One Mega Millions player has bought a winning ticket worth an estimated $1.22bn, the lottery game announced on Friday, 27 ...

If you were to take the winnings as a lump sum, it's actually around $549.7 million, according to the Mega Millions lottery, and it will drop further than that. There are 2,781 billionaires in the ...

Whether winning will change your life for the better, however, is the subject of fierce debate. Lottery skeptics note that, depending on the state, taxes and mandatory federal withholdings can ...

The winner of Friday’s Mega Millions lottery drawing will receive an estimated $1.22 billion — the fifth-biggest jackpot in the game’s history — but only if they forgo the immediate lump-sum payment ...