A Mega Millions ticket sold in California just missed the $77 million jackpot but won $54,869, lottery officials said. The ...

“He kidded me if the reason I wasn’t at work was because I had won the million,” Chavez said in the release. “He even ...

His excitement, though, made him forget that he had bought a Mega Millions ticket for the drawing that same evening. “I went back to bed without looking at my ticket,” Chavez told lottery ...