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$935 MILLION: Powerball lottery jackpot nears billion-dollar milestoneNews Story
11th-largest US lottery jackpot in history By Todd Northrop After a 37th-consecutive drawing without a winner, the Powerball multi-state lottery game now features a jackpot that will provide multi-generational wealth to the lucky player who eventually wins it all. After nobody won Wednesday's $873.1 million grand prize, the Powerball jackpot increased to a staggering $935 million for Saturday's drawing the 11th-largest US lottery jackpot of all time, and the 5th-largest Powerball jac
Mar 28, 2024, 7:15 am - Todd - Lottery News

One New Jersey ticket is sole winner of $1.13 billion Mega Millions jackpotReply
Just updated the story with the retailer that sold the winning ticket. They are already receiving a bonus check today!
Mar 27, 2024, 9:49 am - Todd - Lottery News

One New Jersey ticket is sole winner of $1.13 billion Mega Millions jackpotReply
I wish, but not me. Still waiting to find out where it was sold.
Mar 27, 2024, 7:21 am - Todd - Lottery News

One New Jersey ticket is sole winner of $1.13 billion Mega Millions jackpotNews Story
Largest lottery jackpot ever won in the Garden State Updated with retailer that sold the winning ticket 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 $1.13 billion winner last night when one lottery ticket sold in New Jersey matched all five numbers plus the Mega Ball. It was the 10th time a lottery jackpot had grown to more than $1 billion, and the ninth time a single ticket won $1
Mar 27, 2024, 7:18 am - Todd - Lottery News

$1.1 BILLION: Mega Millions jackpot now the eighth-largest in historyReply
Looks like they found and fixed the problem. Good luck tonight!
Mar 26, 2024, 3:47 pm - Todd - Lottery News

$865 MILLION: Powerball jackpot reaching historic levelsReply
Looks like they found and fixed the problem now.
Mar 26, 2024, 3:38 pm - Todd - Lottery News

$865 MILLION: Powerball jackpot reaching historic levelsReply
Interestingly, it appears the official Mega Millions website got it wrong. The actual estimate for tonight's Mega Millions jackpot is $1.13 billion , not $1.12 billion. That's a difference of $10,000,000, so not insignificant.
Mar 26, 2024, 1:46 pm - Todd - Lottery News

$1.1 BILLION: Mega Millions jackpot now the eighth-largest in historyReply
Interestingly, it appears the official Mega Millions website got it wrong. The actual estimate for tonight is $1.13 billion , not $1.12 billion. That's a difference of $10,000,000, so not insignificant. I will cross-post this on the Powerball story too, since there's discussion about it there.
Mar 26, 2024, 1:46 pm - Todd - Lottery News

$865 MILLION: Powerball jackpot reaching historic levelsReply
California cannot add Double Play because of their law that requires all lottery games to be paid out in a pari-mutuel formula. Double Play's fixed payouts is therefore incompatible with California's laws.
Mar 26, 2024, 8:44 am - Todd - Lottery News

$865 MILLION: Powerball jackpot reaching historic levelsNews Story
11th-largest lottery jackpot in history By Todd Northrop This week Powerball joins Mega Millions in the race to the top of historical lottery jackpots, featuring a massive top prize that is approaching a billion dollars. The new high-water mark of $865 million for the current Powerball annuity jackpot estimate was achieved after no winning tickets were sold for Monday night's $813 million grand prize. It is the 11th-highest lottery jackpot in history, and the 5th-largest Powerb
Mar 26, 2024, 7:57 am - Todd - Lottery News