lottery

Most gambling-addicted states

Take a look at the 15 most gambling-addicted states, according to personal finance website WalletHub.

Inside the hypersecure room where Powerball millionaires are made

In a small studio in the bowels of the Florida Lottery headquarters building in Tallahassee, two little tornadoes of balls bounce merrily around inside two blinking bright blue machines. In an instant, some of the balls will pop up from the melee and roll down to a neat metal rack, and by the power of gravity and the even hand of chance, a new Powerball millionaire will be made.

Biggest U.S. lottery jackpots

With Wednesday's Powerball drawing resulting in a $768.4 million jackpot for one winner in Wisconsin, check out where that ranks on the list of biggest U.S. lottery jackpots ever.

8 things to know about Powerball

New to Powerball but still want in on a chance at Wednesday's $750 million jackpot? Here's everything you need to know.