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South Carolina lawmakers discuss bill that may allow lottery funds to fund private school vouchersNews Story
Should lottery revenue benefit both public and private education? By Kate Northrop A bill introduced to South Carolina legislature aims to reinstate a school voucher program that will allow state lottery revenue to be spent on private school tuition in addition to public education. South Carolina lawmakers are slated to begin the next legislative session next Tuesday, with the first item of discussion being whether lottery dollars should be spent on private education in a school vouc
Jan 13, 2025, 5:40 am - Todd - Lottery News

One California ticket wins $1.269 billion Mega Millions jackpotNews Story
Fifth $1 billion+ jackpot won in California Updated with final jackpot totals By Todd Northrop After a run of 30 drawings without a jackpot winner, the 31st drawing of the multi-state Mega Millions game produced a single $1.269 billion winner last night when one lottery ticket sold in California matched all five numbers plus the Mega Ball. It was the 12th time a lottery jackpot had grown to more than $1 billion, and the 11th time a single ticket won $1 billion or more. For C
Dec 28, 2024, 8:08 am - Todd - Lottery News

$1.15 BILLION: Mega Millions keeps rolling after no winner TuesdayNews Story
Now the 9th-largest lottery jackpot in history By Todd Northrop After nobody won a billion-dollar Christmas Eve jackpot, lottery players around the country are lining up for an even larger jackpot set to draw Friday. Tuesday night nobody won the Mega Millions multi-state lottery drawing, triggering another jackpot rollover that created a Friday jackpot estimated at $1.15 billion with a cash value of $516.1 million. Based on past multi-state lottery jackpots, that estimate may get
Dec 26, 2024, 8:01 am - Todd - Lottery News

$825 MILLION: Massive Mega Millions drawing set for FridayNews Story
13th-largest lottery jackpot in history By Todd Northrop The Mega Millions multi-state lottery game continued its jackpot run last night when no tickets matched all six numbers. Last night nobody won the Mega Millions lottery drawing, triggering another jackpot rollover that created a Friday jackpot estimated at $825 million with a cash value of $382.2 million. To get to this massive size, the jackpot has been growing since it started on September 13 as a $20 million prize now 28
Dec 18, 2024, 8:26 am - Todd - Lottery News

One ticket sold in California wins $1.08 billion Powerball jackpotNews Story
6th-largest lottery jackpot in history By Todd Northrop For the second time in less than a year, someone in California won a lottery jackpot worth more than $1 billion. After a run of 36 drawings without a jackpot winner, the 37th drawing of the multi-state Powerball game produced a single $1.0798 billion winner last night when one lottery ticket sold in California matched all five numbers plus the Powerball. The whopping jackpot is the sixth-largest the world has ever seen, and
Jul 20, 2023, 7:17 am - Todd - Lottery News

A Texas Lottery jackpot was "bought" last year, but legislators are pushing wrong solutionNews Story
Media echo chamber confuses problem and misleads public Exclusive Lottery Post investigative report By Kate Northrop Last year, a New Jersey-based group essentially bought a $95 million Lotto Texas jackpot by purchasing all the possible number combinations. Now state legislators are eying possible measures to prevent it from happening again, but those solutions may do more harm than good. A New Jersey-based group called Rook TX gamed the odds by buying nearly every number combin
Oct 18, 2024, 11:57 am - Todd - Lottery News