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$454 million jackpot driving Mega Million ticket salesNews Story
By Todd Northrop With strong sales around the country, the estimated jackpot for Tuesday night's Mega Millions drawing has been raised to $454 million, with a lump-sum cash option of $319 million cash. It's the third largest jackpot in Mega Millions history and the seventh-largest jackpot ever seen in US lottery history. The jackpot has been growing since it was last won on March 8 by Michael Burkett in Washington, who received a $157 million prize. The only other jackpot won this ye
Jul 5, 2016, 3:18 pm - Lottery News

Man buys wrong lottery ticket, wins $169 millionNews Story
Her husband didn't listen and it paid off to the tune of $169 million. Mega Millions winner Nancy Viola asked her husband, Vito Viola an NYPD sergeant to buy Powerball tickets from the 2520 Foodmart in the Willowbrook section of Staten Island on Jan. 8. She had the Powerball fever that was gripping the country. Because the jackpot was $900 million, she said. It was big. It was all everybody was talking about. He didn't listen. Instead, her husband used a leftover dollar to buy a Quick
Jul 1, 2016, 6:37 pm - Lottery News

Texas couple wins a million in lottery on visit to NCNews Story
A retired Texas couple won't soon forget their trip to North Carolina. After all, they're leaving the state $1 million richer. Joseph Roseman and his wife, Anetia, of Magnolia, Texas were staying with friends Friday when they stopped at the S.M. Mart on Poplar Tent Road in Concord. While there, Anetia Roseman decided to buy a $1 Quick Pick ticket for the Mega Millions drawing later that day. On Saturday morning, Joseph checked the winning numbers and compared them to the ones on their tick
Jul 1, 2016, 9:34 am - Lottery News

$415 MILLION: 3rd-largest Mega Millions jackpot everNews Story
By Todd Northrop Lottery players across the United States will be lining up at lottery retailers for their chance to win Friday's massive $415 million Mega Millions jackpot, after nobody won Tuesday's $390 million grand prize. The cash value stands at a staggering $286.4 million. With the new Friday jackpot, both the annuity jackpot and lump-sum cash value are now in the top 10 United States lottery jackpots of all time. The annuity and cash values are also the third-largest Mega Millio
Jun 29, 2016, 10:12 am - Lottery News

$390 MILLION: Huge Mega Millions jackpot up for grabs tonightNews Story
8th-largest cash value jackpot in U.S. history By Todd Northrop After an astounding 31 drawings without a grand prize winner, Mega Millions features an enormous jackpot promising multi-generational wealth to a ticketholder with enough luck to overcome the 1 in 259 million odds stacked against them. In the Friday night Mega Millions drawing no player won the top prize, increasing the jackpot estimate for Tuesday night's Mega Millions drawing to $390 million, with a lump-sum cash option o
Jun 28, 2016, 9:40 am - Lottery News

$363 MILLION: Red hot Mega Millions jackpot set for FridayNews Story
6th-largest Mega Millions jackpot of all time By Todd Northrop After its months-long build-up, the multi-state Mega Millions jackpot is finally starting to increase rapidly as tickets are bring scooped up by loyal and casual players alike. In the Tuesday night Mega Millions drawing no player won the top prize, increasing the jackpot estimate for Friday night's Mega Millions drawing to $363 million, with a lump-sum cash option of $244.6 million. That pegs the annuity jackpot as the 6t
Jun 22, 2016, 8:58 am - Lottery News

$333 MILLION: Mega Millions jackpot continues climbNews Story
Largest Mega Millions jackpot in more than 2 years By Todd Northrop The multi-state Mega Millions lottery game continued its months-long climb Friday night, and is now at the point where jackpot rolls are sharply increased. After nobody won Friday night's grand prize, the Mega Millions jackpot grew to an estimated $333 million the 21st-largest in U.S. lottery history and the largest since a $414 million Mega Millions jackpot was split between two tickets from Florida and Maryland on Mar
Jun 19, 2016, 1:07 pm - Lottery News

$310 MILLION: largest Mega Millions jackpot in 19 monthsNews Story
16th-largest U.S. cash value jackpot of all time By Todd Northrop The multi-state Mega Millions lottery game continued its months-long climb Tuesday night, and has finally breached the $300-million mark. After nobody won Tuesday night's grand prize, the Mega Millions jackpot grew to an estimated $310 million the largest since a $326 million Mega Millions jackpot was won by a retired New York principal on Nov. 4, 2014. (See Retired NY principal claims $326M lottery jackpot, Lottery Post,
Jun 16, 2016, 8:58 am - Lottery News

Mega Millions ponderously reaches $280 millionNews Story
Lottery Post analyzes the multi-state jackpot's slow 3-month ascent By Todd Northrop Normally a $280 million jackpot would prompt even lottery skeptics to consider buying a ticket, but for some reason Mega Millions players have been forced to endure tepid sales that are inching the game's jackpot upward at a snail's pace. So lottery players looking to win a life-changing mega jackpot can be excused for asking the contradictory questions, What's wrong with Mega Millions? and, Where can I
Jun 8, 2016, 11:07 am - Lottery News

Michigan man wins $1 million on mistake lottery ticketNews Story
A simple mistake turned out to be very lucky for a Niles man who won a $1 million Mega Millions prize from the Michigan Lottery. Richard Hopper Sr., 69, matched the five white balls drawn 18, 41, 50, 68, and 70 in Friday's drawing to win the $1 million prize. He bought his winning ticket at the Sunrise Sunset Party Store, located at 1009 Huntly Road in Niles. When I stopped to buy my Mega Millions ticket, the clerk said he had accidentally printed an easy pick for another player who didn'
Jun 2, 2016, 3:03 pm - Lottery News