Cool $207 million up for grabs in lottery
Need some extra spending money this holiday season? Would $207 million be enough?
That's the jackpot for Friday night's Mega Millions drawing, if a single ticket matches all six numbers in the multi-state lottery.
The Mega Millions jackpot has been climbing steadily without a big winner since Oct. 21, when Mark Staffa of Rockmart won $42 million.
Staffa, a software engineer, said he planned to use the windfall to help his parents retire and to travel the world.
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Dec 12, 2008, 9:52 am - - Lottery News forum
Ex-con held onto his lotto millions and started new life
While having a few drinks at a Hamilton Street bar, Aristeo Robelin saw a familiar face.
It was one of the police officers who helped put him in federal prison on drug smuggling and weapons charges.
The cop congratulated Robelin on his new life as a millionaire and bought him a beer.
Robelin, 40, took the meeting as an omen and stopped spending so much time in Hamilton Street bars.
Three years after winning $3.7 million in the Mega Millions lottery, the father of two and ex-con has l ...
Dec 10, 2008, 8:27 pm - - Lottery News forum
Lottery winner almost out of cash three years later
For fun, Keith Bryce and his wife, Elizabeth, play bingo on Tuesdays at a Knights of Columbus Hall, or watch movies on a mattress in the living room.
It's a long way from the craps tables, flashing lights and plush presidential suites at the swank Las Vegas hotels of their honeymoon.
Since Bryce won the Mega Millions lottery three years ago, he has clashed with family, spent close to $3 million and isn't far from the poorhouse a place he assumed he'd never visit again.
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Dec 10, 2008, 8:05 pm - - Lottery News forum
Mega Millions lottery jackpot now stands at $207 million
The jackpot in the multi-state Mega Millions lottery game is growing even larger the largest jackpot in nine months and players nationwide are all trying to be the one that claims it all.
More than 1.4 million tickets sold for the Tuesday, December 9 drawing won a prize. Since no ticket matched all five lotto numbers plus the Gold Mega Ball to win the jackpot, the jackpot chase continues for the Friday, December 12, 2008 drawing, which will have an estimated jackpot of $207 million.
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Dec 10, 2008, 9:35 am - - Lottery News forum
NJ couple claims $126M Mega Millions jackpot
Clelia Lopes walked around north Jersey with a winning lottery ticket in her purse for days this summer before realizing the stub was worth much more than the paper it was printed on $126 million more.
Clelia, a homemaker, bought the winning Mega Millions ticket while shopping at Seabra Supermarket in Newark on July 22. She and her husband, Mario, a construction foreman, came forward Monday, more than four months later, still without plans to buy an expensive car, take a lavish vacation or do ...
Dec 9, 2008, 12:04 pm - - Lottery News forum
$170 MILLION: Mega Millions lottery jackpot raised
Lottery jackpot hunters will have a big target next Tuesday, when a $170 million jackpot is up from grabs in the multi-state Mega Millions lottery game.
The huge pot came about after no tickets won last night's $146 million jackpot drawing. On Tuesday, players will attempt to match all five numbers plus the Mega Ball number to win the top prize.
There were 8 second-prize winners from Friday night's drawing: 2 from California, 1 from Georgia, 1 from New York, 2 from Ohio, 1 from Texas, and ...
Dec 6, 2008, 8:30 am - - Lottery News forum
Mega Millions lottery jackpot rolls to $146 million
Lottery players in the twelve Mega Millions states will be buying tickets for the largest jackpot in seven months.
The jackpot in the multi-state Mega Millions lottery drawing was increased to $146 million.
The rollover occurred because none of the tickets sold for Tuesday night's $128 million drawing matched all five lotto numbers and the Mega Ball number. The next drawing will be Friday night.
There were 8 second-prize winners from Friday night's drawing: 1 from California, 1 from Geo ...
Dec 3, 2008, 8:30 am - - Lottery News forum
Mega Millions lottery jackpot reaches $111 million
The jackpot in the multi-state Mega Millions lottery drawing was raised to $111 million.
The rollover occurred because none of the tickets sold for Tuesday night's $06 million drawing matched all five lotto numbers and the Mega Ball number. The next drawing will be Friday night.
There were 6 second-prize winners from Friday night's drawing: 1 from California, 1 from Georgia, 1 from Illinois, 1 from New Jersey, 1 from New York, and 1 from Ohio. Each second prize ticket matched all five lott ...
Nov 26, 2008, 9:57 am - - Lottery News forum
Time running out to claim $184,000 lottery ticket
California Lottery officials say time is running out for the buyer of a winning Mega Millions ticket at a Watts liquor store to collect the $184,000 prize.
The ticket was purchased at Astro Liquor, at the corner of South Avalon Boulevard and East Century Boulevard, before the April 25 drawing. The winning numbers on the ticket are 19, 32, 37, 45 and 52, and the Mega number is 41.
The 180-day claim period for the ticket ends in one week, after which the funds, if they remain unclaimed, will ...
Oct 15, 2008, 5:15 pm - - Lottery News forum
$42M lottery winner plans to become a pecan farmer
A Detroit-area man who won a $42 million Mega Millions jackpot plans to retire from Chrysler and become a pecan farmer in Georgia.
Chris Crane, 51, was given a ceremonial check Friday at the Michigan Lottery headquarters in Lansing.
The resident of Macomb County's Washington Township told reporters he will leave his job as a Chrysler service engineer within weeks.
I always wanted to do a little bit of farming, said Crane, who has some property in Georgia. This will be my chance.
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Oct 11, 2008, 3:20 pm - - Lottery News forum
