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Mega Millions lottery winner to be revealed FridayNews Story
The winner of last week's $258 million Mega Millions lottery jackpot will be revealed tomorrow.New Jersey Lottery officials have scheduled an 11:30 am news conference on the campus of Seton Hall University to introduce the winner. They won't say whether the winner was a single individual or a group.The winning ticket from last Friday's drawing was bought at a newsstand in Rutherford.The winner will collect the fifth-largest lottery jackpot ever awarded in the US.Officials have even refused to r
Sep 22, 2005, 11:21 pm - Lottery News

Possible winner of $258 million Mega Millions lottery jackpot foundNews Story
Officials with the New Jersey Lottery on Wednesday announced that a person purported to be a legal representative for the winner of a massive Mega Millions drawing has come forward.Lottery officials released few details, but said they were trying to verify the ticket was authentic.Lottery officials also announced that the jackpot, originally believed to be worth $250 million, was actually valued at $258 million since ticket sales before the drawing Friday were larger than expected.Besides being
Sep 21, 2005, 12:35 pm - Lottery News

No word yet from holder of $250 million Mega Millions ticketNews Story
A convenience store that sold a lottery ticket worth $250 million has been enjoying a rush of customers since the drawing, but the lucky winner had yet to emerge Monday.Leprechaun News II owner Yogendra R. Patel said he has been selling plenty of lottery tickets since his shop was identified as the location that sold a Mega Millions ticket for the largest single-ticket lottery jackpot ever in New Jersey. The numbers was drawn in Atlanta Friday night.Patel, 49, is to get $10,000 because the ticke
Sep 19, 2005, 4:57 pm - Lottery News

N.J. Lottery Retailer Basking in Mega Millions GloryNews Story
Winning is good for business, said Yogi Patel, owner of the store that sold the winning $250 million Mega Millions lottery ticket. Now that I have a winner, business is up 100 percent, really 101 percent, Patel, owner of Leprechaun News in Rutherford, N.J., said Saturday. I always had a feeling I would have a big winner at my store, and I was right. The winning numbers drawn Friday night are 5, 16, 41, 46 and 50, with the Mega Ball number 1. The estimated cash value of the jackpot is about $15
Sep 18, 2005, 12:09 am - Lottery News

$250 Million Mega Millions Lottery Jackpot Won in N.J.News Story
Updated: Sunday, Sept. 17, 2005, 1:22pmThe winning ticket in Friday night's $250 million Mega Millions lottery game was sold at a store in New Jersey, lottery officials said Saturday.The winning amount is the largest single-ticket prize in state history. The estimated cash value of the jackpot is about $151 million before taxes.The ticket was sold at Leprechaun News in Rutherford. The ticketholder had not contacted lottery officials by Saturday morning. A news conference is scheduled at the stor
Sep 17, 2005, 10:14 am - Lottery News

$200 Million lottery jackpot has Mega Millions players' attentionNews Story
The hottest ticket in town these days is Mega Millions, now that the jackpot in the United States' biggest multi-state lottery game has reached $200 million.There was no jackpot winner in Friday's Mega Millions drawing, so Americans woke up to a jackpot that's bursting at an estimated $200 million for the Tuesday, September 13, 2005 drawing.The cash option for the Tuesday jackpot is estimated at $123 million. Players can see how much they would win after taxes at USA Mega (http://www.usamega.co
Sep 10, 2005, 3:05 pm - Lottery News

Play The N.C. Lottery Over The Internet? It Could HappenNews Story
Log on... Win millions. That could be a slogan one day for the North Carolina lottery.The lottery bill that Governor Mike Easley signed into law last week allows something no other state does: online gaming. Our law includes specific reference to online games, said Bill Brooks, who works with the North Carolina Family Policy Council.Experts said that phrase could be interpreted in different ways. But, they said, the phrase leaves the door open for North Carolina to become the first state to of
Sep 8, 2005, 2:34 pm - Lottery News

Mega Millions lottery jackpot increases to $150 millionNews Story
The jackpot in the multi-state Mega Millions lottery grew to $150 million this morning, when no tickets in Friday's drawing won the jackpot.None of the tickets sold for Friday's $131 million drawing matched all five lotto numbers and the Mega Ball. The next drawing will be Tuesday.There were seven second-prize winners from Friday night's drawing: 2 from California, 1 from Illinois, 3 from New York, 1 from Ohio, and 2 from Texas. Each ticket matched all five lotto numbers but not the Mega Ball n
Sep 3, 2005, 9:01 am - Lottery News

$131 million lottery jackpot awaits Mega Millions hopefulsNews Story
The jackpot in the multi-state Mega Millions lottery grew to $131 million today, when no tickets sold for Tuesday's $111 million drawing drawing matched all five numbers plus the Mega Ball number.The next drawing is Friday.There were five second-prize winners from Tuesday night's drawing: 1 from Illinois, 1 from Massachusetts, 1 from Michigan, and 2 from New Jersey. Each ticket matched all five lotto numbers but not the Mega Ball number to win $250,000.Also, 40 players matched four of the five
Aug 31, 2005, 8:19 pm - Lottery News

Mega Millions lottery jackpot increases to $97 millionNews Story
The jackpot in the multi-state Mega Millions lottery grew to $97 million Wednesday.None of the tickets sold for Tuesday's $84 million drawing matched all five lotto numbers and the Mega Ball. The next drawing will be Friday.There were 17 second-prize winners from Tuesday night's drawing: 5 from Georgia, 5 from Illinois, 1 from Maryland, 1 from Michigan, 1 from New Jersey, 1 from Ohio, 2 from Virginia, and 1 from Washington. Each ticket matched all five lotto numbers but not the Mega Ball number
Aug 24, 2005, 11:57 am - Lottery News