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Mega Millions jackpot increases to $46 millionNews Story
The jackpot in the multi-state Mega Millions lottery grew to $46 million Saturday.None of the tickets sold for Friday's $39 million drawing matched all five lotto numbers and the Mega Ball. The next drawing will be Tuesday.There were two second-prize winners from Friday night's drawing: 1 from Illinois and 1 from New York. Each ticket matched five numbers to win $175,000.Another 19 players matched four of the five lotto numbers, plus the Mega Ball number. Those tickets are each worth $5,000.T
Sep 11, 2004, 8:49 am - Lottery News

Mega Millions lottery jackpot increases to $39 millionNews Story
The jackpot in the multi-state Mega Millions lottery grew to $39 million Wednesday.None of the tickets sold for Tuesday's $31 million drawing matched all five lotto numbers and the Mega Ball. The next drawing will be Friday.There were three second-prize winners, all from New York, in Tuesday night's drawing. Each ticket matched all five lotto numbers but not the Mega Ball number to win $175,000.Also, 12 players matched four of the five lotto numbers, plus the Mega Ball number. Those tickets a
Sep 8, 2004, 11:44 am - Lottery News

Mega Millions jackpot increases to $31 millionNews Story
The jackpot in the multi-state Mega Millions lottery grew to $31 million Saturday.None of the tickets sold for Friday's $24 million drawing matched all five lotto numbers and the Mega Ball. The next drawing will be Tuesday night.There were six second-prize winners from Friday night's drawing: 2 from Georgia, 1 from New Jersey, 1 from New York, 1 from Texas and 1 from Virginia. Those tickets matched all five of the lotto numbers but not the Mega Ball number, and are each worth $175,000.Another
Sep 4, 2004, 8:46 am - Lottery News

Ohio Mega Millions lottery winner claims prizeNews Story
The owner of a winning Mega Millions lottery ticket claimed a multimillion-dollar prize Friday, ending two weeks of uncertainty.The identity of the winner, however, remains a mystery.Lottery officials announced Aug. 20 that the winning ticket for a $52 million jackpot was sold at a Shaker Heights store. Lawyer Dennis Siciliano claimed the treasure as trustee for the ABC Blind Trust. But Siciliano's client the real winner has not been identified. Siciliano could not be reached for comment.Mard
Sep 4, 2004, 8:43 am - Lottery News

Mega Millions jackpot raised to $24 millionNews Story
The jackpot in the multi-state Mega Millions lottery grew to $24 million Wednesday.None of the tickets sold for Tuesday's $18 million drawing matched all five lotto numbers and the Mega Ball. The next drawing will be Friday.There were five second-prize winners from Tuesday night's drawing: 1 from Massachusetts, 1 from New Jersey, 1 from Virginia and 2 from Washington. Each ticket matched all five lotto numbers but not the Mega Ball number to win $175,000.Also, 15 players matched four of the fi
Sep 1, 2004, 7:56 am - Lottery News

Mega Millions winnings yet to be claimedNews Story
The winner of last week's Mega Millions jackpot has yet to come forward to claim the cool $52 million prize, Ohio Lottery officials said Monday.But a Miami County man who matched all winning numbers except the Mega Ball has come forward to collect the $175,000 consolation prize, said Marie Kilbane Seckers, a spokeswoman for the Ohio Lottery Commission.Friday's jackpot brings to three the number of Mega Million jackpot winners in Ohio, which provides about 10 percent of the multi-state lottery's
Aug 24, 2004, 8:37 am - Lottery News

$52 Million Mega Millions Lottery Ticket Sold in OhioNews Story
Store To Receive $52,000A convenience store in the Cleveland suburb of Shaker Heights sold the single winning ticket in the latest Mega Millions lottery drawing, worth $52 million, the Ohio Lottery said Saturday.Abe Hamed, the manager of Shaker Quality Foods, said he has no idea who might have purchased the winning ticket. He said lottery officials phoned the store Saturday to inform them. Since then, excitement has built up as people have found out. This phone will not stop ringing. Everybody's
Aug 23, 2004, 7:35 am - Lottery News

Mega Millions jackpot increases to $52 millionNews Story
The jackpot in the multi-state Mega Millions lottery grew to $52 million Wednesday.None of the tickets sold for Tuesday's $42 million drawing matched all five lotto numbers and the Mega Ball. The next drawing will be Friday.There were seven second-prize winners from Tuesday night's drawing: 1 from Georgia, 2 from Michigan, 1 from New Jersey, 1 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 $175,000.Also, 26 players ma
Aug 18, 2004, 10:58 am - Lottery News

Lottery Scammer SentencedNews Story
A 19-year-old high school student pleads guilty to trying to con the Maryland Lottery out of $175,000.John Gilbert was sentenced in Baltimore County court Tuesday to 50 hours of community service and six months probation for presenting a counterfeit ticket for payment.Prosecutors say Gilbert taped together the top half of a losing Mega Millions ticket with the bottom half of a ticket showing the winning numbers, which he'd played the day after the drawing.
Aug 18, 2004, 10:56 am - Lottery News

Fortune Cookies Net Winning Mega NumbersNews Story
It pays to eat Chinese.Three Virginians who had fortune cookies for dessert at Chinese restaurants they visited used the numbers they received to win $175,000 each in the July 27 Mega Millions drawing.Sandra Howell of Moneta, Kiry Enn of Richmond and Raymond Sawyer of Chesapeake held three of seven tickets that were good for the second-place prize. The tickets matched the first five Mega Millions numbers, missing only the Mega Ball number.It's the first time eating Chinese has paid off to that e
Aug 18, 2004, 10:54 am - Lottery News