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Mega Millions confirms ticket price increase to $5, other changes coming April 2025News Story
Proposed changes are official Updated with additional prize details By Kate Northrop Mega Millions has officially confirmed that several new game changes are on the way, including a ticket price increase from $2 to $5. The Mega Millions Consortium has announced that it is preparing for a mega overhaul, with plans for game enhancements coming April 2025. Back in June, Lottery Post reported on proposed changes to the game that were initially made public by the Montana Lottery
Oct 7, 2024, 6:31 pm - Lottery News

Trust claims $800 million Mega Millions jackpot, largest prize in Texas Lottery historyNews Story
The biggest prize ever paid out by the Texas Lottery goes to a trust By Kate Northrop A Texas trust has stepped forward to claim the record-breaking $800 million Mega Millions jackpot, the largest prize ever paid out to a single Texas lottery player. History was made in Texas today as a trust claimed an $800 million Mega Millions jackpot, setting a new record for the state and marking a monumental moment in Texas Lottery history. The Sol Living Trust, of Sugar Land, received the
Oct 4, 2024, 6:48 am - Lottery News

Huge luck in Michigan this week: five big lottery wins in one weekNews Story
Third time's not the charm it's the prelude By Kate Northrop Lottery players in Michigan have been remarkably lucky this past week, with five big lottery wins in Powerball, Lucky for Life, and Lotto 47 occurring within mere days of each other. It seems the Michigan Lottery has been announcing major wins left and right, with three Lucky for Life wins practically back-to-back, one $5 million Powerball prize, and a $1.72 million Lotto 47 jackpot being won in less than a week. On Sun
Oct 2, 2024, 7:02 am - Lottery News

Recycling cans and spare change net Michigan lottery club $1 million Mega Millions prizeNews Story
Families who play together win together By Kate Northrop A three-person lottery club from Michigan relied on recycling cans to purchase lottery tickets and won a $1 million Mega Millions prize. Family members who recycle together win together that's what happened when a three-person lottery group bought a Mega Millions ticket with change collected from recycling cans and won a $1 million prize. On Monday, the Michigan Lottery announced that a three-person lottery club from Fenton
Sep 17, 2024, 8:53 am - Lottery News

One lottery ticket sold in Texas wins $800 million Mega Millions jackpotNews Story
By Kate Northrop After a run of 27 drawings without a jackpot winner, the 28th drawing of the multi-state Mega Millions lottery game produced a single $800 million winner last night when one ticket sold in Texas matched all five numbers plus the Mega Ball. The winner will now have to choose between being paid $800 million in 30 annually-increasing payments over 29 years or the lump-sum estimated cash value of $404.2 million. According to USA Mega's Mega Millions Jackpot Analysis , af
Sep 11, 2024, 12:21 pm - Lottery News

$1 million winning Mega Millions lottery ticket bought in Texas will expire in two weeksNews Story
Technically, it's a ticket worth $1,000,002 By Kate Northrop Someone in Texas bought a Mega Millions lottery ticket worth $1 million, but they'll soon lose out on the prize money if they don't claim it in the next couple of weeks. The Texas Lottery is urging one lottery winner to come forward with their winning $1 million Mega Millions ticket before it expires in just two weeks. Whoever matched all five numbers in the March 19 Mega Millions drawing is running out of time to claim
Aug 29, 2024, 5:12 pm - Lottery News

Rhode Island university president forgot about $1 million Mega Millions lottery ticket in a drawerNews Story
Million-dollar ticket sat untouched for five months By Kate Northrop A university president bought a Mega Millions lottery ticket, placed it in a drawer, and forgot about it for five months, unaware of the fact that it had won a $1 million prize. Ioannis Miaoulis, the president of Roger Williams University in Bristol, Rhode Island, thought it would be fun to buy a lottery ticket, but that ticket sat in his drawer for five months before he discovered it won $1 million in a Mega Millio
Jul 20, 2024, 9:17 am - Lottery News

One California winner of $395 million Mega Millions lottery jackpot comes forwardNews Story
Now we wait for the second winner, who bought their winning ticket at the same store By Kate Northrop One of the lottery winners splitting a $395 million Mega Millions who bought their winning ticket at the same store as the other jackpot winner has come forward to claim their share of the prize. The California Lottery announced on Tuesday that one of the winners of the $395 million Mega Millions jackpot has claimed their prize, which will be split with another jackpot-winning ticket
Jun 27, 2024, 7:49 am - Lottery News

Mass. man wins $1 million Mega Millions lottery prize 20 years after his wife did the sameNews Story
Winning runs in the family By Kate Northrop A Massachusetts man won a $1 million Mega Millions prize over 20 years after his wife won the same amount in the lottery. One might say winning the lottery runs in the family now that one Massachusetts man won a $1 million prize 20 years after his wife did. Thomas Ensko's wife no longer has sole bragging rights over winning $1 million in the lottery. On Tues., June 11, he became the next family member to win a $1 million prize. The
Jun 19, 2024, 8:02 am - Lottery News

UPDATE: Proposed changes to Mega Millions game will raise ticket price to $5News Story
Montana Lottery reveals game modifications that could come as soon as 2025 UPDATE Watch Lottery Post's exclusive video report UPDATE 2 New information from Montana Lottery Includes video report By Kate Northrop Note: One state lottery indicated that these amendments to the game are in progress of undergoing final review, but we are attempting to confirm it with a second source. State lotteries may not yet be ready to officially announce the following changes, and it is unco
Jun 13, 2024, 5:14 pm - Lottery News