Here's a rundown of five times winning lottery tickets worth big prizes were lost, forgotten or kept until they nearly expired.

The wins include $7.5 million in San Jose, $5 million in Hollister, $2 million in Delhi (Merced County) and $1 million in Vacaville.

The prospect of a huge lottery win is once again creating a buzz in California as the state’s two major games of chance near a combined $2 billion in prize money.. The current Powerball prize ...

The Powerball jackpot will climb —again — to an estimated $653 million after no one won the major prize Monday night. The top Powerball prize has gone unclaimed since Nov. 19, causing the ...

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Powerball, Mega Millions prizes top $300 million for first time 01:13. For those who dream of getting the money all once, it's helpful to recall the many lottery winners who have gone on spending ...

John Watson of Ash won the first $200,000 top prize in the North Carolina Education Lottery’s new scratch-off game, 5 Times Lucky, after purchasing a ticket at the Scotchman store on Whiteville Road ...

Mega Millions and its lottery compatriot Powerball are sold in 45 states, as well as Washington, D.C., and the U.S. Virgin Islands. Powerball also is sold in Puerto Rico.