plunked down &#36;1 on a lottery ticket. Good thing he wasn't pinching pennies: He won a &#36;149 million lottery jackpot.
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An Internet casino operator said Tuesday it is offering Donald Trump $400 million for a stake in his ailing casino company. Casino Fortune, a Trinidad-based company, said it has approached
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NEW YORK - Money - not even $149 million - can't buy you love. Juan Rodriguez, who collected the huge windfall in the Mega Millions lottery last month, is now on the outs with his wife, the New York Post reported Saturday.
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It's no illusion: Vegas Strip leader records one more jackpot quarter.
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MEGA MILLIONS, March 7  /PRNewswire/ -- When the numbers were totaled, the Mega Millions jackpot broke all expectations by ringing in at a jaw-dropping $390 million for the March 6, 2007 drawing.
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Vijay Singh is making it look easy by winning tournament after tournament, and millions upon millions of dollars, while chasing Tiger Woods&#39;s single-season money record.
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Vijay Singh is making the game look easy by winning tournament after tournament, and millions upon millions of dollars, while chasing Tiger Woods&#39; season money record.
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NEW YORK  At least two people had winning tickets in Tuesday's $370 million Mega Millions lottery.
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There was one winning ticket for the $314.3 million Powerball lottery prize, and it was sold in this city on the Indiana-Ohio state line, lottery officials said Sunday.
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Our business is the American Dream. That&#39;s the slogan of Fannie Mae, the nation&#39;s largest backer of home mortgages. The institution was chartered in 1938 to expand home ownership, but its leadership today
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A group of employees at a Delaware printing firm is stepping forward to claim a &#36;214.7 million Powerball jackpot, a lawyer for the group said Tuesday.