Jackpot

ELIZABETH, N.J. (AP) -- Five construction workers in New Jersey, vindicated by a jury, must wait before learning exactly how much they'll share of a $38.5 million Mega Millions jackpot that a co-worker who was part of their lottery pool claimed as his own in 2009. ...

Winning the lottery can be world-rocking, and it certainly was for Amanda Clayton, who scored $1 million in Michigan's state lottery last September, or a little over $500,000, she says, after taxes. But there are downsides too: Like jealous friends who are looking for ways to bring you down, as in tipping off a ...

Last year, a group of clerical employees at a school district in Southern California scooped up $12 million in a Lotto payday. But that didn't stop their dreaming. Last week, the 16 co-workers won a Mega Millions prize worth over a quarter million dollars, say state lottery officials. ...

Anyone who wins the lottery is lucky, but to do so by accident? A Georgia woman has just done that, having been notified by the Georgia Lottery Headquarters she just won a jackpot of $25 million. ...

While most state employees are facing layoffs and reduced benefits, seven New York government workers have just come into millions -- but not because of the generosity of their employer. The technology workers in the state's Homes and Community Renewal agency in Albany pooled their resources to buy several ...