A text from a friend reminding Michael Chavez to check his lottery ticket recently led to a seven-figure payday for the California player. When Chavez didn’t show up for work, a colleague texted him, ...

BLOOMFIELD, New Jersey (WABC) -- The first person Bill Masters told when he thought he scratched off a big winning poker hand was his Dad who works alongside him, at Brooklyn Pizza in Rahway. Not far ...

Matt Glantz was just giving a couple of his poker buddies a hard time with his sarcastic tweet in the summer of 2022. But in the nearly two years since, the post has taken on a life of its own. “Never ...

COLUMBIA, S.C. — One South Carolina man's "Eureka!" moment recently came in the form of a major lottery win in Columbia, officials say. The South Carolina Education Lottery spoke with a recent winner ...

A South Carolina woman bought a poker-style lottery ticket on May 29, scratched it and ended up winning big. “I don’t play poker,” she told South Carolina Education Lottery officials.She says she ...

Akbar Zamani took top honors at the World Series of Poker Circuit stop hosted at Thunder Valley Casino Resort near Sacramento, California on January 27. It was the largest tournament score yet for the ...

CHEYENNE, Wyo. — A Wyoming House committee cleared bills that would establish a state lottery and allow for casual poker games without fear of being arrested. The lottery bill, House Bill 186, ...

DES MOINES | The Iowa Lottery has no plans to get into online gaming this year, but at least one lawmaker thinks it might be in Iowans’ best interest to offer online poker. Lottery Director Terry Rich ...