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$291 MILLION: Mega Millions lottery jackpot enters top 25 listNews 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 $291 million Mega Millions jackpot, after nobody won Tuesday's $257 million grand prize. The cash value stands at a staggering $157.2 million. With the new Friday jackpot, both the annuity jackpot and lump-sum cash value enter into the top 25 United States lottery jackpots. (See full list below.) Friday's Mega Millions jackpot is the accumulation o
Dec 4, 2013, 8:18 am - Lottery News

Powerball winner dies penniless, 12 years after winning $27 millionNews Story
David Edwards spent $12 million in his first year as a millionaire A Powerball winner has died broke and all alone in hospice care, just 12 years after raking in $27 million cash from a lottery jackpot. David Lee Edwards, a convicted felon from Ashland, Kentucky, bought a mansion in a gated community, dozens of expensive cars and even a LearJet with the share of a record $280 million jackpot he won in August 2001. But drug addiction and his free-spending ways left Edwards and his wife S
Dec 3, 2013, 5:40 pm - Lottery News

Florida lottery ticket worth $1.3 million about to expireNews Story
Someone who bought a Mega Money lottery ticket over the summer in south Miami-Dade is a millionaire and may not even know it. To make matters worse, unless they come forward in the next week or so they will be out of luck. Florida lottery officials said a Mega Money ticket sold June 18th at Davis Market, at 21630 Southwest 120th Avenue, is worth $1.3 million. However, it remains unclaimed. The 180 day limit to claim the jackprize expires on December 15th. The winning numbers drawn on Ju
Dec 3, 2013, 1:04 pm - Lottery News

$257 MILLION: Mega Millions jackpot expandsNews Story
Largest jackpot in 20 months By Todd Northrop The last time the multi-state Mega Millions jackpot was this big, it was busy setting the record for the largest lottery jackpot in history. After nobody won Friday night's grand prize, the Mega Millions jackpot grew to an estimated $257 million the largest since the record-setting $656 million jackpot set on March 30, 2012. The lump-sum cash value stands at a staggering $139.2 million. Tuesday's Mega Millions jackpot is the accumulati
Nov 30, 2013, 3:38 am - Lottery News

$230 MILLION: Mega Millions jackpot rollsNews Story
By Todd Northrop Lottery players across the United States are buying their Mega Millions tickets in preparation for Friday's massive $230 million drawing, after nobody won Tuesday's $205 million jackpot. The cash value stands at a staggering $125.1 million. Friday's Mega Millions jackpot is the accumulation of 16 consecutive drawings without a top prize winner. The current jackpot run-up started on October 4 as a $12 million grand prize. Players should note that jackpot amounts are c
Nov 27, 2013, 8:43 am - Lottery News

$205 MILLION: Promise of big jackpots met by new Mega MillionsNews Story
By Todd Northrop When the multi-state Mega Millions lottery game was changed a month ago, it was done so amid promises of bigger jackpots without needing to raise ticket prices. Now it appears the promise has been met. After no lottery tickets matched all 5 numbers plus the Mega Ball Friday night, the multi-state Mega Millions jackpot was increased to an estimated $205 million, with a lump-sum cash value of $110.6 million. Tuesday's Mega Millions jackpot is the accumulation of 15 consec
Nov 23, 2013, 7:51 am - Lottery News

Deadline passes: $16 million Powerball jackpot goes unclaimedNews Story
The 180-day window passed late Thursday with no one coming forward to claim a $16.66 Powerball jackpot from a ticket bought in Hillsborough County, Florida. The ticket was sold in May at Carrollwood Market, a convenience store at 4550 W. Village Drive. The ticket was worth one third of a $50 million Powerball jackpot drawn May 25. The two other winning tickets were sold in Delaware and Louisiana. The winning numbers were 2, 6, 19, 21, and 27, with Powerball number 25. Some of the unclai
Nov 22, 2013, 6:29 pm - Lottery News

$16 million Florida Powerball lottery ticket expires ThursdayNews Story
Hitting a $16 million Powerball jackpot is a dream for most people. But losing a fortune by letting those lottery winnings expire is a nightmare and that's what will happen Thursday if someone doesn't claim the ticket bought in May at a suburban Tampa, Fla., convenience store. Lottery officials say this will be the largest unclaimed jackpot in Florida since 2003, when someone didn't claim $53 million in the Florida Lotto game. Neighborhood residents who have been following the lack of a
Nov 20, 2013, 5:59 pm - Lottery News

Sister loses fight over $32M jackpot her brother split with barberNews Story
Sam Haddad did a happy dance outside the Ottawa courthouse Tuesday, minutes after a judge dismissed a lawsuit from his sister seeking millions from the $32 million lottery jackpot he and his longtime barber won five years ago. Five years of hell is almost over. It's over! the 63-year-old Ottawa man cried, as a female relative ululated joyfully behind him. That's Lebanese yodelling, Haddad explained to bemused journalists. Now we can enjoy our money, Haddad's wife, Denise, exclaimed. We'r
Nov 14, 2013, 8:02 am - Lottery News

UK Lotto player wins $12.7 million but sticks with job helping elderlyNews Story
'The old folks need me' Winning 8 million (US$12.7 million) on the Lotto would send most people into a frenzy of excitement but for grandad Ron Elliot it was all in a day's work. The kind-hearted widower, 67, told how he won the rollover jackpot on Saturday night then calmly went to work the next day at the care home where he looks after dozens of vulnerable elderly residents. Ron also revealed he would continue in his 15,000-a-year role. He said, I shall not be retiring any time soo
Nov 12, 2013, 8:25 am - Lottery News