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$220 Million: Mega Millions lottery jackpot rolls againNews Story
The jackpot in the multi-state Mega Millions lottery grew to $220 million Wednesday. None of the tickets sold for Tuesday's $189 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: 6 from California, 3 from Georgia, 2 from Illinois, 1 from Maryland, 3 from New York, 1 from Ohio, and 1 from Washington. Each ticket matched all five lotto numbers but not the Mega Ball number to win
Apr 12, 2006, 9:54 am - Lottery News

Mega Millions lottery jackpot leaps to $138 millionNews Story
The jackpot in the multi-state Mega Millions lottery has grown to $138 million, the largest Mega Millions jackpot in a month. None of the tickets sold for Friday's $117 million drawing matched all five lotto numbers and the Mega Ball. The next drawing will be Tuesday. There were nine second-prize winners from Friday night's drawing: 1 from California, 3 from Michigan, 2 from New Jersey, 2 from New York, and 1 from Washington. Each ticket matched all five lotto numbers but not the Mega Bal
Apr 1, 2006, 8:44 pm - Lottery News

Mega Millions lottery jackpot increases to $96 millionNews Story
The jackpot in the multistate Mega Millions lottery drawing grew to $96 million Saturday. None of the tickets sold for Friday's $82 million drawing matched all five lotto numbers and the Mega Ball. The next drawing will be Tuesday. There were nine second-prize winners from Friday night's drawing: 3 from California, 3 from New Jersey, 2 from New York, and 1 from Ohio. Each ticket matched all five lotto numbers but not the Mega Ball number to win $250,000. The 3 California second prize w
Mar 27, 2006, 6:22 pm - Lottery News

Florida Lotto jackpot rolls to $10 millionNews Story
The Florida Lottery announced that the Saturday, March 18, Florida Lotto drawing resulted in a rollover, producing an estimated $10 million jackpot for the next drawing. More than 96,000 players won cash prizes for matching three, four or five numbers. Prize payouts are as follows: 103 players matched five numbers and each won $4,062.4,267 players matched four numbers and each won $79.50.91,702 players matched three numbers and each won $5. The Saturday winning Florida Lotto numbers we
Mar 20, 2006, 9:09 am - Lottery News

Kansas Lottery adds 'Hot Lotto' gameNews Story
Mini Powerball is coming to Kansas. Sales for the multi-state Hot Lotto numbers game began Sunday for Wednesday's first biweekly drawing that will include the Sunflower State. Like Powerball, winning Hot Lotto numbers are selected and announced every Wednesday and Saturday. Hot Lotto jackpots are smaller than those offered by Powerball, but players have better odds of winning. The odds are 1 in 16 of getting any winning Hot Lotto ticket for prizes that range from $2 to the minimum $
Mar 14, 2006, 8:42 am - Lottery News

Mega Millions lottery jackpot increases to $42 millionNews Story
The jackpot in the multi-state Mega Millions lottery grew to $42 million Saturday. None of the tickets sold for Friday's $31 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, 2 from New York, 1 from Ohio, 1 from Texas, and 1 from Washington. Each ticket matched all five lotto numbers but not the Mega Ball number to win $250,000. The California second-p
Mar 13, 2006, 9:35 am - Lottery News

Last day for Lotto SouthNews Story
One day you're in, and the next day you're out. Like Carrot Top and Ugg boots, the Virginia Lottery's Lotto South has fallen in the latter category. Today will be the last drawing for the nearly 5-year-old game with roots dating to 1990. If no one wins the final $4.5 million jackpot, all secondary prizes from $5 to $1,000 will be doubled. Virginia Lottery officials say many of today's lottery players have turned their backs on Lotto South in favor of multistate games such as Mega Millio
Feb 25, 2006, 8:30 am - Lottery News

$20 million Illinois Lotto ticket sold at convenience storeNews Story
Someone is much richer this week after buying a winning Illinois Lottery ticket and hopefully they know it.A grand-prize Lotto ticket worth $20 million was sold Saturday at a downtown Chicago convenience store, with the ticket unclaimed as of Sunday night, according to an Illinois Lottery spokesman. It looks like there is one grand-prize winner, said Courtney Hill, noting that the ticket that matched the number sequence 11-18-29-40-49-50 was sold in the White Hen at 600 N. McClurg Ct.The
Jan 16, 2006, 7:06 am - Lottery News

Three states replacing Lotto South gameNews Story
Like a tired mule whose best days are behind him, Lotto South is being retired and a fresh workhorse brought in to pick up the production.The three-state lottery game, which began in September 2001, will be replaced next month by a new game that pays winners $1,000 a week for the rest of their lives, Virginia Lottery interim executive director Donna M. VanCleave said Thursday. Virginia's Lotto South partners, Kentucky and Georgia, also will participate in the new Win For Life game.Lotto South
Jan 12, 2006, 6:45 am - Lottery News

Largest Lotto South winner ignored wife to play lotteryNews Story
Once a week for the past three years, Rome (GA) millworker William Griffin laid aside $1 to purchase a Quick Pick lottery ticket, despite his wife's objections.Last Saturday, Griffin seeing that the Lotto South jackpot had reached $27 million decided to splurge, plunking down $5 for five chances. It ended up being worth more than $15 million to Griffin, who won the largest Lotto South payout in history.Griffin's prize will stand as Lotto South's largest. The Georgia-Kentucky-Virginia lottery
Jan 12, 2006, 6:29 am - Lottery News