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$400 MILLION: Mega Millions lottery jackpot soarsNews Story
Massive jackpot is 7th-largest of all time By Todd Northrop For only the 7th time in the history of United States lotteries, a lottery jackpot has grown to $400 million or more. After 20 drawings without a jackpot winner, the multi-state Mega Millions lottery game now boasts a swelling jackpot that is nearing a half-billion dollars and could instantly put someone among the wealthiest people on the planet. After nobody won Friday night's grand prize, the Mega Millions jackpot grew to
Mar 15, 2014, 11:57 am - Lottery News

$353 MILLION: Red hot Mega Millions jackpot set for FridayNews Story
5th-largest Mega Millions jackpot of all time By Todd Northrop Less than 3 months after the multi-state Mega Millions lottery game featured a near-record $648 million jackpot, it is two draws away from doing it again. Unless some lucky player happens to match all five numbers plus the Mega Ball before then. 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 $353 million, with a lump-sum c
Mar 12, 2014, 10:31 am - Lottery News

$309 MILLION: Mega Millions jackpot rolls into top 25News Story
By Todd Northrop The multi-state Mega Millions lottery game continued growing its jackpot toward frenzy levels last night. After nobody won Friday night's grand prize, the Mega Millions jackpot grew to an estimated $309 million the largest since the near-record-setting $648 million jackpot on Dec. 17, 2013, and the 23rd-largest United States lottery jackpot of all time (see full list below). The lump-sum cash value rose to a massive $169.5 million the 20th-largest U.S. lottery cash valu
Mar 8, 2014, 8:04 am - Lottery News

$270 MILLION: Mega Millions jackpot keeps growingNews 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 $270 million Mega Millions jackpot, after nobody won Tuesday's $240 million grand prize. The cash value stands at a staggering $151 million. Friday's Mega Millions jackpot is the accumulation of 17 consecutive drawings without a top prize winner. The current jackpot run-up started on January 7 as a $15 million grand prize. Players should note that
Mar 6, 2014, 8:43 am - Lottery News

How lottery tickets are helping states' budgetsNews Story
The scores of losing players in this week's $425 million Powerball jackpot did more than take an extremely long shot at getting rich. Their ticket purchases also helped fund a small but increasingly important part of their states' budgets. Changes in the nationwide Powerball and Mega Millions games have led to some of the world's largest jackpots in the last two years, boosting player interest and sales. Fueled by the growth of those games and the steady expansion of other offerings, many sta
Feb 24, 2014, 7:08 am - Lottery News

$195 MILLION: Mega Millions keeps the good times rollingNews Story
By Todd Northrop What's a big jackpot lottery player to do when the Powerball jackpot has been won? These days, the answer is to play Mega Millions. Thanks to adjustments made to the Mega Millions game last year, the multi-state game's jackpots are once again growing quickly and typically growing quite large before being won. The new Mega Millions jackpot for the upcoming Tuesday drawing has now reached $195 million, just 2 months after exploding to a near-record $636 million. (See $
Feb 22, 2014, 2:08 pm - Lottery News

Three $1M lottery tickets sold in W.Va. in 1 weekNews Story
West Virginia has another $1 million lottery winner. Lottery spokesman Randy Burnside tells The Intelligencer and Wheeling News-Register that a ticket sold in the Wheeling area won a $1 million prize in the Powerball drawing on Wednesday. It's the third $1 million lottery ticket sold in the state within a week. On Tuesday, retired truck driver Randy Brown of Man claimed a $1 million Mega Millions prize. He bought a ticket that matched five numbers from the Feb. 7 drawing. Another tic
Feb 17, 2014, 9:26 pm - Lottery News

NY's Lotto no match for Powerball, Mega MillionsNews Story
Lotto is still losing its mojo. New York's venerable twice-weekly Lotto drawing continues its long-term decline in an age of multi-state mega jackpots. Even as overall lottery revenues grew, receipts from Lotto dropped from $137.5 million in 2005 to a projected $44 million for the state fiscal year ending March 31, according to Gov. Andrew Cuomo's recent budget proposal. Lotto is simply less alluring than the six-figure jackpots of Powerball and Mega Millions, which are sold around the nat
Feb 3, 2014, 3:16 pm - Lottery News

Wyoming Lottery unveils logoNews Story
Meet YoLo the Jackalope, the face of the Wyoming Lottery Corporation. It beat out the bucking horse and other state icons to star as the centerpiece of the lottery logo. Warehouse Twenty One, a Cheyenne-based marketing firm, designed YoLo and the insignia. The fictitious critter received its name because it is jumping over those four letters in the logo. The lottery held an open house Thursday at its offices in Cheyenne to unveil the new insignia, inviting guests to familiarize themselv
Jan 31, 2014, 9:24 am - Lottery News

22 N.Y. coworkers' complicated journey to claim $1 million prizeNews Story
Claiming a big lottery prize is a little more complicated than you might expect, especially if you are splitting the jackpot with a large group. Step One: Hire an attorney. That was the advice Ray Wills got last month after he learned that he and 21 other Syracuse city workers with whom he regularly plays the lottery had won $1 million in the Dec. 13 Mega Millions drawing. Wills, an engineering technician who has worked for the city for 10 years, is the group's ringleader. Once he convince
Jan 24, 2014, 8:27 am - Lottery News