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Speculation begins about NJ winner of Mega Millions lotteryNews Story
Final jackpot tally reaches $533 million As speculation swirled around the identity of the world's newest multi-millionaire, the owner of the mini-mart where Friday's winning Mega Millions ticket was sold said he reviewed surveillance footage to see if he could pinpoint the lucky customer. New Jersey Lottery officials have not identified the winner of what they now say is a $533 million revised upward from $521 million jackpot yet, a spokeswoman said. But based on time and date informat
Apr 2, 2018, 8:33 pm - Lottery News

One lottery ticket sold in New Jersey wins $521 million Mega Millions jackpotNews Story
Update: Quotes and information from store workers where the winning ticket was sold By Todd Northrop It appears someone in the Garden State will be having a very happy Easter or Passover, as Friday night's Mega Millions drawing produced a single jackpot-winning ticket sold in New Jersey. The ticket matched all six numbers drawn 11, 28, 31, 46, and 59, with Mega Ball number 1. The Megaplier was 3. The winning ticket was sold at the Riverdale Lukoil South, located at 105 Route 23 in Ri
Mar 31, 2018, 9:34 am - Lottery News

$521 MILLION: Mega Millions jackpot raised due to surging salesNews Story
By Todd Northrop A rush of ticket sales for the half-billion-dollar Mega Millions jackpot has prompted lottery officials to revise their estimate for the Friday night drawing to $521 million. The all-important lump-sum cash value is now estimated to be a staggering $317.2 million. Friday's drawing will be the 24th since Mega Millions had a winner. The current jackpot run-up started on Jan. 9 as a $40 million grand prize. According to the Maryland Lottery, if nobody wins the Friday ja
Mar 30, 2018, 12:25 pm - Lottery News

$502 MILLION: Mega Millions grows to 10th-largest lottery jackpot of all timeNews Story
Half-billion jackpot comes 6 years after first reaching the same level By Todd Northrop Six years to the day after becoming the first lottery in history to feature a $500 million jackpot, the multi-state Mega Millions game is right back at the same level, offering a $502 million grand prize to be drawn Friday evening. During that nascent period in 2012, when the word billion first entered lottery jackpot discussions, Mega Millions tickets were being sold so quickly that the lotteries we
Mar 28, 2018, 11:32 am - Lottery News

$1.9M lottery win erases doubts for Michigan manNews Story
Eric Hartman, 33, of Dexter, Michigan, didn't think actual real people won the lottery. It always seemed like something that happened to people he never really met. That all changed earlier this month after he matched all six Lotto 47 numbers drawn on Mar. 14 3, 14, 29, 34, 40, and 47 to win a $1.9 million jackpot. Up until about 12 days ago, I didn't think anyone won the Lottery, said Hartman. I thought it was all a conspiracy, but I have a much different outlook now. I have been buy
Mar 27, 2018, 1:50 pm - Lottery News

$458M Mega Millions lottery jackpot is game's 4th-largest everNews Story
By Todd Northrop Lottery players across the United States will be lining up at lottery retailers for their chance to win Tuesday's massive $458 million Mega Millions jackpot, after nobody won Friday's $421 million grand prize. The cash value stands at a staggering $274 million. Tuesday's $458 million annuity jackpot is the 11th-largest United States lottery jackpots of all time, and the 4th-largest in Mega Millions game history. The cash value is the 14th-largest in history. (See full t
Mar 26, 2018, 9:00 am - Lottery News

Minnesota family wins first Lotto America jackpot worth $22.8 millionNews Story
Debbie Kujava stopped at a Holiday convenience store in Roseau, Minn., to buy a Diet Sunkist after work on March 13. While there, she decided to buy a lottery-ticket bundle for $7. She thought she might win $1 or $2. When she realized on Thursday that her ticket matched every number for the multi-state Lotto America game, she stepped outside to calm down and smoke a cigarette. I was shaking. My heart was beating so fast, Debbie Kujava said Monday at Minnesota Lottery headquarters in Ro
Mar 20, 2018, 7:41 pm - Lottery News

One lottery ticket sold in Pennsylvania wins Saturday's $456.7 million Powerball jackpotNews Story
St. Patrick's Day brought the Luck of the Irish to the state of Pennsylvania Saturday night. A single Powerball lottery ticket sold in Pennsylvania matched all the numbers in the drawing Saturday the win the $456.7 million jackpot. The lucky winner can choose to accept the full jackpot in 30 annually-increasing payments over 29 years, or as a $273.9 million lump-sum cash value. The winning numbers were 22, 57, 59, 60, and 66, with Powerball number 7. The Power Play number was 2. There n
Mar 18, 2018, 10:54 am - Lottery News

How a lottery jackpot winner became a bank robberNews Story
A man who once won millions of dollars in the California Lottery pleaded guilty Thursday in downtown Los Angeles to four counts of bank robbery. On Thursday, James Allen Hayes, a security guard turned overnight millionaire, stood in a Los Angeles courtroom and pleaded guilty to committing a series of bank robberies. Hayes, 55, faces up to 80 years behind bars, with sentencing set for June 7 before U.S. District Judge Fernando M. Olguin. Hayes admitted to being the serial bank robber known
Mar 17, 2018, 9:19 am - Lottery News

Multi-state lottery games offer combined $800 million jackpotNews Story
By Todd Northrop Lottery fever is spreading across the USA with two huge jackpots adding up to $800 million. The ability to walk into a lottery retailer and purchase two separate opportunities to win nearly a half-billion dollars is unprecedented. This is only the second time in history that two US lottery games have combined to $800 million or more. Powerball grew overnight to $455 million for Saturday's drawing. Meanwhile Friday's Mega Millions jackpot stands at $345 million its highe
Mar 15, 2018, 9:03 am - Lottery News