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$1.28 BILLION: Lottery officials raise tonight's Mega Millions jackpot estimate againNews Story
Lottery ticket-buying frenzy throughout the USA 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. Most of those sales are for the multi-state Mega Millions lottery game, which features a jackpot reaching into stratospheric heights only seen twice before in world history and a lump-sum cash value worth three quarters of a billion dollars. Just a day after the jackpot was raised to $1.1 bi
Jul 29, 2022, 12:56 pm - Todd - Lottery News

$1.1 BILLION: Rush of Mega Millions lottery sales prompts officials to raise jackpot estimateNews Story
Now the 3rd-largest lottery jackpot in history By Todd Northrop A rush of lottery ticket sales for the $1.025 billion Mega Millions jackpot has prompted lottery officials to revise their estimate for the Friday night drawing just one day after it was announced to $1.1 billion an increase of $75 million. The increased jackpot now ranks as the 3rd-largest lottery jackpot in history, and the 2nd-largest in Mega Millions game history. The all-important lump-sum cash value is now esti
Jul 28, 2022, 12:40 pm - Todd - Lottery News

$654 MILLION: Mega Millions lottery jackpot skyrocketsNews Story
4th-largest US lottery jackpot in history; 7th-largest cash value By Todd Northrop There are going to be a lot of lottery tickets sold this week. For only the 5th time in the history of United States lotteries, a lottery jackpot has grown to more than $600 million. The new high-water mark of $654 million for the current Mega Millions jackpot was achieved after no winning tickets were sold for Friday night's $548 million grand prize. The lump-sum cash payout value of Tuesday's Mega
Oct 13, 2018, 10:19 am - Todd - Lottery News

$493 MILLION: 5th-largest Mega Millions lottery jackpot of all timeNews Story
Half-billion dollar jackpot is 11th-largest in US lottery history By Todd Northrop What better way to chill out a scorching summer than with a cool mountain of cash? After 22 drawings without a jackpot winner, the multi-state Mega Millions lottery game now boasts a swelling jackpot of nearly a half-billion dollars that could instantly put someone among the wealthiest people on the planet. When nobody won Friday night's grand prize, the Mega Millions jackpot grew to an estimated $493
Jul 21, 2018, 10:45 am - Todd - Lottery News

$390 MILLION: Huge Mega Millions jackpot up for grabs tonightNews Story
8th-largest cash value jackpot in U.S. history By Todd Northrop After an astounding 31 drawings without a grand prize winner, Mega Millions features an enormous jackpot promising multi-generational wealth to a ticketholder with enough luck to overcome the 1 in 259 million odds stacked against them. In the Friday night Mega Millions drawing no player won the top prize, increasing the jackpot estimate for Tuesday night's Mega Millions drawing to $390 million, with a lump-sum cash option o
Jun 28, 2016, 9:40 am - Todd - Lottery News

$309 MILLION: Mega Millions jackpot rolls into top 25News Story
By Todd Northrop The multi-state Mega Millions lottery game continued growing its jackpot toward frenzy levels last night. After nobody won Friday night's grand prize, the Mega Millions jackpot grew to an estimated $309 million the largest since the near-record-setting $648 million jackpot on Dec. 17, 2013, and the 23rd-largest United States lottery jackpot of all time (see full list below). The lump-sum cash value rose to a massive $169.5 million the 20th-largest U.S. lottery cash valu
Mar 8, 2014, 8:04 am - Todd - Lottery News

MEGA MILLIONS JACKPOT SOARS TO $636 MILLIONNews Story
Mega Millions buying frenzy sends jackpot to brink of world record Includes video report Updated at 1:03 pm with Maryland sales stats By Todd Northrop Certainly the state lotteries expected the multi-state Mega Millions October rules changes to increase jackpots, but it's fair to say the first jackpot run under the new rules exceeded their wildest expectations. When Mega Millions changed its number matrix and prize structure in October, Texas Lottery executive director Gar
Dec 17, 2013, 12:08 pm - Todd - Lottery News

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One ticket sold in Florida is sole winner of $1.58 billion Mega Millions jackpotNews Story
By Todd Northrop After a run of 31 drawings without a jackpot winner, the 32nd drawing of the multi-state Mega Millions game produced a single $1.58 billion winner last night when one lottery ticket sold in Florida matched all five numbers plus the Mega Ball. It was the 8th time a lottery jackpot had grown to more than $1 billion, and the seventh time a single ticket won $1 billion or more. The winner of the unimaginable haul will choose between being paid $1.58 billion in 30 annuall
Aug 9, 2023, 6:42 am - Todd - Lottery News

$720 MILLION: Mega Millions jackpot soars after no winner TuesdayNews Story
12th-largest US lottery jackpot in history By Todd Northrop There are going to be a lot of lottery tickets sold this week. For only the 12th time in the history of United States lotteries, a lottery jackpot has exceeded $700 million. The new high-water mark of $720 million for the current Mega Millions jackpot was achieved after no winning tickets were sold for Tuesday night's $640 million grand prize. The lump-sum cash payout value of Friday's Mega Millions jackpot is a st
Jul 19, 2023, 12:31 am - Todd - Lottery News