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Lottery ticket sold in New York wins $431 million Mega Millions jackpotNews Story
By Kate Northrop After a run of 29 drawings without a jackpot winner, the 30th drawing of the multi-state Mega Millions lottery game produced a single $431 million winner last night when one ticket sold in New York matched all five numbers plus the Mega Ball. The winner will now have to choose between being paid $431 million in 30 annually-increasing payments over 29 years or the lump-sum estimated cash value of $314.4 million. According to USA Mega's Mega Millions Jackpot Analysis, aft
Sep 22, 2021, 2:53 pm - Lottery News

Mega Millions and Powerball offer nearly $1 billion in combined lottery jackpotsNews Story
Chance to win nearly half a billion dollars tonight By Kate Northrop Lottery players are eyeing up the two nearly identical multi-state jackpots that have reached almost a combined $1 billion this week. That means that someone could go to sleep tonight a half billion dollars richer. According to leading multi-state lottery website USA Mega , the Mega Millions jackpot sits at an estimated $432 million with a cash value of $312.8 million, while tonight's Powerball drawing offers
Sep 20, 2021, 2:38 pm - Lottery News

New Powerball feature coming to some statesNews Story
By Kate Northrop The Powerball Product Group announced Monday that a new add-on feature will accompany the game in some states when it launches its third weekly drawing, starting Mon., Aug. 23. The feature is called Double Play, and it gives players in certain jurisdictions another chance to match their Powerball numbers in a second drawing with a top cash prize of $10 million, a press release says. America's jackpot game is picking up the pace to keep up with player demand going fr
Aug 5, 2021, 2:55 pm - Lottery News

Lottery ticket sold in Pennsylvania wins $516 million Mega Millions jackpotNews Story
Updated annuity and cash jackpot final tallies, and location winning ticket was sold By Todd Northrop After a run of 26 drawings without a jackpot winner, the 27th drawing of the multi-state Mega Millions game produced a single $516 million winner last night when one lottery ticket sold in Pennsylvania matched all five numbers plus the Mega Ball. The winner will now have to choose between being paid $516 million in 30 annually-increasing payments over 29 years or the lump-sum cash value
May 22, 2021, 9:16 am - Lottery News

Alabama Senate passes lottery, gaming legislationNews Story
Tuesday night, Alabama state senators passed a constitutional amendment, along with three companion bills, to allow a lottery to be created in the state and allow for casino-style gambling. The constitutional amendments include a comprehensive plan that incudes a simple lottery one that only allows people to buy tickets in person or online, and creates a broader system that would also allow for casino-style gambling. Senators passed the constitutional amendment 23-9. It now goes to the sta
Apr 14, 2021, 7:57 am - Lottery News

Missouri Lottery to join Cash4Life multi-state gameNews Story
Missouri players can begin playing as soon as this weekend By Kate Northrop The Missouri Lottery announced this morning that it will be adding the Cash4Life multi-state game to its lineup, giving players the chance to win $1,000 a day for life. Missouri players will be able to purchase tickets starting this Sun., Apr. 11 for Cash4Life, a nightly game that features a top prize of $1,000 a day for life and a second-tier prize of $1,000 a week for life. It is currently offered in nine othe
Apr 8, 2021, 1:04 pm - Lottery News

Tennessee man misplaces his million-dollar lottery ticket, then finds it lying in a parking lotNews Story
It's a miracle recovery that averted tragedy By Kate Northrop A Tennessee player became a million dollars richer overnight and almost immediately lost his millionaire status the next day thanks to a fluke that had the potential to leave things on a very tragic note. All hope seemed lost when a winning Tennessee Lottery ticket worth $1,178,746 was thought to be gone for good, rolling around in the dirt somewhere or blowing around in the breeze on a particularly windy day. In what seemed
Mar 19, 2021, 4:18 pm - Lottery News

Michigan lottery club claims $1.05 billion Mega Millions jackpotNews Story
Winners of the 3rd-largest jackpot in history step forward By Kate Northrop Nearly two months after it was announced that one single Michigan ticket matched all six numbers to win the unimaginably huge $1.05 billion Mega Millions jackpot, an Oakland County lottery club stepped forward to claim the prize. The largest prize awarded in Michigan Lottery history, the massive haul of $1.05 billion will be claimed by the Wolverine FLL Club, which consists of four members who jointly played the
Mar 12, 2021, 3:37 pm - Lottery News

Tennessee truck driver wins $2 million lottery jackpot while on the roadNews Story
Wife thought he had crashed his truck when he called her with the news By Kate Northrop Luck comes in threes for a third generation truck driver, who went numb when he found out that he won a $2 million jackpot while making a stop on the road. David Partain, 30, of Chattanooga is no stranger to the Mega Millionaire Jumbo Bucks scratch-off game from the Tennessee Lottery. Having won two prizes from the game already, he tried his luck a third time and was stunned at the result. While p
Mar 10, 2021, 12:53 pm - Lottery News

One Michigan lottery ticket wins $1 billion Mega Millions jackpotNews Story
Updated annuity and cash jackpot final tallies By Todd Northrop After a record run of 36 drawings without a jackpot winner, the 37th drawing of the multi-state Mega Millions game produced a single $1.05 billion winner last night when one lottery ticket sold in Michigan matched all five numbers plus the Mega Ball. It was the third time a lottery jackpot had grown to more than $1 billion, and the second time a single ticket won $1 billion or more. The public has been electrified the co
Jan 23, 2021, 8:04 am - Lottery News