The vision that comes to mind when most people think of the lottery is that of crossing out numbers on a sheet of paper and watching a load of numbered balls tumble around inside a cage. Nowadays, ...

A Maryland man won his first lottery prize after he chose his ticket at random, officials said. Getty Images/iStockphoto A lottery player made random picks on a ticket machine — and hit the jackpot.

A Virginia man has a lot more time on his hands since retiring from his job in October. Part of that time is spent playing the lottery. Glenn Cyrus, a Lynchburg resident, was playing the Easy Pick ...

LANSING, MI -- A 67-year-old Lenawee County woman didn’t know what was going on after she bought a random $10 instant lottery ticket and kept getting an odd message from the store’s ticket scanner.

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. A lottery player made random picks on a ticket machine — and hit the jackpot. “I was just blown away,” the lucky winner told the ...