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After 2 years of applying for the NYC housing lottery, she finally won her bid. Now she pays $1,000 in rent for her Manhattan apartment.
In 2018, the odds of winning the affordable-housing lottery were 1 in 592, The New York Times repor…
Amanda Goh
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He won the NYC housing lottery after applying more than 60 times. Now, he pays $2,300 in rent for his Brooklyn apartment.
Competition for the New York affordable-housing lottery is stiff: There are about 450 applications …
Amanda Goh
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Home sweet hindrance? Positive events in one’s personal and family life can be bad for business, study finds!
Have you heard the phrase “a happy home makes for a happy life”? It's often believed that contentme…
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Their landlord hiked their rent by 25%, so they applied for the NYC housing lottery. On the 25th try, luck was on their side.
Winning the housing lottery is a pipe dream for most applicants: In 2018, The New York Times report…
Amanda Goh
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2 cops won $1.2M in the lottery, but said they won't quit because they want to set an example for their kids
A British couple who won a lottery said they would continue to work part-time as police officers be…
Mikhaila Friel
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Massachusetts woman beats incredible odds to win $1 million lottery prize twice in 10 weeks
Winning more than once is remarkable, but Christine Wilson's back-to-back wins aren't a first in lo…
Rebecca Rommen
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A $1.35 billion lottery winner's own father turned against him in a messy family lawsuit
A $1.35 billion lottery winner is suing his ex partner, saying she broke an NDA and told family mem…
Mia Jankowicz
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Lottery fever strikes as combined Powerball and Mega Millions jackpots hit $1.9 billion
The two jackpots are up to almost $2 billion. Powerball's next draw is on Monday, while players for…
Polly Thompson
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California man wins $1.765 billion lottery, the second-biggest Powerball jackpot in US history
Theodorus Struyck hails from a small town outside LA and represents a group that won $1.765 billion…
Geoff Weiss
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Uncle Sam just overhauled the H-1B visa lottery, and that's good news for startups
Changes to the H-1B visa program should improve the odds for startups of getting their applicants s…
Melia Russell
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A lottery player in Florida misses out on $36 million after failing to validate a Mega Millions ticket
Somebody in Florida could be walking around unaware they forfeited the opportunity to claim the Meg…
Rebecca Rommen
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An accountant won $78 million in the lottery, but isn't quitting his job until he's wrapped up all his clients' taxes
British accountant Richard Nuttall and his wife Debbie won $78 million in January, but he said he w…
Mikhaila Friel
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Chinese consumers are turning to the lottery for money as the economy sputters and youth unemployment soars
"The worse the economy is, the more lottery tickets will be sold," a Chinese social media user wrot…
Filip De Mott
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A Florida lottery ticket worth $44 million is unclaimed and set to expire in just a few days
A Florida Lottery ticket worth $44 million, which was purchased in Kissimmee in June, will expire i…
Joshua Zitser
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Indiana lottery approved $50,000 win for a man whose ticket was torn into pieces by a store employee
Indiana's lottery approved the appeal of a man whose $50,000 Powerball ticket was ripped up by a st…
Joshua Zitser
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A man bought 30 identical lottery tickets for $1 each and won $150,000. It's the second time the strategy has worked for him.
Dana Pickham won $150,000 after buying 30 tickets, each costing $1 and using identical numbers. He …
Joshua Zitser
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A delivery driver who won $4.8 million in the lottery still worked his Christmas shift to not let his colleagues down
Jonny Johnston, from County Fermanagh, Northern Ireland, still showed up on December 23rd to work a…
Joshua Zitser
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A 92-year-old lottery winner tried to sue his daughter, saying she bullied him into giving her almost a third of his winnings
The case was dismissed after the judge ruled that the 92-year-old lottery winner wasn't bullied int…
Joshua Zitser
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Idaho man had to hide his excitement in the middle of a work video call when he found out he'd won $1 million in the lottery
Andrew Nachman's wife texted him to let him know they had won the lottery in the middle of a work c…
Joshua Zitser
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A woman who won $187 million in a lottery severed ties with her family after she said they became 'demanding and greedy'
Gillian Bayford told The Sun that she fell out with her family after she won $187 million in a lott…