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$548 MILLION: Mega jackpot to spark ticket-buying frenzy
Biggest Mega Millions jackpot in 5 years
Half-billion jackpot is 9th-largest of all time
By Todd Northrop
Lottery players across the United States will be lining up at lottery retailers for their chance to win Friday's massive $548 million Mega Millions jackpot, after nobody won Tuesday's $470 million grand prize.
The cash value stands at a staggering $309.2 million.
After nobody won Tuesday night's grand prize, the Mega Millions jackpot grew to the largest size it has seen in fiv
Oct 10, 2018, 8:53 am - Todd - Lottery News
$512 MILLION: Huge Mega Millions lottery sales prompts jackpot increase
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 Tuesday night drawing to $512 million.
The all-important lump-sum cash value is now estimated to be a staggering $303.4 million.
Tuesday's drawing will be the 23rd since Mega Millions had a winner. The current jackpot run-up started on May 8 as a $40 million grand prize.
Lottery players seeking to check the winning numbers Tuesday n
Jul 23, 2018, 1:10 pm - Todd - Lottery News
$540 MILLION: Mega Millions jackpot raised on huge sales
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 - Todd - Lottery News
Mega Millions to change lottery game's game and prize structure
Updated: April 30, 2005, 8:10 amFirst drawing of new game set for June 24When California becomes the 12th state in which the Mega Millions multi-state lottery game is played, players across the country will see changes that will make it even more exciting.The addition of California as a Mega Millions state adds 35.9 million people to the population of Mega Millions states, which increases the 12-state game total to 155.1 million, an increase of 30%.Californians are expected to be as enthusiastic
Apr 29, 2005, 7:12 pm - Todd - Lottery News
MEGA MILLIONS JACKPOT $1 BILLION FOR TONIGHT'S DRAWING
By Todd Northrop
Lottery officials have just announced that the jackpot for tonight's Mega Millions drawing has been raised to $1 billion, marking just the third time in history that a lottery jackpot has reached that monumental level.
The Mega Millions jackpot has grown since Sep. 18 and has rolled a record 36 times, starting at $20 million.
The lump-sum cash option now stands at $739.6 million ranking as the third-largest cash option of all time.
Mega Millions offers two jackpot pa
Jan 22, 2021, 12:09 pm - Todd - Lottery News
Flurry of Mega Millions lottery sales prompts officials to raise jackpot estimate
By Todd Northrop
A rush of lottery ticket sales for the $600 million Mega Millions jackpot has prompted lottery officials to revise their estimate for the Tuesday night drawing to $615 million.
The all-important lump-sum cash value is now estimated to be a staggering $451.8 million.
Tuesday's drawing will be the 34th since Mega Millions had a winner. The current jackpot run-up started on Sept. 18 as a $20 million grand prize.
Lottery players seeking to check the winning numbers Tuesd
Jan 11, 2021, 12:45 pm - Todd - Lottery News
Mega Millions lottery jackpot increased to $520 million on strong sales
By Kate Northrop
Lottery officials have just announced that the jackpot for tonight's Mega Millions drawing has been raised from $510 million to $520 million, making this week's Powerball and Mega Millions jackpots just $10 million shy of a combined $1 billion.
The Mega Millions jackpot has grown since Sep. 18 and has rolled 32 times, starting at $20 million.
Mega Millions offers two jackpot payment options: the $520 million annuity prize paid out as one immediate payment followed by 29
Jan 8, 2021, 12:31 pm - Todd - Lottery News
$970 MILLION: Mega Millions ticket-buying frenzy forces new jackpot estimate
Closing in on $1 Billion
By Todd Northrop
Across the United States, lottery tickets are being sold at a frantic pace that the state lotteries are struggling to keep up with.
Most of those sales are for the multi-state Mega Millions lottery game, which features a jackpot reaching into stratospheric heights only seen once before in world history and a lump-sum cash value worth more than a half-billion dollars.
Just a day after the jackpot was raised to $900 million, the state lotteries
Oct 18, 2018, 12:40 pm - Todd - Lottery News
$521 MILLION: Mega Millions jackpot raised due to surging sales
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 $521 million.
The all-important lump-sum cash value is now estimated to be a staggering $317.2 million.
Friday's drawing will be the 24th since Mega Millions had a winner. The current jackpot run-up started on Jan. 9 as a $40 million grand prize.
According to the Maryland Lottery, if nobody wins the Friday ja
Mar 30, 2018, 12:25 pm - Todd - Lottery News
$454 million jackpot driving Mega Million ticket sales
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 - Todd - Lottery News