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$244 MILLION: Mega Millions lottery frenzy ramps upNews Story
By Todd Northrop The multi-state Mega Millions lottery game once again enters the spotlight, as lottery players across the United States will vie for a Mega-jackpot Tuesday that promises to radically change one lucky winner's life. After nobody won Friday night's Mega Millions drawing, the $201 million jackpot 'rolled over', and the new estimate for Tuesday's drawing is a massive $244 million. The cash value the most important factor for many jackpot-watchers stands at a staggering $155
Mar 19, 2011, 2:18 am - Lottery News

$201 MILLION: Mega Million lottery jackpot soarsNews Story
By Todd Northrop Lottery players across the United States are buying their Mega Millions tickets in preparation for Friday's massive $201 million drawing. The cash value stands at a staggering $128.3 million. Friday's Mega Millions jackpot is the accumulation of 12 consecutive drawings without a top prize winner. The current jackpot run-up started on Feb. 4 as a $12 million grand prize. Players should note that jackpot amounts are conservative estimates provided by the lotteries, and
Mar 17, 2011, 8:33 am - Lottery News

$172 MILLION: Mega Millions lottery jackpot rollsNews Story
By Todd Northrop Will an incredibly lucky lottery player win a life-changing windfall this week, or will the multi-state Mega Millions lottery game enter another round of $200+ million jackpots? We'll find out Tuesday night, when the $172 million Mega Millions drawing takes place. Tuesday's Mega Millions jackpot is the accumulation of 11 consecutive drawings without a top prize winner. The current jackpot run-up started on Feb. 4 as a $12 million grand prize. The lump-sum cash value
Mar 13, 2011, 4:02 pm - Lottery News

$151 Million: Lottery riches up for grabs in Mega Millions gameNews Story
By Todd Northrop The jackpot for Friday night's multi-state Mega Millions lottery draw now stands at $151 million, the largest since January 4th, when a $380 million mega-jackpot was split by two winning tickets from Idaho and Washington. The lump-sum cash payout of Friday's jackpot is $94.3 Million, if the winner decides to take the whole thing at once. The lottery drawing, set for 11 p.m. Eastern Time on Friday, will be the 11th since the last time a ticket was sold that matched all s
Mar 9, 2011, 10:47 am - Lottery News

Woman sues TV station over lottery numbers errorNews Story
A Fort Lee, New Jersey, woman who says she thought fortune had smiled on her with a $250,000 winner in a 2009 Mega Millions drawing is suing WABC-TV for allegedly broadcasting the wrong winning numbers and leaving her devastated when she discovered she had won nothing. Rakel Daniele is seeking $75,000 in damages from WABC-TV, American Broadcasting Co., the Walt Disney Co. and an unidentified Jane Doe in a lawsuit that was transferred to federal District Court in Newark last week from state Su
Feb 27, 2011, 8:25 am - Lottery News

N.C. couple nabbed $1M lottery prize just before it expiredNews Story
Just one day before their winning lottery ticket turned into a scrap of worthless paper, a North Carolina couple has come forward to claim their big million-dollar prize. Erin and Raleigh Hill of Stallings, N.C., had held onto the winning ticket for months, despite lottery authorities' desperate attempts to locate the winners. Raleigh Hill, a baggage handler, told Lotto officials that when he learned he had won, he waited weeks to tell his wife Erin, who works for the federal government. F
Feb 16, 2011, 8:03 am - Lottery News

N.C. lottery ticket worth $1 million expires WednesdayNews Story
Odds are the N.C. Lottery is about to hit an unwanted milestone its first unclaimed $1 million ticket. Someone bought a Mega Millions ticket in Stallings, hit all five numbers for the white balls on the Aug. 20 game and won $1 million. But the multistate jackpot prize has gone unclaimed. And if no one shows up with the ticket at lottery headquarters in Raleigh by 5 p.m. Wednesday, the ticket will expire. We really do want to find this person, lottery spokesman Ryan Kennemur said Monday.
Feb 15, 2011, 12:03 pm - Lottery News

$29M lottery jackpot 12 years in makingNews Story
Postal workers each paid $10 a week into Mega Millions Perseverance and planning ahead with a storm bearing down on the region paid off for a group of postal worker friends, who came forward Friday to claim their $29 million jackpot. We'd been playing for so long, I felt we had to win sooner or later, said Hosea Person, 48. He and 12 others from the priority mail processing center in Romulus had bought Mega Millions tickets for 12 years before hitting it big Feb. 1. Hosea and his wife,
Feb 6, 2011, 8:42 am - Lottery News

Lottery ticket fetched from drawer wins $250,000News Story
A Baltimore, Maryland, man who wanted a break from Sunday's NFL playoff games decided to dig up some old lottery tickets and one of them happened to be worth $250,000. Maryland Lottery officials said the man bought the lucky Mega Millions ticket in August just before he left for a vacation. I was watching the playoff game (Sunday) and happened to go into my dresser drawer, said the man, whose name wasn't released by the Lottery. I figured they were expired. He took the tickets to a ne
Jan 26, 2011, 7:57 am - Lottery News

$190M Idaho lottery winner sorts out her new lifeNews Story
Holly Lahti burst into the spotlight a week ago in a feel-good story about a single mother who won a $190 million Mega Millions jackpot. Then came the mugshot: a thin young woman with disheveled brown hair, sporting a black eye and cuts and bruises on her face and neck. It turned out she was separated from a man who court records indicated had abused her, and now has a possible claim to some of the money through a quirk in Idaho law. Lahti, 29, went underground with her two daughters immed
Jan 22, 2011, 11:31 am - Lottery News