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$1.537 billion Mega Millions jackpot won by 1 ticket sold in South Carolina
The first lottery billionaire
By Todd Northrop
What was billed as the largest lottery jackpot the world has ever seen has been won Tuesday night by a single lottery ticket sold in South Carolina.
It turns out the final number was just a bit shy of the record: $1.537 billion.
The public has been electrified this week by the meteoric Mega Millions lottery jackpot, first hitting $1 billion Friday, and then rising to $1.6 billion for Tuesday night's historic drawing.
The winner of the
Oct 24, 2018, 7:44 am - Lottery News
Powerball joins lottery frenzy with $620 million jackpot
More than $2.2 billion in multi-state jackpots can be won this week
By Todd Northrop
This will be a week talked about in the lottery industry for a long time.
Lottery players are dreaming about unimaginable wealth, lottery retailers are enjoying the prosperity of a huge uptick in store traffic, and state governments are rubbing their hands in anticipation of a revenue windfall.
Everyone knows about the record $1.6 billion Mega Millions jackpot that is being talked about around the wo
Oct 21, 2018, 10:16 am - Lottery News
Mega Millions sets world record with $1.6 billion lottery jackpot for Tuesday drawing
Jackpot surpasses previous mark held by January 2016 Powerball drawing
It's anybody's guess how high it will get
By Todd Northrop
A Mega Millions jackpot roll that had already made history has now reached a new world record for the biggest lottery jackpot ever.
After lottery officials worked into the early hours of the morning processing the hundreds of millions of lottery tickets sold for the Friday drawing, it was determined that there was no jackpot winner, propelling the new Mega
Oct 20, 2018, 6:57 am - Lottery News
Powerball lottery jackpot jumps on huge sales
$430 million: Powerball peaking at same time as Mega Millions
Over $1.3 billion in multi-state jackpots can be won this week
By Todd Northrop
This week has seen a frenzy of lottery tickets sales across the United States, with both Mega Millions and Powerball simultaneously reaching massive levels. With the Powerball jackpot increasing to $430 million after the Wednesday evening drawing, there is now close to $1.33 billion in combined jackpots on tap for lottery players this week.
Sea
Oct 18, 2018, 10:29 am - Lottery News
$900 MILLION: Mega Millions lottery jackpot raised just hours after initial estimate
By Todd Northrop
Well, that was quick.
Less than 12 hours after the initial estimate for Friday's Mega Millions jackpot was set early this morning, the already ground-shaking grand prize has now increased to an estimated $900 million.
The jackpot's estimated cash value has also been increased to $513.4 million.
Friday's $900 million Mega Millions jackpot is the largest in the game's history, and the 2nd-largest lottery jackpot in world history. The only larger lottery jackpot ever aw
Oct 17, 2018, 12:24 pm - Lottery News
$868 MILLION: Mega lottery jackpot set for Friday
2nd largest lottery jackpot the world has ever seen
Half-billion-dollar cash value
By Todd Northrop
The most commonly-heard phrase this week just might be, Did you get Mega Millions tickets?
That's because nobody won the Mega Millions multi-state lottery drawing Tuesday night, sending the Friday jackpot to heights only seen once before.
Friday's Mega Millions jackpot is currently estimated at $868 million, with a lump-sum cash value of $494.5 million. And based on past multi-stat
Oct 17, 2018, 1:51 am - Lottery News
$654 MILLION: Mega Millions lottery jackpot skyrockets
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 - Lottery News
$548 MILLION: Mega jackpot to spark ticket-buying frenzy
Biggest Mega Millions jackpot in 5 years
Half-billion jackpot is 9th-largest of all time
By Todd Northrop
Lottery players across the United States will be lining up at lottery retailers for their chance to win Friday's massive $548 million Mega Millions jackpot, after nobody won Tuesday's $470 million grand prize.
The cash value stands at a staggering $309.2 million.
After nobody won Tuesday night's grand prize, the Mega Millions jackpot grew to the largest size it has seen in fiv
Oct 10, 2018, 8:53 am - Lottery News
California Lottery settles lawsuits with two former security staff
Employees were fired for questioning two jackpot payouts
The California State Lottery has paid more than $500,000 to settle lawsuits filed by two former investigators who claimed they were fired for calling attention to jackpots they believed the lottery improperly awarded to recipients who could not prove they were winners.
The two ousted lottery cops had flagged a $2 million jackpot in 2015 and a $750,000 prize in 2016 that they argued should not have been paid.
It was a travesty the
Oct 9, 2018, 9:25 am - Lottery News
$470 MILLION: Mega Millions lottery jackpot rolls again
13th-largest jackpot in US lottery history
By Todd Northrop
After 21 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 $470 million the biggest since a $543 million Mega Millions jackpot from the July 24 drawing was claimed by a grou
Oct 6, 2018, 8:04 pm - Lottery News