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Jackpot has players dreaming big
Tuesday's hefty Mega Millions payoff making ticket sales boomWhen the lottery prize gets high enough, Industrial Park Party Store owner Karim Kenaya goes from selling tickets to buying them.Sometime before Tuesday night's drawing of the Mega Millions numbers -- for a jackpot estimated at $150 million -- Kenaya will buy a batch of tickets at his Port Huron store and hope to strike it rich. He bought 60 tickets Friday when the jackpot reached $126 million. When it gets to big jackpots, you have to
Sep 30, 2003, 4:15 am - Lottery News

Mega Millions Jackpot Hits $150 Million
Players Win More Than $6.1 Million in Friday's Mega Millions DrawingSummer may have ended, but Mega Millions is hot!With nine different ways to win, players across America are lining up to play the game with the highest jackpot in the nation. More than 900,000 Mega Millions players won prizes in Friday's drawing. Since no ticket matched all six numbers to win the estimated $126 million jackpot, that jackpot now grows to an estimated $150 million for the Tuesday, September 30, 2003 drawing.Frid
Sep 29, 2003, 3:47 am - Lottery News

$69 Million Powerball Jackpot Up For Grabs
The excitement is growing along with the jackpot in America's favorite lottery game. There were no Powerball jackpot winners Saturday but 408,947 players across the nation won a total of more than $3.5 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 $69 million.The cash option for the Wednesday, October 1 drawing will be an estimated $36.8 million.The numbers drawn were: 9, 20, 30, 41, 48, and the
Sep 29, 2003, 3:43 am - Lottery News

Florida Lotto jackpot rolls over to $9 million
No ticket matched all six Florida Lotto numbers, causing the current jackpot to roll over to $9 million, lottery officials said Sunday.A total of 63 tickets matched five numbers to win $6,499; 4,585 tickets matched four numbers for $72.50; and 87,981 tickets matched three numbers for $5.The winning Florida Lotto numbers selected Saturday: 12-25-26-36-44-48.Two winners of the Fantasy 5 game will collect $119,246.92 each.The winning tickets were bought in the cities of Miami and Orlando, lottery
Sep 29, 2003, 3:23 am - Lottery News

Powerball Jackpot Leaps to $60 Million
Powerball keeps getting bigger and bigger and thousands of players continue to win prizes. There were no Powerball jackpot winners Wednesday but 337,565 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 Wednesday's drawing the jackpot will grow to an estimated $60 million.The cash option for the Saturday, September 27 drawing will be an estimated $31.9 million.The numbers drawn were: 17, 19, 20, 28, 47
Sep 25, 2003, 2:32 am - Lottery News

Mega Millions Jackpot Hits $126 Million
None of the tickets sold for Tuesday night's $102 million Mega Millions drawing matched all six numbers, increasing the Friday jackpot to $126 million.The winning numbers were 5, 16, 24, 49 and 51, and the Mega Ball was 28.Ten second-prize winners each won $175,000 by matching the five lotto numbers, while another five players won $5,000 each by matching four numbers and the mega ball.The next Mega Millions drawing will be held Friday.
Sep 25, 2003, 2:27 am - Lottery News

Powerball Jackpot Grows to $50 Million
The excitement is rising along with the jackpot in America's favorite lottery game. There were no Powerball jackpot winners Saturday but 367,039 players across the nation won a total of more than $3.8 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 $50 million.The cash option for the Wednesday, September 24 drawing will be an estimated $26.5 million.The numbers drawn were: 11, 13, 28, 31, 33, and the
Sep 22, 2003, 4:08 am - Lottery News

Mega Millions Rises to $102 Million
The jackpot in the multi-state Mega Millions lottery drawing grew to $102 million Saturday, the largest Mega Millions jackpot in three months.None of the tickets sold for Friday's $87 million drawing matched all five lotto numbers and the Mega Ball. The next drawing will be Tuesday.There were 11 second-prize winners from Friday night's drawing, matching all five lotto numbers but not the Mega Ball number to win $175,000 each. Forty-six players matched four of the five lotto numbers, plus the M
Sep 20, 2003, 9:01 pm - Lottery News

Powerball Jackpot Reaches $43 Million
Everything surrounding Powerball is growing; the jackpot, the number of players winning prizes, and the amount of prizes being won. There were no Powerball jackpot winners Wednesday but 322,842 players across the nation won a total of more than $3.5 million in prizes in America's Game.Because no one correctly matched all six numbers in Wednesday's drawing the jackpot will grow to an estimated $43 million.The cash option for the Saturday, September 20 drawing will be an estimated $22.7 million.T
Sep 18, 2003, 6:50 am - Lottery News

Mega Millions jackpot increases to $87 million
The jackpot in the multi-state Mega Millions lottery drawing grew to $87 million Wednesday, the largest it has been in nearly three months.None of the tickets sold for Tuesday's $75 million drawing matched all five lotto numbers and the Mega Ball. The next drawing will be Friday.There were nine second-prize winners from Tuesday night's drawing, matching all five lotto numbers but not the Mega Ball number to win $175,000 each. One of those tickets was sold in Michigan.Thirty-four tickets matched
Sep 17, 2003, 3:13 am - Lottery News