(NEXSTAR) — When a lottery jackpot reaches high levels like last week’s $1.08 billion Powerball prize, or this week’s $910 million Mega Millions payout, it’s hard not to imagine what it would be like ...

With jackpots reaching ludicrous amounts, lottery pools are quickly flooding offices. At first, they sound like a great idea. Why play alone, when your odds of hitting the Powerball jackpot are a ...

WASHINGTON -- Every once in a while a lottery jackpot becomes so huge that people can't help but band together in the hope of increasing their odds, pooling their money for a wad of tickets and ...

With two gargantuan lottery jackpots in the mix this week, you might be looking to improve your odds of winning by joining a lottery pool. In a lottery pool, a group of people (often coworkers) team ...

The Powerball jackpot has now jumped to one of the highest in the game's history, an estimated $1.7 billion. JUANA SUMMERS, HOST: If that number has you thinking of going out right now to buy a ticket ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. A lottery office pool at the U.S. Department of Agriculture has had members pitching in over the years in their attempts to win ...

Just $2 and six numbers stand between you and a Mega Millions $750 million jackpot or Powerball’s $640 million loot. On Wednesday, there was no Powerball winner either, meaning the $640 million ...