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Big games enter lottery's big pictureNews Story
A giant jackpot lottery such as Powerball or Mega Millions is likely to become part of Tennessee's buffet of games, but the heads of lotteries in Tennessee and Georgia say a possible partnership won't affect which game Tennesseans play.Others, including the chief of the South Carolina lottery, say Georgia's membership in Mega Millions could influence Tennessee to join that game, which is not as well-known by Middle and West Tennesseans.These big games in which states pool their prize money to of
Aug 12, 2003, 5:21 am - Todd - Lottery News

$699.8 million Powerball lottery jackpot won by single ticket sold in CaliforniaNews Story
By Todd Northrop One Powerball lottery ticket sold in California won the seventh-largest lottery prize in U.S. history on Monday night. The lucky numbers for the $699.8 million jackpot were 12, 22, 54, 66, and 69, with Powerball number 15. The Power Play multiplier was 2. The top prize was adjusted upwards from the initial estimate of $685 million after all proceeds were counted Monday night. The lump sum payout for the single winning ticket is a jaw-dropping $496 million. The winnin
Oct 5, 2021, 6:21 am - Todd - Lottery News

$750 MILLION: Powerball lottery jackpot surges to 4th-largest everNews Story
Only the 4th time in history a lottery jackpot has grown to $700 million+ By Todd Northrop This week lottery players across the United States were pulling out all the stops to try and win Mega Millions, with one of the largest lottery jackpots in history, worth nearly $1.6 billion. After that jackpot was won Tuesday night on a single lottery ticket purchased in South Carolina, attention has suddenly shifted to the USA's other big multi-state lottery game, Powerball. Wednesday night w
Oct 25, 2018, 1:15 am - Todd - Lottery News

Record $1.6 billion Powerball jackpot won by 3 ticketsNews Story
Winning Powerball lottery tickets sold in California, Florida, and Tennessee Final jackpot total of $1.5864 billion will be split 3 ways How would you react if you won? By Todd Northrop The largest lottery jackpot the world has ever seen has been won Wednesday night by three tickets sold in California, Florida, and Tennessee. Since the initial jackpot estimate was set to $1.3 billion early Sunday morning, the Powerball lottery jackpot was raised two more times before the Wednesday
Jan 14, 2016, 2:51 am - Todd - Lottery News

$500 MILLION: Powerball jackpot explodes in ticket-buying frenzyNews Story
Become a half-billionaire! By Todd Northrop For the second time in the last 24 hours, the Multi-State Lottery Association (MUSL) has raised the official Powerball lottery jackpot estimate for Wednesday's drawing when sales for the mega jackpot have vastly outstripped projections. The all-important lump-sum cash value of the jackpot has been raised to a staggering $306 million. The newly-increased annuity and cash value jackpot amounts both remain the 6th-largest ever recorded in Unit
Jan 6, 2016, 12:11 pm - Todd - Lottery News

$450 MILLION: Powerball sales bonanza sparks early jackpot increaseNews Story
6th-biggest lottery jackpot in US history By Todd Northrop Due to larger than expected sales volume, the Multi-State Lottery Association (MUSL) has raised the official Powerball lottery jackpot estimate for Wednesday's drawing to $450 million. The all-important lump-sum cash value of the jackpot has been raised to $275.4 million. The newly-increased annuity and cash value jackpot amounts are both the 6th-largest ever recorded in United States lottery history. The top-25 annuity and c
Jan 5, 2016, 12:01 pm - Todd - Lottery News

$545 MILLION: Powerball lottery jackpot rolls a record 37 timesNews Story
14th-largest US lottery jackpot in history By Todd Northrop After a record 37th-consecutive drawing without a winner, the Powerball multi-state lottery game now features a jackpot that will provide multi-generational wealth to the lucky player who eventually wins it all. After nobody won Saturday's $528.8 million grand prize, the Powerball jackpot increased to a whopping $545 million for Monday's drawing the 14th-largest US lottery jackpot of all time. But since most winners choose t
Sep 26, 2021, 4:22 pm - Todd - Lottery News

Powerball joins lottery frenzy with $620 million jackpotNews Story
More than $2.2 billion in multi-state jackpots can be won this week By Todd Northrop This will be a week talked about in the lottery industry for a long time. Lottery players are dreaming about unimaginable wealth, lottery retailers are enjoying the prosperity of a huge uptick in store traffic, and state governments are rubbing their hands in anticipation of a revenue windfall. Everyone knows about the record $1.6 billion Mega Millions jackpot that is being talked about around the wo
Oct 21, 2018, 10:16 am - Todd - Lottery News

$1.1 BILLION: Powerball jackpot increased in longest-ever winless streakNews Story
6th-largest jackpot in game's history By Todd Northrop Last night, the multi-state Powerball lottery game produced no top winner for the 42nd consecutive drawing, setting a new record for the longest-ever jackpot run in the game's history, and prompting lottery officials to raise the game's jackpot to an astonishing $1.1 billion. A winner who chooses the cash option would receive a lump-sum $503.4 million more than a half-billion dollars in cash! It's the stuff that a lottery pla
Dec 14, 2025, 9:41 am - Todd - Lottery News

will you play the new $5 mega millions?Reply
The new Mega Millions Game Structure is currently available on the Mega Millions website.
Mar 28, 2025, 9:52 am - L J1 - Lottery Discussion Forum