It may be Friday the 13th, but someone could get very lucky tonight if the lottery gods are feeling generous and they match tonight's Mega Millions numbers.
A New Jersey man who won a $338 million Powerball jackpot, among the largest lottery winnings, is embroiled in a court fight with his former girlfriend over the money.
It wasn't that huge of a jackpot as far as lottery jackpots go, just $14 million, which is still a lot of money. In 2010, Iowa lottery officials thought the $14 million was going to go unclaimed, when just hours before the deadline would have returned the money to the state, a New York lawyer came forward with the winning ticket.
By Jeff Deminski
As Bruce Springsteen sang, "it's a death trap, it's a suicide rap, we gotta get out while we're young." Or at least while the $9 million lasts. A couple who won a Mega Millions jackpot of $9.4 million after taxes has fled the state according to the store where the winning ticket was purchased. The ticket purchase itself was an odyssey.