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The Jackpot has LandedNews Story
2 tickets from Idaho and Washington split $380 million Mega Millions jackpot By Todd Northrop Update: Final draw-time jackpot increased, cash value was largest ever Update 2: California prizes added After a lottery ticket buying frenzy swept across America this week, the massive, seemingly unstoppable Mega Millions jackpot has finally been taken down. Tuesday's $380 million jackpot was the second-largest jackpot ever in the United States, second only to the $390 million Mega Milli
Jan 5, 2011, 3:50 am - Todd - Lottery News

Michigan gets second multi-state lottery winner in a weekNews Story
First-ever Powerball win in Michigan $128.6 million Powerball win comes just one week after $140 million Mega Millions jackpot won in same state By Todd Northrop The USA's two biggest multi-state lottery games produced $100 million+ jackpot winners within the same week both in the state of Michigan. Mega Millions was the first to turn out a grand prize winner. On Oct. 29, one lucky ticket sold in Michigan's Upper Peninsula region matched the first five numbers plus the Mega Ball numb
Nov 7, 2010, 10:42 am - Todd - Lottery News

Powerball lottery jackpot raised to $260MNews Story
Largest Powerball jackpot of the year by Todd Northrop The multi-state Powerball lottery drawing happened last night once again without any jackpot winners, causing the new jackpot for Wednesday's drawing to grow to an estimated $260 million, with a cash option of $134.2 million. Saturday night was the 11th consecutive drawing without a jackpot winner. Even though there were no jackpot winners, 11 lucky tickets matched the first five numbers for a $200,000 second-place prize: 1 from
May 30, 2010, 10:18 am - Todd - Lottery News

Powerball lottery jackpot rises to $212MNews Story
by Todd Northrop The multi-state Powerball lottery drawing happened last night once again without any jackpot winners, causing the new jackpot for Saturday's drawing to grow to an estimated $212 million, with a cash option of $101.9 million. Wednesday night was the 9th consecutive drawing without a jackpot winner. Even though there were no jackpot winners, 11 lucky tickets matched the first five numbers for a $200,000 second-place prize: 2 from Idaho, 1 from Illinois, 1 from Louisiana,
Apr 15, 2010, 8:05 am - Todd - Lottery News

Dual multi-state lottery sales may keep jackpots lowerNews Story
New national game at least a year away When dozens of states start selling both Powerball and Mega Millions lottery tickets for the first time ever, winners may take home jackpots that aren't so mega. As part of a deal announced last October, the combined sales begin Jan. 31 in 23 of the 31 states and Washington D.C. where Powerball is currently offered, according to Tom Shaheen, president of the Multi-State Lottery Association that operates Powerball. The two different lottery systems hav
Jan 11, 2010, 9:34 pm - Todd - Lottery News

One ticket from S.C. wins $260M Powerball lottery jackpotNews Story
Mega Millions jackpot worth $207M still up for grabs A torrent of ticket sales sent the Poweball jackpot soaring again, to $259.9 million up $15 million since the $245 million estimate was established Saturday and then one ticket won last night. Unless you bought your Powerball ticket in South Carolina, your only shot at a $200+ million lottery jackpot is tomorrow night's Mega Millions drawing. The store that sold the ticket is the Murphy USA gas station at 7530 Garners Ferry Road in Co
Aug 20, 2009, 11:25 am - Todd - Lottery News

Mega Millions and Powerball prizes top $200 millionNews Story
Jackpots for the two multistate lotteries in the U.S. rose above $200 million each as players await tonight's drawing for one of the prizes. USA Mega (www.usamega.com) said on its Web site that stronger-than-expected sales over the past three days increased the jackpot for tonight's drawing by $5 million to $250 million, or $124.8 million in cash. The odds of winning are 1 in 195 million. It's the 10th-biggest prize ever for the lottery, which is played in 30 states including Connecticut, Flo
Aug 19, 2009, 10:45 pm - Todd - Lottery News

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Nov 3, 2008, 2:57 pm - jim695 - Lottery News

Winning Powerball lottery ticket worth $200M sold in N.M.News Story
Largest Powerball prize ever in New Mexico Lottery offers advice to winner The New Mexico Lottery announced Saturday that it sold the winning ticket for the $200 million Powerball jackpot prize drawn earlier that evening. It was the only winning ticket nationwide. The massive jackpot is the largest Powerball prize ever won in New Mexico. The winning numbers were 13, 24, 29, 40, 52 and the red Powerball number was 29. The Power Play number was 4. The numbers were drawn Saturday
Sep 28, 2008, 7:32 pm - Todd - Lottery News

Man chooses wrong lottery numbers and wins jackpotNews Story
For years, Bobby Guffey of Roanoke has been playing the same numbers in an attempt to win the Hoosier Lottery. His picks represent a combination of ages and numbers representing the months of his kids' birthdays. But when he bought a ticket for the Aug. 6 drawing of the Hoosier Lotto game at the Econoasis in Huntington, it was dark and he had forgotten his bifocals. He didn't realize until he was outside that the last number was accidentally 48 instead of his usual 46. It turns out
Aug 16, 2008, 9:14 am - Todd - Lottery News