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Flurry of Mega Millions lottery sales prompts officials to raise jackpot estimateNews Story
By Todd Northrop A rush of lottery ticket sales for the $600 million Mega Millions jackpot has prompted lottery officials to revise their estimate for the Tuesday night drawing to $615 million. The all-important lump-sum cash value is now estimated to be a staggering $451.8 million. Tuesday's drawing will be the 34th since Mega Millions had a winner. The current jackpot run-up started on Sept. 18 as a $20 million grand prize. Lottery players seeking to check the winning numbers Tuesd
Jan 11, 2021, 12:45 pm - Todd - Lottery News

$768.4 million Powerball lottery jackpot won by single ticket sold in WisconsinNews Story
By Todd Northrop One Powerball lottery ticket sold in Wisconsin won the third-largest lottery prize in U.S. history on Wednesday night. The lucky numbers for the $768.4 million jackpot were 16, 20, 37, 44, and 62, with Powerball number 12. The Power Play multiplier was 3. The top prize surged from an estimated $750 million due to strong ticket sales. The lump sum payout is $476.9 million. The winning ticket was sold in New Berlin, a city of about 40,000 people roughly 14 miles (22.5
Mar 28, 2019, 8:03 am - Todd - Lottery News

$970 MILLION: Mega Millions ticket-buying frenzy forces new jackpot estimateNews Story
Closing in on $1 Billion By Todd Northrop Across the United States, lottery tickets are being sold at a frantic pace that the state lotteries are struggling to keep up with. Most of those sales are for the multi-state Mega Millions lottery game, which features a jackpot reaching into stratospheric heights only seen once before in world history and a lump-sum cash value worth more than a half-billion dollars. Just a day after the jackpot was raised to $900 million, the state lotteries
Oct 18, 2018, 12:40 pm - Todd - Lottery News

$445 MILLION: Mega Millions raises jackpot on huge salesNews Story
By Todd Northrop A rush of ticket sales for the rocketing Mega Millions jackpot has prompted lottery officials to revise their estimate for the Friday night drawing to $445 million. The all-important lump-sum cash value is now estimated to be a staggering $277.6 million propelling it to the thirteenth-largest cash value offered by any lottery game in US history. Friday's drawing will be the 24th since Mega Millions had a winner. The current run-up started as a $15 million jackpot on Oct
Jan 4, 2018, 12:28 pm - Todd - Lottery News

Wed. Powerball lottery jackpot jumps to $700 millionNews Story
2nd-largest lottery jackpot the world has ever seen! Cash value nearly half-billion dollars By Todd Northrop Spurred on by a surge of lottery ticket sales, the Multi-State Lottery Association (MUSL) has raised the official estimate for Wednesday's Powerball drawing to $700 million. With a new lump-sum cash estimate of $443.3 million, a single-ticket winner of the drawing would receive nearly a half-billion dollars in cash. And it may not stop there. Players should watch for fur
Aug 22, 2017, 12:51 pm - Todd - Lottery News

$420.9 million Powerball jackpot won in TennesseeNews Story
6th Powerball Jackpot Won in Tennessee By Todd Northrop For the sixth time, a Tennessee Lottery player has won a Powerball jackpot this time it's a $420.9 million grand prize for a very lucky person who purchased a ticket in Lafayette (Macon County). The incredible ticket, which matched all six Powerball numbers drawn Saturday, Nov. 26, is also the 200th ticket sold by the Tennessee Lottery worth $1 million or more. The Lottery advises the as-yet unknown ticket-holder to sign the bac
Nov 27, 2016, 8:14 pm - Todd - Lottery News

$540 MILLION: Mega Millions jackpot raised on huge salesNews Story
Cash value leaps to 5th-largest ever Update: Top-25 cash value list updated to include current Powerball jackpot; bumps The Big Game off the list 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 $540 million. The all-important lump-sum cash value is now estimated to be a staggering $380 million propelling it to the fifth-largest cash value offered by any lo
Jul 7, 2016, 12:31 pm - Todd - Lottery News

Record $1.6 billion Powerball jackpot won by 3 ticketsNews Story
Winning Powerball lottery tickets sold in California, Florida, and Tennessee Final jackpot total of $1.5864 billion will be split 3 ways How would you react if you won? By Todd Northrop The largest lottery jackpot the world has ever seen has been won Wednesday night by three tickets sold in California, Florida, and Tennessee. Since the initial jackpot estimate was set to $1.3 billion early Sunday morning, the Powerball lottery jackpot was raised two more times before the Wednesday
Jan 14, 2016, 2:51 am - Todd - Lottery News

$1.5 BILLION: Wednesday Powerball record jackpot still risingNews Story
Cash value nearly $1 billion By Todd Northrop Is there anything happening this week that isn't Powerball? Apparently not, because it seems that everyone in the US is buying Powerball tickets at a frantic pace, forcing officials at the Multi-State Lottery Association (MUSL) to once again raise the Wednesday Powerball jackpot estimate by another $100 million to $1.5 billion. The cash value of the jackpot is now raised to $930 million. By the time the drawing rolls around Wednesday nigh
Jan 12, 2016, 11:35 am - Todd - Lottery News

$900 MILLION: Powerball lottery jackpot to create unimaginable wealthNews Story
Record Powerball jackpot could crown the first lottery billionaire By Todd Northrop For the third time in three days, the multi-state Powerball lottery jackpot has been raised to levels only dreamed about. What if one person becomes a billionaire from a $2 lottery ticket? That's certainly a potential scenario tonight, when the numbers are drawn for the biggest lottery jackpot the world has ever seen. Powerball offers two jackpot payment options: the $900 million jackpot prize paid ov
Jan 9, 2016, 11:27 am - Todd - Lottery News