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Mega Millions lottery jackpot won ... againNews Story
For the sixth time in eleven weeks the Mega Millions jackpot was won, this time for $31 million. The string of winning jackpots is great for those who prefer to spread the wealth, but disappointing for huge jackpot hunters. Not that $31 million is a small sum of money, but it's not what the inventors of Mega Millions envisioned when they constructed the game with 176 million-to-1 odds of winning. The other Mega Millions jackpots recently won include: $49 million on July 18th $23 mill
Aug 2, 2006, 10:24 am - Lottery News

Powerball Jackpot Raised to $178 MillionNews Story
The Powerball jackpot continues to move upward. Even though the grand prize was not awarded Saturday, two lucky tickets in Arizona and Connecticut won $800,000 each with Power Play. A total of 837,855 players across the nation won more than $9.1 million in prizes in America's Game . Because no one correctly matched all six numbers in Saturday's drawing the jackpot will grow to an estimated $178 million. The cash option for the Wednesday, August 2nd drawing will be an estimated $81 mill
Aug 1, 2006, 11:09 am - Lottery News

Winner of $45M N.Y. Lotto jackpot to be revealed todayNews Story
A Broome County woman who bought a Lotto ticket in Brooklyn won a $45 million jackpot a county record. The New York Lottery is scheduled to identify the winner this morning. Lottery spokeswoman Jennifer Mauer said the woman bought the ticket June 28 at David's Check Cashing in New York City. The winning numbers were announced the same night. The woman's winnings will eclipse the record $25 million won in 1998 by Binghamton resident William Yonkoski, a carpenter who bought his ticket a
Aug 1, 2006, 8:26 am - Lottery News

Powerball lottery jackpot raised to $155 millionNews Story
Even though the grand prize was not hit Wednesday evening, a total of 746,524 players across the nation won more than $8.7 million in prizes playing America's Game . The jackpot for the Saturday, July 29th drawing will be $155 million with the cash option at $70.7 million. The numbers drawn Wednesday evening were 5, 10, 17, 24, 43, and the Powerball was 31. The Power Play multiplier was 4. Two tickets sold in North Carolina won $800,000 each with the Power Play option. In addition, fi
Jul 28, 2006, 10:39 am - Lottery News

Powerball lottery jackpot soars to $116 millionNews Story
Even though the grand prize was not hit in Wednesday evening's drawing, Powerball paid off in multiple other ways. One lucky ticket won $800,000 with the Power Play option in Indiana. In addition, six other lucky tickets won $200,000 for matching 5 white ball numbers in the states of Iowa (1), Louisiana (1), Maine (1), Minnesota (1), Montana (1), and New Mexico (1). The jackpot for the Saturday, July 22nd drawing will be $116 million with the cash option at $52.9 million. The numbers dr
Jul 21, 2006, 1:18 pm - Lottery News

Winning Mega Millions lottery ticket sold in MarylandNews Story
A single ticket has won the grand prize in the latest Mega Millions lotto drawing. Lottery officials said the winning ticket from Tuesday night's drawing was sold in District Heights, Maryland. The ticket is worth $49 million. In addition to the grand prize winner, four players around the country matched all five numbers but not the Mega Ball number. They will receive second prizes of $250,000 each. The winning numbers from Tuesday night's drawing were: 12, 13, 29, 49 and 52. The Mega B
Jul 19, 2006, 10:24 am - Lottery News

Powerball lottery jackpot reaches $100 millionNews Story
The Powerball jackpot continues to move upward, this time reaching the $100 million-mark. Even though the grand prize was not awarded Saturday, one lucky ticket in Oklahoma won $800,000 with Power Play. A total of 585,154 players across the nation won more than $6 million in prizes in America's Game . Because no one correctly matched all six numbers in Saturday's drawing the jackpot will grow to an estimated $100 million. The cash option for the Wednesday, July 19th drawing will be an
Jul 18, 2006, 2:15 pm - Lottery News

Calif. lotto winner remains hiddenNews Story
New millionaire avoiding the spotlight Somewhere in California, a man named Richard Furness Roberts is quietly sitting on $110 million. The SuperLotto winner presented the coveted ticket he purchased at a South Pasadena liquor store to lottery officials Friday nine days after his six numbers were called on the evening news. But, apparently, mum is the word for the bashful millionaire at least for now. Lotto officials told disappointed members of the media that there would be n
Jul 18, 2006, 1:24 pm - Lottery News

Powerball lottery jackpot increased to $86 millionNews Story
Even though the Powerball jackpot was not hit Wednesday evening, one lucky ticket won a $1 million prize with the Power Play option in Pennsylvania. In addition, four other lucky tickets won $200,000 for matching 5 white ball numbers in the states of Arizona, Iowa, Kentucky, and West Virginia. The jackpot for the Saturday, July 15th drawing will be $86 million with a cash option of $38.8 million. The numbers drawn Wednesday evening were 18, 19, 30, 31, 33, and the Powerball was 15. The
Jul 13, 2006, 1:06 pm - Lottery News

Texas Lottery audits find more problemsNews Story
Prize estimates were inflated at least 3 times after scandal Months after Texas Lottery officials were chastised for inflating Texas Lotto jackpot estimates in a scandal that cost the executive director his job, the agency did it again at least three more times, according to one of two highly critical state auditor reports on the lottery released Tuesday. Auditors found a significant number of instances in which agency management did not comply with policies and procedures to review or ap
Jul 13, 2006, 12:15 pm - Lottery News