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Powerball Jackpot Grows To $26 Million
The jackpot keeps growing and hundreds of thousands of players keep winning cash prizes in one of America's biggest lottery games. There were no Powerball jackpot winners Saturday but 338,212 players across the nation won a total of more than $2.8 million in prizes in America's Game.Because no one correctly matched all six numbers in Saturday's drawing the jackpot will grow to an estimated $26 million. The cash option for the Wednesday, February 18 drawing will be an estimated $14.5 million.The
Feb 16, 2004, 6:20 am - Lottery News

Mega Millions Skyrockets to $177 Million
The jackpot in the multi-state Mega Millions lottery grew to $177 million Saturday when no tickets matched all 5 numbers and the Mega Ball in the Friday drawing.The $177 million Mega Millions jackpot is the largest in eight months.The last time the Mega Millions jackpot was this large was on Friday, June 20, 2003, when part-time letter carrier Bernadette Geitka of Essex, Maryland, 54, was the sole winner of a $183 million Mega Millions jackpot.If the jackpot rolls over once more, it will likely
Feb 14, 2004, 8:10 am - Lottery News

Need $150 million? Try for Mega Millions jackpot
Lottery players have another chance at the good life Friday night when the Mega Millions lottery jackpot reaches an estimated $150 million. I have to win before I decide what I'm going to do with the money, said Ju rez resident Salvador Reynoso, who buys five tickets for the drawing every week. I don't have any idea what I would do with that much money. The game has been attracting thousands of Texans and others in surrounding areas since it began in the state in December. People here have bee
Feb 12, 2004, 6:43 am - Lottery News

Mega Millions jackpot climbs to $150 million
The jackpot in the multi-state Mega Millions lottery drawing grew to $150 million today, with a cash option of $89 million.None of the tickets sold for Tuesday's $121 million drawing matched all five lotto numbers and the Mega Ball. The next drawing will be Friday.There were 20 second-prize winners from Tuesday night's drawing. Each matched all five lotto numbers but did not match the Mega Ball number. Those tickets are each worth $175,000.Also, 89 players matched four of the five lotto numbers,
Feb 11, 2004, 6:51 am - Lottery News

$121 Million Mega Millions Drawing Tonight
Mega Millions players from around the world are waiting to hear the winning numbers tonight for the largest Mega Millions jackpot since December, 2003.The current $121 million jackpot was reached after 11 consecutive jackpot rollovers -- drawings in which there was no jackpot winner, causing the jackpot to accumulate for the next drawing.The addition of Texas as the eldventh Mega Millions state appears to have energized the Mega Millions jackpot rollover amounts.In the last jackpot run-up, whi
Feb 10, 2004, 7:26 am - Lottery News

Powerball Jackpot Grows to $13 Million
There were no Powerball jackpot winners Saturday but 344,531 players across the nation won a total of more than $2.5 million in prizes in America's Game.Because no one correctly matched all six numbers in Saturday's drawing the jackpot will grow to an estimated $13 million.The cash option for the Wednesday, February 11 drawing will be an estimated $7.3 million.The numbers drawn were: 31, 34, 35, 39, 46, and the Powerball was 3. The Power Play multiplier was 2.Six players correctly matched the 5
Feb 9, 2004, 6:17 am - Lottery News

Mega Millions jackpot increases to $121 million
The jackpot in the multi-state Mega Millions lottery drawing grew to $121 million Saturday.None of the tickets sold for Friday's $102 million drawing matched all five lotto numbers and the Mega Ball. The next drawing will be Tuesday.There were 18 second-prize winners from Friday night's drawing, matching all five lotto numbers but not the Mega Ball number to win $175,000 each. The 18 winners were sold in the following states:1 in New Jersey1 in Georgia2 in Illinois1 in Massachusetts1 in Maryla
Feb 7, 2004, 6:40 am - Lottery News

Mega Millions Jackpot Swells to $102 Million
The jackpot in the multi-state Mega Millions lottery drawing grew to $102 million Wednesday.None of the tickets sold for Tuesday's $85 million drawing matched all five lotto numbers and the Mega Ball. The next drawing will be Friday.There were eight second-prize winners from Tuesday night's drawing. Each matched the five lotto numbers but did not match the Mega Ball number. Those tickets are each worth $175,000.Also, 48 players matched four of the five lotto numbers, plus the Mega Ball number. T
Feb 4, 2004, 5:45 am - Lottery News

Powerball Jackpot Grows To $85 Million
Much of the nation was in a deep freeze this weekend but Powerball is hot. There were no Powerball jackpot winners Saturday but 471,473 players across the nation won a total of more than $3.3 million in prizes in America's Game.Because no one correctly matched all six numbers in Saturday's drawing the jackpot will grow to an estimated $85 million.The cash option for the Wednesday, February 4 drawing will be an estimated $46 million.The numbers drawn were: 3, 6, 27, 37, 41, and the Powerball was
Feb 2, 2004, 5:26 am - Lottery News

Mega Millions jackpot increases to $85 million
The jackpot in the multi-state Mega Millions lottery drawing grew to $85 million Saturday.None of the tickets sold for Friday's $73 million drawing matched all five lotto numbers and the Mega Ball. The next drawing will be Tuesday.There were nine second-prize winners from Friday night's drawing, each matching all five lotto numbers but not the Mega Ball number to win $175,000.Twenty-nine players matched four of the five lotto numbers, plus the Mega Ball number. Those tickets are each worth $5,
Jan 31, 2004, 7:46 am - Lottery News