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$640 MILLION: Powerball lottery jackpot rolls againNews Story
5th-largest cash value in US history By Todd Northrop This week lottery players across the United States will be pulling out all the stops to try and win Powerball, featuring one of the largest lottery jackpots in history, worth an estimated $640 million. If you feel like it's been a long time since Powerball last had a jackpot winner you'd be right. The 34 consecutive drawings since the last winner on Sept. 16 is the longest stretch without a jackpot winner in the game's history. Al
Jan 14, 2021, 7:54 am - Lottery News

$750 MILLION: Second-largest Mega Millions jackpot in history to be drawn FridayNews Story
Cash value worth more than a half-billion dollars By Todd Northrop After 34 drawings without a jackpot winner, the multi-state Mega Millions lottery game now boasts a swelling jackpot of three-quarters of a billion dollars that could instantly put someone among the wealthiest people on the planet. When nobody won Tuesday night's grand prize, the Mega Millions jackpot grew to an estimated $750 million the largest since a $1.5 billion Mega Millions jackpot from an Oct. 2018 drawing was cl
Jan 13, 2021, 8:01 am - Lottery News

Australian woman sues lottery after losing a seven-year-old ticket she claims is a winnerNews Story
I'm not a lunatic. I'm fighting to be listened to. By Kate Northrop An Australian woman is suing The Lott for $2 million (US$1.55 million) after she supposedly lost a winning lottery ticket for a drawing that took place seven years ago, proving just why it is so important that players hang onto and keep track of their physical tickets. Kathy Jasmine Rado, 59, of Cairns is pulling out all the stops to try and get The Lott to pay out the $2 million prize that she is claiming she won. Sh
Jan 12, 2021, 5:11 pm - Lottery News

Mega Millions ticket-buying frenzy forces new jackpot estimateNews Story
Tonight's Mega Millions jackpot is now $625 million By Todd Northrop Across the United States, Mega Millions lottery tickets are being sold at such a rapid pace that lottery officials were forced to raise the jackpot estimate for the second time in two days. Just a day after the jackpot was raised to $615 million, the state lotteries have once again raised the official Mega Millions jackpot estimate for the Tue., Jan. 12, drawing to $625 million, with a lump-sum cash payout of $458.8 mi
Jan 12, 2021, 12:21 pm - Lottery News

Flurry of Mega Millions lottery sales prompts officials to raise jackpot estimateNews Story
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 - Lottery News

Powerball $550 million jackpot is game's largest in two yearsNews Story
13th-largest US lottery jackpot in history By Todd Northrop After a 33rd 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 Saturday's $489.6 million grand prize, the Powerball jackpot increased to a whopping $550 million for Wednesday's drawing the 13th-largest US lottery jackpot of all time, and the 9th-largest jackpot in the gam
Jan 10, 2021, 8:33 am - Lottery News

$600 MILLION: Mega Millions jackpot soars after no winner FridayNews Story
8th-largest US lottery jackpot in history; 6th-largest cash value By Todd Northrop There are going to be a lot of lottery tickets sold this week. For only the 8th time in the history of United States lotteries, a lottery jackpot has reached $600 million. The new high-water mark of $600 million for the current Mega Millions jackpot was achieved after no winning tickets were sold for Friday night's $520 million grand prize. The lump-sum cash payout value of Tuesday's Mega Millions j
Jan 9, 2021, 8:47 am - Lottery News

Nebraska woman wins Pick 5 lottery jackpot twice in six monthsNews Story
As if winning one jackpot wasn't cool enough By Kate Northrop One Nebraska woman is incredibly lucky after winning her second Pick 5 jackpot in less than 6 months, this time worth $138,000 even bigger than the last. Margaret Furasek, 88, of Weston hit it big on July 21, 2020 when she won a $94,000 jackpot while playing the Nebraska Lottery's Pick 5 game with her numbers 2, 3, 12, 14, and 28. Winning clearly didn't stop her from having another go at the game. On Dec. 23, 2020, she won ye
Jan 6, 2021, 8:55 pm - Lottery News

€11.3 million Germany Lottery jackpot goes unclaimedNews Story
After a three-year search, one of Germany's largest unclaimed prizes returns to the prize pool By Kate Northrop After three and a half years of waiting for the winner of a 11.3 million (US$13.9 million) Lotto 6aus49 jackpot to turn up, one of Germany's largest-ever unclaimed prizes is going back into the prize pool. The winner lost their chance at claiming once-in-a-lifetime riches once the clock struck midnight on New Year's Eve. Even with Germany's generous lottery ticket claim windo
Jan 4, 2021, 1:32 pm - Lottery News

Australian student in his 20s to retire after winning $20 million lottery jackpotNews Story
Young man smartly claims massive prize anonymously A Brisbane university student says he's never going to work again after winning the entire Division 1 Australian Powerball prize on last week. The man aged in his 20s, who studies at MacGregor University and wishes to remain anonymous, won the entire $20 million (US$15.2 million) jackpot with an online entry. The winning numbers in Powerball draw 1283 were 29, 4, 17, 16, 33, 5,9 and the Powerball number was 13. The Australian Powerball
Dec 24, 2020, 10:19 am - Lottery News