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Mega Millions lottery jackpot reaches whopping $310 millionNews Story
The jackpot in the multi-state Mega Millions lottery game has grown to a near-record $310 million.None of the tickets sold for Friday's $262 million drawing matched all five lotto numbers and the Mega Ball. The next drawing will be Tuesday. Drawing results will be displayed at www.usamega.com shortly after 11:00 PM Eastern Time Tuesday.There were 12 second-prize winners from Friday night's drawing: 2 from California, 1 from Georgia, 2 from Illinois, 1 from Maryland, 1 from Michigan, 1 from New
Nov 12, 2005, 10:10 am - Lottery News

$262M jackpot sparked buying frenzyNews Story
If people seemed overwhelmed by lottery fever this week, it's for good reason.The estimated $262 million jackpot in the Mega Millions game reached the fourth-largest total in Georgia's history. We've sold quite a few (tickets), said Donna King, the shift leader at the BP station at the corner of Shurling Drive and Gray Highway in Macon. We usually do good on the Mega Millions. People won't start playing 'til it gets to a certain amount. That was the case for Faye Coley of Macon, who purchased
Nov 11, 2005, 11:15 pm - Lottery News

Mega Millions lottery jackpot raised to $262 millionNews Story
On the same day the winners of the $340 million Powerball jackpot came forward to claim their prize, the jackpot in the nation's other multi-state lottery game swelled to $262 million for Friday.There hasn't been a top winner in the Mega Millions game since September 16th, when a single ticket in New Jersey won $250 million.None of the tickets sold for Tuesday's $225 million drawing matched all five lotto numbers and the Mega Ball. The next drawing will be Friday.There were 26 second-prize winne
Nov 9, 2005, 8:03 am - Lottery News

USA Mega adds lottery game start datesNews Story
An Internet web site offering information about the United States' largest multi-state lottery games, Mega Millions and Powerball, today introduced a new feature for players seeking start dates for both games.USA Mega (www.usamega.com) added the dates that Mega Millions and Powerball tickets went on sale in each state offering either game. In addition, historical information is provided for prior versions of each game.Both games began under different names and offered different drawing and priz
Nov 4, 2005, 7:30 pm - Lottery News

Mega Millions lottery jackpot increased to $147 millionNews Story
The multi-state Mega Millions lottery jackpot is growing to $147 million for Friday's game after there was no big winner in Tuesday night's $128 million drawing.No tickets matched all five lotto numbers and the Mega Ball.There were six second-prize tickets: 1 from Georgia, 1 from Massachusetts, 1 from New Jersey, 1 from New York, 1 from Texas, and 1 from Virginia. Each ticket matched all five lotto numbers but not the Mega Ball to win $250,000.50 tickets matched four of the five lotto numbers,
Oct 26, 2005, 1:27 pm - Lottery News

Mega Millions lottery jackpot rises to $128 millionNews Story
The jackpot in the multi-state Mega Millions lottery has grown to $128 million.None of the tickets sold for Friday's $108 million drawing matched all five lotto numbers and the Mega Ball. The next drawing will be Tuesday.There were nine second-prize winners: 2 from California, 1 from Michigan, 1 from New Jersey, 3 from New York, 1 from Ohio and 1 from Texas. Each ticket matched all five lotto numbers but not the Mega Ball number to win $250,000. The California second-prize winners will receive
Oct 24, 2005, 9:51 am - Lottery News

Mega Millions lottery jackpot increases to $77 millionNews Story
The jackpot in the multi-state Mega Millions lottery grew to $77 million Tuesday.None of the tickets sold for Tuesday's $65 million drawing matched all five lotto numbers and the Mega Ball. The next drawing will be Friday.There were eight second-prize winners from Tuesday night's drawing: 1 from Georgia, 1 from Maryland, 1 from New Jersey, 1 from New York, 1 from Ohio, 1 from Texas, and 2 from Virginia. Each ticket matched five numbers, but not the Mega Ball number, to win $250,000.Another 23 p
Oct 12, 2005, 10:39 am - Lottery News

"Mr. Lucky" Wins Quarter-Million DollarsNews Story
Grady Weaver is so lucky that friends refer to him as Mr. Lucky. True to his name, Mr. Weaver recently won $250,000 playing Mega Millions.Mr. Weaver matched the first five winning numbers in the September 16 Mega Millions drawing and won a quarter-million dollars.The winning numbers for the Sept. 16 Mega Millions drawing were: 5-16-41-46-50 and the Gold Mega Ball was 1.Mr. Weaver and his wife will use a portion of the winnings to pay bills. They are still deciding what they will do with the r
Oct 6, 2005, 12:12 pm - Lottery News

Who's laughing now? Jokester is $258 million richerNews Story
Last week, he was a guy who drove a Toyota Camry to work trying to convince people they needed to buy pots and pans, a guy whose shtick was mildly amusing -- at best -- to friends, a guy whose own wife said he talked too much.But on Friday, Harold Lerner got to do his shtick in front of hundreds of people and more than a dozen television cameras, knowing he probably had more money than all of them combined. He and his wife, Helen, were introduced at a press conference as the sole winners of a $2
Sep 24, 2005, 12:30 pm - Lottery News

New Jersey Couple Wins $258 Million in Mega JackpotNews Story
What to do with a piece of paper worth $258 million?That was the immediate question that confronted Helen and Harold Lerner last Saturday morning after they checked the lottery numbers in the local newspaper and found that they had bought the winning ticket in the Sept. 16 drawing of the Mega Millions jackpot.First they hugged and kissed. Then they checked the ticket about 500 times, Mr. Lerner said, and all of a sudden we were in a dreamland. They wrapped the ticket in cellophane, put it in
Sep 24, 2005, 11:57 am - Lottery News