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Sidney Hertzberg, a 13-year-old girl near Detroit, won a Petco essay contest that came with a $50,000 grand prize. And she's going to donate all of it to her local cat shelter. Source: WXYZ

Sure, the Mega Millions hype may be gone. But the rush this man has to be living with must be amazing.

Well, the Mega Millions jackpot is now at $1.6 Billion since there's been no winner. Seriously, what would someone even DO with $1.6 billion, or even half of that with taxes and stuff taken out. News 10 abc reported that no one hit the jackpot for the Mega Millions Lottery Game, so the jackpot is now at an all-time high of 1...

But seriously, this is now one huge reason why dogs are “man’s best friend”! A man from Fort Edward, NY - less than an hour from the Capital Region- went into a store to buy a Slim Jim for his dog.  He left over six million dollars richer...

Don't throw away your tickets just yet though, some New Yorker's did score some smaller cash prizes.

Ahh the amazing dreams of winning the lottery. Even if you win $10 it is exciting. Could you only imagine the excitement to become a millionaire with the NYS Lottery?

It's almost like we are actually going to just hand you a pot o' gold.

Check your lottery tickets! You could be sitting on a BIG Winner!

Talk about good deeds paying off!

Imagine thinking that you won big bucks on a scratch-off lottery ticket, only to be told that you didn't win a thing. That's what happened to a Roswell, N.M., man recently.

Yolanda Vega and the New York State Lottery are headed to Glens Falls to present a check to a lady who was lucky enough to purchase a winning scratch-off ticket netting her $7.5 million!

After a win-less Saturday drawing, the Powerball jackpot rose to $400 million on Sunday and could get even bigger.