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$1.537 billion Mega Millions jackpot won by 1 ticket sold in South CarolinaNews Story
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 jackpotNews Story
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 drawingNews Story
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

$1 BILLION MEGA MILLIONS LOTTERY DRAWING TONIGHTNews Story
Mega Millions jackpot could crown first lottery billionaire $1 billion jackpot outgrows most billboards By Todd Northrop For the third time in three days, lottery officials have been forced to raise the multi-state Mega Millions lottery jackpot due to a torrent of lottery ticket sales for the $1 BILLION jackpot drawing tonight. If one ticket wins that prize, it would mark the first time in world history that someone became a billionaire lottery winner. One of the wealthiest people on
Oct 19, 2018, 12:02 pm - Lottery News

$970 MILLION: Mega Millions ticket-buying frenzy forces new jackpot estimateNews Story
Closing in on $1 Billion By Todd Northrop Across the United States, lottery tickets are being sold at a frantic pace that the state lotteries are struggling to keep up with. Most of those sales are for the multi-state Mega Millions lottery game, which features a jackpot reaching into stratospheric heights only seen once before in world history and a lump-sum cash value worth more than a half-billion dollars. Just a day after the jackpot was raised to $900 million, the state lotteries
Oct 18, 2018, 12:40 pm - Lottery News

Powerball lottery jackpot jumps on huge salesNews Story
$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 estimateNews Story
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 FridayNews Story
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

$667 MILLION: Biggest Mega Millions jackpot everNews Story
By Todd Northrop Mega Millions is making history tonight, with the biggest jackpot the multi-state lottery game has ever seen. A rush of ticket sales for the colossal Mega Millions jackpot has prompted lottery officials to revise their estimate for the Tuesday night drawing to $667 million. It is the 3rd-largest jackpot in US lottery history. (The updated top-25 list of annuity and cash values can be found below.) The all-important lump-sum cash value is now estimated to be a staggering
Oct 16, 2018, 12:58 pm - Lottery News

$654 MILLION: Mega Millions lottery jackpot skyrocketsNews Story
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