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$290 MILLION: Mega Millions lottery rocket-rideNews Story
Biggest jackpot in 16 months By Todd Northrop The Mega Millions rocket ride continues after Friday night's New Year's Eve mega-draw did not produce a jackpot winner. The new jackpot for the Tuesday, Jan. 4, 2011 Mega Millions drawing is a staggering $290 million, with a faint-inducing lump-sum cash value of $182.6 million. The mammoth grand prize is the result of 15 draws without a winner. The run-up started as a $12 million prize on Nov. 12, 2010. The winning numbers for Friday,
Jan 1, 2011, 12:54 am - Lottery News

$237 MILLION: Mega Millions lottery jackpot raised againNews Story
New Year's Eve drawing will be huge By Todd Northrop Will an incredibly lucky lottery player end 2010 with a life-changing windfall, or will the first jackpot of 2011 be more than a quarter billion dollars? We'll find out Friday night, when the $237 million Mega Millions drawing takes place. Friday's Mega Millions jackpot is the accumulation of 14 consecutive drawings without a top prize winner. The current jackpot run-up started on Nov. 12 as a $12 million grand prize. The lump-
Dec 29, 2010, 8:20 am - Lottery News

Glitches with new D.C. Lottery system prompt complaints, long linesNews Story
Change did not come easily Tuesday for D.C. Lottery retailers and customers, who waited in lines and struggled with a new lottery system run by Greek gaming giant Intralot and Maryland businessman Emmanuel S. Bailey. After an unprecedented five-hour delay in commencing the lottery system about three hours of which put off payouts from winning numbers users on both sides of the bulletproof glass in D.C. convenience stores began the day with a host of complaints. The Washington Times visited
Nov 26, 2010, 12:27 pm - Lottery News

Ohio lottery ticket wins $25M Mega Millions jackpotNews Story
By Todd Northrop One Mega Millions lottery ticket sold in Ohio matched all five numbers plus the Mega Ball to grab the $25 million jackpot in last night's Mega Millions multi-state lottery drawing. According to the Ohio Lottery, the winning ticket was sold in the Cleveland suburb of Broadview Heights. The winning numbers were: 8, 26, 28, 33 and 53, with a Mega Ball number of 11. The Megaplier multiplier number was 4. In addition to the big winner, four lucky players matched the first
Nov 10, 2010, 8:56 am - Lottery News

$140M Mega Millions lottery ticket sold in MichiganNews Story
By Todd Northrop Friday night's single winning Mega Millions lottery ticket, worth $140 million, was sold in the Upper Peninsula town of Gladstone, Michigan. The Mega Millions Lottery is offered in 35 states, and holds the record for the largest jackpot in North American history. According to lottery officials, the ticket was sold at the Grain 'N' Grape Store on U.S. 2 in Gladstone. Clerk Sheila Wedell received a call from the Associated Press Saturday morning, and after confirming w
Oct 31, 2010, 2:57 pm - Lottery News

Powerball, Mega Millions lotteries both have big winnersNews Story
By Todd Northrop The USA's two biggest multi-state lottery games produced jackpot winners this weekend. Mega Millions was the first to turn out a grand prize winner. Friday night, one lucky player from New York matched the first five numbers plus the Mega Ball number to win it all. The jackpot was worth $54 million, or $36.7 Million if awarded as one lump-sum cash payment. Both amounts are before taxes are withheld. The winning numbers for the Sept. 17 Mega Millions drawing were 3, 4
Sep 20, 2010, 4:27 pm - Lottery News

$260M Ohio Powerball lottery winner claims jackpot anonymouslyNews Story
Uses blind trust to keep privacy The holder of Ohio's first Powerball jackpot prize ticket came forward Tuesday to claim the $260 million prize in a blind trust. The drawing for the $260 million jackpot was Wednesday, June 2, and the winning ticket was sold at Hub Carryout in Sunbury. George M. Hoffman, of Columbus, is trustee of The 2010 Blind Trust and made the claim on behalf of the winner at Lottery offices in Cleveland. The holder of the ticket chose the cash option for this jac
Jul 8, 2010, 8:29 am - Lottery News

Ohio Lottery reports record salesNews Story
The Ohio Lottery says it's on a roll, with the introduction of Powerball helping the agency post another year of record sales. Officials say the lottery enjoyed $2.48 billion in sales during the fiscal year that ended Wednesday, up from $2.42 billion in the previous fiscal year. Sales grew for the ninth straight year. The lottery says it has poured $728.6 in annual profits into a state education fund. Officials say that's the second largest profit transfer in the lottery's 36-year hi
Jul 5, 2010, 6:16 am - Lottery News

Lottery winners get their checks, keep working at plantNews Story
A year ago, William Shanteau and his 13 co-workers at a Detroit auto plant were worried their jobs could be gone at any moment. Now they're all millionaires after winning a share of last week's $96.9 million Powerball drawing. Most of the group from the paint shop at a Chrysler plant that makes Jeep Grand Cherokees plans to keep working, Shanteau said Thursday after working a 12-hour shift. It's like family, he said, adding that at least two of the jackpot winners plan to retire, and h
Jul 2, 2010, 9:42 am - Lottery News

Michigan workers claim Mega Millions, Powerball lottery jackpotsNews Story
Call it a jackpot bonanza. Factory workers in Detroit and Kalamazoo are winners of multimillion-dollar lottery prizes. Fourteen workers called the Lucky 13 Plus One lottery club at the Chrysler plant in Detroit that makes the Dodge Viper will share in last week's $96.6 million Powerball pot, while five workers at a Kalamazoo factory will share $36 million in the Mega Millions drawing. Bells and whistles went off, said William Shanteau, when he took the winning ticket to Shirley's Carry
Jun 29, 2010, 8:39 am - Lottery News