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Ohio lottery ticket wins $261.6M Powerball jackpotNews Story
Big win comes just two months after game goes on sale in state Ohio has a $261.6 million Powerball winner less than two months after the state joined the multi-state lottery game. The Ohio Lottery says the only winning ticket matching all six numbers in Wednesday night's drawing was sold at a store in Sunbury, about 20 miles north of Columbus in central Ohio. Lottery officials planned to present the Hub Carry Out Deli with a check for $100,000 Thursday morning for selling the winning ti
Jun 3, 2010, 10:06 am - Todd - Lottery News

One Calif. lottery ticket wins $266M Mega Millions jackpotNews Story
A single ticket matched all six numbers in Tuesday night's $266 million Mega Millions drawing, but unless you bought your ticket in California, you can keep on dreaming. That single West Coast player won the largest lottery jackpot in the United States this year after purchasing the jackpot-winning ticket at L L Hawaiian Barbecue in the Los Angeles suburb of Pico Rivera. The winning numbers for the drawing were 9, 21, 31, 36, and 43, with a Mega Ball number of 8. The Megaplier number wa
May 5, 2010, 7:32 am - Todd - Lottery News

Illinois Lottery may privatize lottery to solve budget woesReply
I idea to sell the lottery is not new Rod Blagojevich originally sugested it while he was still in office. The state court system employees and gov employees are payed way way too much. They recieve retirement when everyone else is stuck with at best a 401k. For decades normal people have been stuck paying for government employees retirement by illinois consitutional law. Gov needs to stop finding ways to get kick backs and actually help common people and the disabled. Oh they
Apr 6, 2010, 8:07 am - pick4hawk - Lottery News

2 lottery tickets split $333M Mega Millions jackpotNews Story
There will be no worldwide lottery jackpot record this time. Two tickets have split last night's $333 million Mega Millions jackpot, one on each coast of the United States. The winning tickets, which are now worth an estimated $166.5 million each, were purchased in San Gabriel, Calif., and the Bronx, New York. The winning numbers were: 1, 17, 31, 37 and 54 with the Mega Ball 31. The Texas Megaplier was 4. Also, 34 lucky players came very close to winning it all, macthing the first 5
Aug 29, 2009, 8:46 am - Todd - Lottery News

3 lottery players share $225M Mega Millions jackpotNews Story
Three players, in California, Ohio and Virginia, will share the $225 million jackpot from the latest Mega Millions multi-state lottery drawing, taking about $75 million apiece. The next Mega Millions drawing, Tuesday night, will feature a jackpot of $12 million. In addition to the grand prize winners from Friday night's drawing, 21 players, won second prizes of $250,000 apiece: 2 from California, 4 from Illinois, 1 from Maryland, 3 from New Jersey, 9 from New York, and 2 from Texas. The se
May 2, 2009, 10:14 am - Todd - Lottery News

$220 MILLION: Mega Millions lottery jackpot soarsReply
Here's the prize breakdown, all prizes: 5 + 1 3 Winners $225,000,000 California, Ohio, and Virginia 5 + 0 21 Winners $250,000 Californa 2, Illinois 4, Maryland1, New Jersey 3, New York 9, Texas2, 4 + 1 96 Winners $10,000 4 + 0 5,469 Winners $150 3 + 1 5,692 Winners $150 3 + 0 266,112 Winners $7 1 + 1 550,472 Winners $3 0 + 1 1,022,240 Winners $2
May 2, 2009, 10:02 am - Coin Toss - Lottery News

$212 MILLION: largest Mega Millions lottery jackpot in a yearReply
you need to drive to your nearest powerball state and buy a ticket. i have 2 tickets for powerball and i don't know how many i have for the megamillion. it said one of the second place winners was from new york. it could be me. whoopee!!! If you live in a Megamillions state you would be MUCH better off putting your gas money in Mega that powerball. The Odds for Mega are better than PN (though bad) AND the cash amounts are MUCH bigger for Mega... I did drive down today for Mega t
Feb 28, 2009, 11:45 pm - markp1950 - Lottery News

Nationwide, lottery jackpots keep getting biggerNews Story
Around the United States, lottery jackpots are continuing to grow larger, making the allure of picking up a couple extra lottery tickets ever-stronger. Leading the pack is the California SuperLotto Plus jackpot, which rolled to $76 million last night when no ticket won Wednesday night's $70 million top prize. The jackpots of both multi-state lotteries have rolled over again this week also, with grand prizes of $65 million for Powerball and $60 million for Mega Millions. Because Mega Mil
Feb 5, 2009, 7:05 pm - Todd - Lottery News

Idaho Lottery raffle made a millionaire tonightReply
My lotto playing life is completely separate from my financial advice life; the two are not intertwined. So although I would rather have any money I wager on the lottery give me the potential for the biggest bang/return on said wager, I tend to recommend a slightly more conservative investing strategies/portfolios for my clients based on their time horizon and risk tolerance profile (i.e. if their profile indicates that they fit an aggressive growth profile, I might recommend a growth portfolio)
Jan 1, 2009, 2:47 am - OldSchoolPa - Lottery News

Cool $207 million up for grabs in lotteryNews Story
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. If this turns out to b
Dec 12, 2008, 9:52 am - Todd - Lottery News