A Houston woman who purchased a winning lottery ticket in February has finally been awarded around $34 million in winnings ...

"The prize claim for the estimated annuitized $83.5 million jackpot prize has now been processed," the Texas Lottery ...

A Houston woman who sued Texas Lottery after they refused to acknowledge her $83.5-million win will finally get paid. An agreement between the lottery commission and Kristen Moriarty was filed on July ...

The agency initially blocked the payout because of two state investigations into now-banned lottery courier services, one of ...

In short, it depends on the state. The federal tax withholding rate is 24% for lottery winnings, less the wager, for prizes greater than $5,000, according to the Texas Lottery Commission.

The top 10 all won more than $60 million. The largest lottery prize ever in Texas was more than $400 million, paid out to a ...

Kristen Moriarty was the only person to hit the $83.5M jackpot in February, but she had the bad timing to win as lawmakers became furious with the state lottery commission.