Even though a person is more likely to get eaten by a shark than win the lottery, it hasn’t deterred Americans from spending more than a few dollars in hopes of becoming rich overnight. In 2021, Americans spent over $105 billion on lottery tickets.

Just won millions in the lottery? Congratulations! Here's what to do — and more importantly, not to do — to avoid making some very big mistakes.

Friday night's Mega Millions drawing could reveal a winning ticket for the lottery game's fifth largest jackpot: $1.22 billion.

It’s been a busy month for lottery players. The Mega Millions jackpot now stands at a $1.22 billion ahead of a Dec. 27 drawing, after a Christmas Eve drawing failed to yield a winner. That makes it the largest such prize for either of the two big multistate lottery games — Mega Millions and Powerball — in the holiday-filled month of December,

If you stand to claim a Mega Millions jackpot, or any other lottery prize, one of the first things you should do is seek advice from financial experts

A billion dollars could be the perfect way to ring in the New Year. No one scored big on Christmas Eve when the last Mega Millions drawing pushed the jackpot closer to 10 figures, so now it has ballooned to at least $1.