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$1.1 BILLION: Rush of Mega Millions lottery sales prompts officials to raise jackpot estimate
Now the 3rd-largest lottery jackpot in history
By Todd Northrop
A rush of lottery ticket sales for the $1.025 billion Mega Millions jackpot has prompted lottery officials to revise their estimate for the Friday night drawing just one day after it was announced to $1.1 billion an increase of $75 million.
The increased jackpot now ranks as the 3rd-largest lottery jackpot in history, and the 2nd-largest in Mega Millions game history.
The all-important lump-sum cash value is now esti
Jul 28, 2022, 12:40 pm - Lottery News
MEGA BILLION LOTTERY DRAWING FRIDAY
$1.025 BILLION Mega Millions jackpot is 4th largest the world has ever seen
Cash value is $602.5 million
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 three times before in history.
The multi-state game is now sporting a jackpot of more than $1 billion, with a cash value of nearly
Jul 27, 2022, 1:59 am - Lottery News
$790 MILLION: Fourth-largest lottery jackpot in history to be drawn Tuesday
Cash value worth nearly a half-billion dollars
By Todd Northrop
After 28 drawings without a jackpot winner, the multi-state Mega Millions lottery game now boasts a swelling jackpot of $790 million that could instantly put someone among the wealthiest people on the planet.
When nobody won Friday night's grand prize, the Mega Millions jackpot grew to an estimated $790 million the largest since a $1.05 billion Mega Millions jackpot from a Jan. 2021 drawing was claimed anonymously by a 4
Jul 23, 2022, 8:21 am - Lottery News
Lottery rigger Eddie Tipton released on parole
Final decision after back-and-forth fate of convicted former MUSL Security Director
By Kate Northrop
Convicted lottery rigger Eddie Tipton was released from prison on Friday following a series of events that had his freedom in limbo.
According to the Iowa Department of Corrections online prison records, Eddie Tipton, 59, was released from prison in Clarinda, Iowa on parole.
Tipton changed lottery history forever when he was sentenced to the maximum 25 years in prison for rigging
Jul 21, 2022, 7:45 am - Lottery News
$630 MILLION: Mega Millions jackpot soars after no winner Tuesday
12th-largest US lottery jackpot in history; 15th-largest cash value
By Todd Northrop
There are going to be a lot of lottery tickets sold this week.
For only the 12th time in the history of United States lotteries, a lottery jackpot has exceeded $600 million.
The new high-water mark of $630 million for the current Mega Millions jackpot was achieved after no winning tickets were sold for Tuesday night's $555 million grand prize.
The lump-sum cash payout value of Friday's Mega
Jul 20, 2022, 8:14 am - Lottery News
Mega Millions lottery jackpot highest in 18 months
$530 million jackpot features cash option of more than $300 million
By Todd Northrop
After 26 drawings without a jackpot winner, the multi-state Mega Millions lottery game now boasts a swelling jackpot of $530 million that could instantly put the winner among the wealthiest people on the planet.
When nobody won Friday night's grand prize, the Mega Millions jackpot grew to its biggest amount since a $1.05 billion Mega Millions jackpot from the Jan. 22, 2021 drawing was won by a sing
Jul 16, 2022, 7:23 pm - Lottery News
Lotto America to launch third weekly drawing on Monday nights
Lotto America is giving players a new day to play for cash prizes and a multi-million dollar jackpot.
On July 18, 2022, Lotto America will launch a new Monday drawing, which will expand the weekly lineup of Lotto America drawings to three nights a week: Monday, Wednesday, and Saturday.
The Monday night drawing will not change Lotto America's $1 ticket price, game odds, or set cash prizes. Players will continue to choose five numbers from 1 to 52 and one Star Ball number from 1 to 10. The
Jul 6, 2022, 3:38 pm - Lottery News
$366.7 million Powerball jackpot won in Vermont
For the first time in history, the winning Powerball jackpot ticket was sold at a Vermont retailer, Vermont Lottery officials announced Thursday.
The winning ticket was sold in Middlebury, at the Short Stop gas station on Court Street part of the Jolley chain of gas stations.
The owner of the lucky ticket, who has not stepped forward to claim the windfall yet, won a payout worth $366.7 million spread out over 30 years, which they could take as an immediate cash payout of $208.5 million.
Jul 1, 2022, 7:23 am - Lottery News
California woman is announced as $426 million Mega Millions jackpot winner
Winner claims state's biggest lottery jackpot this year
By Kate Northrop
The lone winner of a $426 million Mega Millions lottery jackpot stepped forward this week to claim her prize.
Yesterday, the California Lottery announced Kristine Wellenstein as the state's biggest winner so far this year.
Back in January, the Mega Millions jackpot had reached an estimated $421 million, which had been bumped up to $426 million after the drawing took place on Jan. 28, 2022.
Wellenstein
Jun 10, 2022, 11:08 am - Lottery News
Michigan woman wins $100,000 Powerball prize on free ticket
This player has all the luck
By Kate Northrop
A Michigan woman is double-lucky after a bonus credit she won from the Michigan Lottery turned into a $100,000 Powerball prize.
Bonnie Zabel, 54, is happy she took advantage of a free credit awarded to her upon logging into her account on the Michigan Lottery's website she became $100,000 richer because of it.
Last month, the Houghton Lake resident accessed her online Michigan Lottery account and was given a free spin in the Daily S
Jun 2, 2022, 8:23 pm - Lottery News