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Ohio Lottery considering offering a $50 instant ticketNews Story
A $50 instant lottery ticket may be in the future, say Ohio Lottery officials buoyed by the success of the agency's first $30 instant ticket. The next step in the lottery world is the $50 ticket, lottery director Dennis Berg told lottery commission members at a recent meeting. We have talked about it here and there are conflicting opinions. Logically it is the next price point, but we do not know when it will happen. Texas appears to be the only state with a $50 ticket, made available by
Apr 26, 2014, 9:36 am - Lottery News

$400 MILLION: Mega Millions lottery jackpot soarsNews Story
Massive jackpot is 7th-largest of all time By Todd Northrop For only the 7th time in the history of United States lotteries, a lottery jackpot has grown to $400 million or more. After 20 drawings without a jackpot winner, the multi-state Mega Millions lottery game now boasts a swelling jackpot that is nearing a half-billion dollars and could instantly put someone among the wealthiest people on the planet. After nobody won Friday night's grand prize, the Mega Millions jackpot grew to
Mar 15, 2014, 11:57 am - Lottery News

$353 MILLION: Red hot Mega Millions jackpot set for FridayNews Story
5th-largest Mega Millions jackpot of all time By Todd Northrop Less than 3 months after the multi-state Mega Millions lottery game featured a near-record $648 million jackpot, it is two draws away from doing it again. Unless some lucky player happens to match all five numbers plus the Mega Ball before then. In the Tuesday night Mega Millions drawing no player won the top prize, increasing the jackpot estimate for Friday night's Mega Millions drawing to $353 million, with a lump-sum c
Mar 12, 2014, 10:31 am - Lottery News

$309 MILLION: Mega Millions jackpot rolls into top 25News Story
By Todd Northrop The multi-state Mega Millions lottery game continued growing its jackpot toward frenzy levels last night. After nobody won Friday night's grand prize, the Mega Millions jackpot grew to an estimated $309 million the largest since the near-record-setting $648 million jackpot on Dec. 17, 2013, and the 23rd-largest United States lottery jackpot of all time (see full list below). The lump-sum cash value rose to a massive $169.5 million the 20th-largest U.S. lottery cash valu
Mar 8, 2014, 8:04 am - Lottery News

How lottery tickets are helping states' budgetsNews Story
The scores of losing players in this week's $425 million Powerball jackpot did more than take an extremely long shot at getting rich. Their ticket purchases also helped fund a small but increasingly important part of their states' budgets. Changes in the nationwide Powerball and Mega Millions games have led to some of the world's largest jackpots in the last two years, boosting player interest and sales. Fueled by the growth of those games and the steady expansion of other offerings, many sta
Feb 24, 2014, 7:08 am - Lottery News

$400 MILLION: Powerball lottery jackpot skyrocketsNews Story
6th-largest US jackpot ever; 8th-largest cash value By Todd Northrop For only the 6th time in the history of United States lotteries, a lottery jackpot has grown to $400 million or more. The new high-water mark of $400 million for the current Powerball jackpot was achieved after no winning tickets were sold for Saturday night's $330.8 million grand prize. The lump-sum cash payout value of Wednesday's Powerball jackpot is $227.8 million. After-tax cash and annuity prize amounts are re
Feb 16, 2014, 8:42 am - Lottery News

$330 MILLION: Powerball jackpot quickly ramping upNews Story
Saturday jackpot enters top 25 By Todd Northrop Powerball is on a roll. For the 5th time in the past year, a Powerball jackpot run-up has crossed the threshold to the top 25 jackpots of all time. The new high-water mark of $330 million for the current Powerball jackpot was achieved after no winning tickets were sold for Wednesday night's $286.1 million grand prize. The lump-sum cash payout value of Saturday's Powerball jackpot is $189 million. After-tax cash and annuity prize amounts
Feb 13, 2014, 1:03 pm - Lottery News

MEGA MILLIONS JACKPOT SOARS TO $636 MILLIONNews Story
Mega Millions buying frenzy sends jackpot to brink of world record Includes video report Updated at 1:03 pm with Maryland sales stats By Todd Northrop Certainly the state lotteries expected the multi-state Mega Millions October rules changes to increase jackpots, but it's fair to say the first jackpot run under the new rules exceeded their wildest expectations. When Mega Millions changed its number matrix and prize structure in October, Texas Lottery executive director Gar
Dec 17, 2013, 12:08 pm - Lottery News

$586 MILLION: Mega Millions jackpot climbs toward a new recordNews Story
By Todd Northrop As tickets for the multi-state Mega Millions jackpot pump out of lottery machines across the United States, the question on lottery players minds is just how high will the jackpot go before the drawing on Tuesday night. One lottery official says that Mega Millions ticket sales easily could push Tuesday's jackpot above last year's record $656 million prize. No ticket matched the six numbers needed to win Friday's $425 million prize. It was raised Saturday to $550 million
Dec 16, 2013, 5:10 pm - Lottery News

$550 MILLION: Mega Millions holiday bonanza!News Story
Half-billion jackpot is 4th-largest of all time By Todd Northrop What a wonderful Christmas miracle it will be for some lucky lottery player this year! After 21 drawings without a jackpot winner, the multi-state Mega Millions lottery game now boasts a swelling jackpot of more than a half-billion dollars that could instantly put someone among the wealthiest people on the planet. After nobody won Friday night's grand prize, the Mega Millions jackpot grew to an estimated $550 million th
Dec 14, 2013, 1:17 am - Lottery News