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Five years ago, Tyrone Curry won $3.4 million in the Washington State Lottery. But today he still goes to his job every day as custodian and track coach at Evergreen High School — even while he’s also giving the school a new $40,000 track.

A Michigan Lottery $2 million jackpot winner from last year is eligible and collecting some food stamp assistance under a loophole state officials have been working for months to close.

Seven New Yorkers claimed a $319 million jackpot in the multistate Mega Millions lottery Thursday.

One lucky winner in upstate New York chose the right numbers in Friday night's Mega Millions lottery, which has a jackpot of $312 million, the New York Lottery said Saturday.

McDonald’s is the last place you’d expect to find a millionaire. But at a McDonald’s store in Cardiff, you’re likely to be served by one. Luke Pittard won £1.3 million in the UK National Lottery and quit his job at the fast food chain soon after.

Raleigh Hill told the state lottery he hesitated to come in and claim the $1 million prize because of the attention.

Holly Lahti burst into the spotlight a week ago in a feel-good story about a single mother who won a $190 million Mega Millions jackpot... Lahti, 29, went underground with her two daughters immediately after learning she had won half of a $380 million jackpot in the Jan. 4 drawing. She has not been seen or heard in public since, though she has posted a message to her suddenly large group of Facebook followers.

The Washington winner of the Mega Millions lottery jackpot planned to discuss his windfall Thursday, while officials in Idaho waited for another lucky ticket-holder to come forward and claim half of the $380 million prize....

An elderly couple who won $11 million from a lottery ticket in Canada have given the money away to good causes and family, according to media reports.

The odds against winning $1 million in the Lottery: Astronomical. How about doing it twice? It happened to a man from Bonne Terre, Mo., Missouri Lottery officials said Tuesday. Ernest Pullen, 57, won $1 million with a "100 Million Dollar Blockbuster" Scratchers ticket in June. And this month, he won $2 million with a "Mega MONOPOLY" Scratchers ticket.