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Indiana family claims $536 million Mega Millions lottery jackpotNews Story
Hoosier Lottery helps family remain anonymous First time they ever played Mega Millions Includes video report By Todd Northrop At a press conference Friday it was announced that a family of lifetime Hoosiers anonymously claimed the largest jackpot ever awarded to a single Mega Millions lottery ticket. The Indianapolis Motor Speedway hosted the press conference Friday morning. The winners were announced to be a family from Hamilton County, Indiana. Those hoping to meet the winne
Jul 29, 2016, 12:28 pm - Lottery News

Indiana lottery ticket wins $540 million Mega Millions jackpotNews Story
Updated: Added location where winning ticket was sold By Todd Northrop One winning ticket sold in The Hoosier State beat the odds and matched all the numbers drawn in Friday's Mega Millions drawing to win the colossal $540 million jackpot. The numbers that single lottery ticket from Indiana matched in Friday's drawing were 8, 19, 20, 55, and 73, with Mega Ball number 5. The winning ticket was purchased at the Speedway at 1589 N State Road 1 in Cambridge City, Indiana. The lucky ti
Jul 9, 2016, 8:52 am - 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 - Lottery News

$508 MILLION: Mega jackpot to spark ticket-buying frenzyNews Story
Half-billion jackpot is 7th-largest of all time By Todd Northrop July 4th is behind us, but some lucky person still has their Independence Day ahead of them independence from financial burdens, that is. After an unprecedented 34 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 Tuesday night's grand
Jul 6, 2016, 9:13 am - Lottery News

$454 million jackpot driving Mega Million ticket salesNews Story
By Todd Northrop With strong sales around the country, the estimated jackpot for Tuesday night's Mega Millions drawing has been raised to $454 million, with a lump-sum cash option of $319 million cash. It's the third largest jackpot in Mega Millions history and the seventh-largest jackpot ever seen in US lottery history. The jackpot has been growing since it was last won on March 8 by Michael Burkett in Washington, who received a $157 million prize. The only other jackpot won this ye
Jul 5, 2016, 3:18 pm - Lottery News

Man buys wrong lottery ticket, wins $169 millionNews Story
Her husband didn't listen and it paid off to the tune of $169 million. Mega Millions winner Nancy Viola asked her husband, Vito Viola an NYPD sergeant to buy Powerball tickets from the 2520 Foodmart in the Willowbrook section of Staten Island on Jan. 8. She had the Powerball fever that was gripping the country. Because the jackpot was $900 million, she said. It was big. It was all everybody was talking about. He didn't listen. Instead, her husband used a leftover dollar to buy a Quick
Jul 1, 2016, 6:37 pm - Lottery News

Texas couple wins a million in lottery on visit to NCNews Story
A retired Texas couple won't soon forget their trip to North Carolina. After all, they're leaving the state $1 million richer. Joseph Roseman and his wife, Anetia, of Magnolia, Texas were staying with friends Friday when they stopped at the S.M. Mart on Poplar Tent Road in Concord. While there, Anetia Roseman decided to buy a $1 Quick Pick ticket for the Mega Millions drawing later that day. On Saturday morning, Joseph checked the winning numbers and compared them to the ones on their tick
Jul 1, 2016, 9:34 am - Lottery News

$415 MILLION: 3rd-largest Mega Millions jackpot everNews 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 $415 million Mega Millions jackpot, after nobody won Tuesday's $390 million grand prize. The cash value stands at a staggering $286.4 million. With the new Friday jackpot, both the annuity jackpot and lump-sum cash value are now in the top 10 United States lottery jackpots of all time. The annuity and cash values are also the third-largest Mega Millio
Jun 29, 2016, 10:12 am - Lottery News

$390 MILLION: Huge Mega Millions jackpot up for grabs tonightNews Story
8th-largest cash value jackpot in U.S. history By Todd Northrop After an astounding 31 drawings without a grand prize winner, Mega Millions features an enormous jackpot promising multi-generational wealth to a ticketholder with enough luck to overcome the 1 in 259 million odds stacked against them. In the Friday night Mega Millions drawing no player won the top prize, increasing the jackpot estimate for Tuesday night's Mega Millions drawing to $390 million, with a lump-sum cash option o
Jun 28, 2016, 9:40 am - Lottery News

$363 MILLION: Red hot Mega Millions jackpot set for FridayNews Story
6th-largest Mega Millions jackpot of all time By Todd Northrop After its months-long build-up, the multi-state Mega Millions jackpot is finally starting to increase rapidly as tickets are bring scooped up by loyal and casual players alike. 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 $363 million, with a lump-sum cash option of $244.6 million. That pegs the annuity jackpot as the 6t
Jun 22, 2016, 8:58 am - Lottery News