Even though Amir Massihzadeh of Boulder, Colorado, was the only legitimate winner of a Colorado Lotto jackpot worth $4.8 million in 2005, he's not eligible to claim the full winnings, the Colorado Court of Appeals ruled in a decision released Thursday.

Massihzadeh, one of three ticket holders to win that jackpot, accepted his prize of $568,990, after taxes. But 10 years later, a criminal investigation exposed a scheme to rig lotteries across state lines, and officials determined the other two winning tickets that shared the same numbers as Massihzadeh's were fraudulent.

Did you forget to check any lotto tickets you bought late last year? We hope you didn't throw them away!

The Texas Lottery announced Thursday that a winning Mega Millions ticket worth $1 million remains unclaimed after its January 1, 2019 drawing. And the time to claim it is about to expire.

According to the statement, the winning Quick Pick ticket was sold at a 7-Eleven at 4180 E. Renner Road in Richardson, Texas. The ticket matched all five of the white ball numbers drawn: 34, 44, 57, 62, and 70. The Mega Ball number, 14, was not matched. The Megaplier number was 4.

One lottery ticket buyer's loss is the gain of group of Cedar Rapids workers.

The Iowa Lottery announced Wednesday that a group of 34 workers at Collins Aerospace, which designs and makes aircraft components, won the $1 million top prize in a lottery promotion to give away an unclaimed Powerball prize.

Laurie Ginder of Anamosa, who entered the contest on behalf of her coworkers, said she couldn't believe it when she found out they'd won.

"At first, they (her co-workers) didn't believe it," Ginder said. "I got a lot of, 'Is this a joke? Is this for real?'"

A suburban Detroit man who was in the middle of a divorce when he won more than $30 million must share the lottery windfall with his ex-wife.

A columnist discusses lottery funding of education, and why people never seem to get the sense of where lottery proceeds end up.

The Idaho Lottery will celebrate 30 years in July and will try to break a Guinness World Record for the largest gathering of people scratching scratch cards at once.

A Brooklyn, New York, superintendent won a $7 million lottery jackpot and promptly quit his job to take a cross-country motorcycle trip spreading the word of God, he said Friday.

A judge has barred the ex-girlfriend of a Charlotte area woman from cashing in on the woman's big lottery ticket win.

The Florida Lottery wants another look at the potential impact on education funding from legislation that would require slapping gambling-addiction warning labels on the front of tickets and ads.

Starting July 1, you'll be able to play the multi-state Cash4Life lottery game on a daily basis.