Amid the Mega Millions mania, dozens of experts are chiming in about what to do if you win. And then there are the things you absolutely should not do. If you're lucky enough to claim the next multimillion-dollar prize, let these disastrous stories from past …

“I hope it don't change me a lot. I'm still going to wear my jeans. Maybe newer ones.”

Retiree Charles W. Jackson Jr. found his winning lottery numbers on a slip of paper in a fortune cookie. At first he thought he'd only won $50,000.

The next drawing is Friday, June 7 at 11 p.m. ET, so you have plenty of time to set up your next office pool or remember to swing by the gas station on your way home.

Experts recommend that big lottery winners take steps right away to protect their windfall, including telling as few people as possible and assembling a team of professionals to help navigate the win.

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There is a one-time cash option of $307 million

Tuesday night's Mega Millions drawing is the seventh-largest jackpot in the game's history, and the estimated cash value is $307 million.

The odds of winning the lottery once are already high, but there are many recent stories of people who regularly buy tickets and have won the lottery multiple times. Here a Harvard professor reveals whether frequently buying tickets up your odds.

We've mentioned several times that you're probably never winning the jackpot. Turns out, we were right, at least for Friday. The winning numbers were 7, 8, 26, 65 and 67, plus the gold Mega Ball 4 -- and no ticket matched all of them.

The estimated cash value of Friday's drawing is $281.1 million.

Would you take the lump sum or get paid in installments?

Grab your lottery tickets because the drawing for the $444 Mega Millions jackpot is tonight.

The 72-year-old Pennsylvania woman bought both winning tickets at the same store.

The estimated cash value Tuesday night is $263.3 million.

The Mega Millions jackpot has spilled over $400 million. It would be the ninth largest winning since the game began in 2002.

Friday night's jackpot of $393 is the 10th-largest in the game's history.

Khashoggi was slain in vicious, violent murder, Turkish president Erdogan says; Mega Millions record drawing tonight.

Someone is still yet to win the Mega Millions jackpot, with no winner since March 2019.

Tuesday's jackpot prize of $367 million is just outside of the all-time top-10 prizes for the games.

The Massachusetts couple have been buying scratch-off lottery tickets for 20 years, and it paid off big.

If the winning numbers hit on Friday night, it would be the 13th-largest jackpot in Mega Millions history.

The Match 5 prize was won by one lucky winner in Oregon.

The estimated cash value for Tuesday night's jackpot is $195.5 million.

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RT @ABC7: There were no jackpot winners drawn for Saturday's Powerball, allowing the prize to grow to an estimated $650 million for Monday.…

RT @ABC7: There were no jackpot winners drawn for Saturday's Powerball, allowing the prize to grow to an estimated $650 million for Monday.…

RT @ABC7: There were no jackpot winners drawn for Saturday's Powerball, allowing the prize to grow to an estimated $650 million for Monday.…

RT @ABC7: There were no jackpot winners drawn for Saturday's Powerball, allowing the prize to grow to an estimated $650 million for Monday.…

RT @ABC7: There were no jackpot winners drawn for Saturday's Powerball, allowing the prize to grow to an estimated $650 million for Monday.…

RT @ABC7: There were no jackpot winners drawn for Saturday's Powerball, allowing the prize to grow to an estimated $650 million for Monday.…

RT @ABC7: There were no jackpot winners drawn for Saturday's Powerball, allowing the prize to grow to an estimated $650 million for Monday.…

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