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One ticket sold in Maine wins $1.35 billion Mega Millions jackpotNews Story
Updated with final jackpot amount and cash value By Todd Northrop Friday the 13th was the luckiest day in the life of someone in Maine who purchase a lottery ticket that won a staggering $1.348 billion last night. After a run of 25 drawings without a jackpot winner, the 26th drawing of the multi-state Mega Millions game produced a single $1.348 billion winner last night when one lottery ticket sold in Maine matched all five numbers plus the Mega Ball. The whopping jackpot is the
Jan 14, 2023, 8:22 am - Lottery News

$1.35 BILLION: Mega Millions jackpot set to deliver unimaginable wealthNews Story
Dodges popular birthday numbers to become fourth-largest lottery jackpot in history By Todd Northrop After 25 drawings without a jackpot winner, the multi-state Mega Millions lottery game now boasts a cresting jackpot of $1.35 billion that could instantly put someone among the wealthiest people on the planet. To get to this point, the game had to survive a drawing in which all birthday numbers were drawn. Birthday numbers are those less than 31, and lotteries typically sell an outsiz
Jan 11, 2023, 7:14 am - Lottery News

$15.1 million Wisconsin Megabucks ticket sold in the town of LuckNews Story
Someone's lucky in Luck By Kate Northrop Luck is in the air in Luck, Wisconsin, where someone was lucky enough to win a $15.1 million Megabucks jackpot last Wednesday night. It was the luck of the draw, the Wisconsin Lottery said. A winning ticket for the $15.1 million Megabucks jackpot was sold at a lottery retailer in the town of Luck last week. Wayne's Food Plus on Butternut Avenue in Luck is all the buzz right now. Not only are they giving meaning to the town they're located
Jan 10, 2023, 11:58 am - Lottery News

Maryland and Massachusetts Lotteries announce $50 scratch-off ticketsNews Story
Two more states to join the $50 trend By Kate Northrop The Maryland Lottery and Massachusetts Lottery have both recently announced that they are on track to begin offering their first $50 scratch-off tickets this year. In February, Maryland and Massachusetts players will be able to pick out an expensive ticket next time they visit a lottery retailer. This year is a big milestone for the Maryland Lottery, which is celebrating its 50th anniversary since opening its doors on Jan. 2,
Jan 9, 2023, 5:24 pm - Lottery News

$1.1 BILLION: Massive Mega Millions drawing set for TuesdayNews Story
5th-largest lottery jackpot in world history Cash value is $568.7 million By Todd Northrop For the fourth time in the past two years a lottery jackpot has crossed into billion-dollar territory. Last night nobody won the Mega Millions multi-state lottery drawing, triggering another jackpot rollover that created a Tuesday jackpot estimated at $1.1 billion with a cash value of $568.7 million. Based on past multi-state lottery jackpots, that estimate may get a lot bigger by the t
Jan 7, 2023, 6:56 am - Lottery News

Group of 78 emergency room staff members claim $1 million Powerball prizeNews Story
By Kate Northrop A 78-member lottery group consisting of nurses, doctors, and other emergency room personnel from Traverse City, Michigan have claimed a $1 million Powerball prize. On Thursday, the Michigan Lottery held a press event to award The Heroes to Zeroooos Lottery Club with their $1 million Powerball prize after they matched all five white balls in the Oct. 31, 2022 drawing. According to lottery club coordinator, Bernard Bossert Jr., the club has been buying tickets for abou
Jan 6, 2023, 12:49 pm - Lottery News

Massachusetts Lottery announces new Wheel of Luck gameNews Story
Replaces retiring All or Nothing game By Kate Northrop A new roulette-style game is making its way into Massachusetts Lottery retailers in two weeks. On Thurs., Jan. 19, The Wheel of Luck will make its debut with the intention of complementing Keno at Lottery retail locations. 'Wheel of Luck' will provide our customers with a fun, new alternative to play between Keno games, Massachusetts State Lottery Commission Chair Deborah B. Goldberg said. As the state's gaming market becomes
Jan 5, 2023, 11:13 am - Lottery News

$940 MILLION: Mega Millions lottery jackpot ready to make another billionaireNews Story
Cash value worth nearly a half-billion dollars By Todd Northrop Just four months after Mega Millions delivered a $1.34 billion jackpot to one ticket sold in Illinois, the multi-state lottery game came roaring back with a jackpot to be drawn Friday that could top $1 billion. When nobody won Tuesday night's $785 million grand prize, the Mega Millions jackpot grew to an estimated $940 million the largest since a July 30, 2022 $1.34 billion Mega Millions jackpot was claimed anonymously b
Jan 4, 2023, 8:09 am - Lottery News

North Carolina man is Powerball First Millionaire of the YearNews Story
Daughter collects the year's first million-dollar prize on behalf of her father By Kate Northrop A North Carolina man was the first lottery player to be named a newly minted millionaire in 2023 during ABC's broadcast of Dick Clark's New Year's Rockin' Eve with Ryan Secrest 2023. Just after the clock struck midnight, Gary Krigbaum of Spindale, North Carolina, won $1 million in the Powerball First Millionaire of the Year promotion and became the first person in 2023 to win a million d
Jan 2, 2023, 9:49 pm - Lottery News

New Jersey Lottery Pick 4 payout sets single-day state recordNews Story
Winners see results of new game change coming to fruition with huge payout By Kate Northrop For the first time ever in New Jersey, Pick 4 players won over $1 million in a single day thanks to a lucky set of four numbers and a particular rule change set in place last month. On Wed., Dec. 28, lottery players in New Jersey won a total of $1,023,210 in prizes, but a majority of those winnings came from one Pick 4 drawing. In mid-November, the New Jersey Lottery enacted a game change
Dec 30, 2022, 11:46 am - Lottery News