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$500 MILLION: Mega Millions sets all-time lottery jackpot recordNews Story
Friday Mega Millions jackpot rewrites the record books as the largest lottery prize the world has ever seen UPDATED 11:50 am: Jackpot revised to $500 million ($359.4 million cash) By Todd Northrop There will be a lot of daydreaming going on this week around America. Dreaming about what it would be like to win a half-billion dollars. That's because Tuesday's Mega Millions drawing did not produce a winner, sending the game into uncharted territory. The new jackpot for Friday, March
Mar 28, 2012, 1:12 am - Lottery News

$356 MILLION: Mega Millions lottery jackpot nears recordNews Story
Biggest cash value jackpot in history By Todd Northrop After rolling over for the 17th consecutive time last night, the Mega Millions jackpot has been raised to a jaw-dropping $356 million for the Tuesday, March 27, drawing. Tuesday's Grand Prize is the 5th-largest lottery jackpot of all time, but the drawing's most impressive distinction is it's cash value of $255.1 million. That's the lump-sum cash amount the winning ticket will payout if the winner chooses to receive the prize all at
Mar 24, 2012, 8:34 am - Lottery News

$290 MILLION: Mega Millions lottery jackpot rolls againNews Story
Biggest Mega Millions jackpot in a year 68 tickets just missed winning the jackpot By Todd Northrop This is the time when both lottery regulars and casual players jump in with both feet. The Mega Millions lottery jackpot has entered into the top 25 jackpots of all time, now sitting at number 17. It is the kind of top prize that makes people do a double-take at the cash register and throw down some extra bucks for a shot at glory. And not only is the annuity jackpot nearing the to
Mar 21, 2012, 6:07 am - Lottery News

$336 million Powerball ticket sold at R.I. supermarketNews Story
By Todd Northrop Rhode Island Lottery officials say the winning ticket in Saturday's $336.4 million Powerball jackpot was sold at a Stop Shop supermarket at 250 Bellevue Avenue in Newport. The winning Powerball ticket was the only one that matched all five numbers plus the Powerball number Saturday to win what turned out to be the sixth-largest jackpot in US history the third-largest ever won by a single ticket. Officials said Monday that no one has come forward yet to claim the prize,
Feb 13, 2012, 11:03 am - Lottery News

$310 MILLION: Powerball lottery jackpot in rare territoryNews Story
By Todd Northrop For only the 13th time in the history of United States lotteries, a lottery jackpot run-up has crossed into $300 million+ territory. The new high-water mark of $310 million for the current Powerball jackpot was achieved after no winning tickets were sold for Wednesday night's $250 million grand prize. The lump-sum cash payout value of Saturday's Powerball jackpot is $193.4 million. The mammoth prize is the result of 13 draws without a winner. The run-up started as a
Feb 9, 2012, 7:43 am - Lottery News

Missouri lottery winner wins againNews Story
Powerball player is also double-lucky Only twice in the history of the Missouri Lottery has a player won two prizes of $1 million or more. A Bonne Terre man won on two Scratchers tickets in 2010, and now a southwest Missouri man has won two multi-million dollar Scratchers prizes in 2011. Roger Hirshey, 66, claimed a $2 million top prize on a Mega MONOPOLY ticket on Dec. 19. The Carthage resident bought the winning ticket at Casey's General Store, 8084 E. Seventh St., in Duenweg. This is
Dec 23, 2011, 9:19 am - Lottery News

1 ticket sold in Connecticut wins $254.2M Powerball lottery jackpotNews Story
Powerball's biggest cash value in 5 years Powerball's biggest jackpot in 18 months $254.2 million was up for grabs Wednesday night. It was won by a single ticket sold in Connecticut that matched all the numbers drawn: 12, 14, 34, 39, and 46, with Powerball number 36. The Power Play number was 4. The cash prize, about $150 million, was the biggest in five years. Just missing, by failing to match only the Powerball, were tickets in a dozen states. One in Arkansas is worth $1 million fo
Nov 3, 2011, 9:47 am - Lottery News

Lottery ticket sales increase across countryNews Story
Financial records for 41 state lotteries that end their fiscal year in June show 28 had higher sales than the year before. Seventeen of those states set all-time sales records. Kate Sweeny, an assistant professor of psychology at the University of California-Riverside, said an uptick in lottery sales largely occurs when people feel a lack of control over events larger than themselves, such as the economy. Jeff Anderson, head of the executive committee of the North American Association of S
Sep 6, 2011, 9:05 am - Lottery News

Missouri Senate to discuss privatizing state lotteryNews Story
The Missouri Lottery will begin talks in April with the state Senate about moving control of the lottery from the government to the private sector. Lottery Executive Director May Scheve said it was difficult to comment on the issue because the Missouri Lottery is currently ascertaining the opinion of state vendors on the matter; privatization was only recently brought up by the Senate's Rebooting Government initiative. We really haven't engaged in conversation with the Senate, Scheve said
Mar 3, 2011, 11:23 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