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Mega Millions lottery ticket worth $450 million sold in FloridaNews Story
By Todd Northrop After 23 straight drawings with no grand prize winner, one winning ticket was sold for the $450 million Mega Millions jackpot in Friday night's drawing. The winning numbers were 28, 30, 39, 59, and 70, with Mega Ball number 10. The Megaplier was 3. The winning ticket was sold at a 7-Eleven, located at 7131 Ridge Road in Port Richey, Florida. The Florida Mega Millions jackpot winner has 180 days from the date of the drawing to claim the prize. However, to elect the on
Jan 6, 2018, 10:51 am - Lottery News

Montana Lottery draws annual Montana Millionaire raffle winning numbersNews Story
The Montana Millionaire winning numbers were drawn on Friday, and the grand-prize-winning ticket worth $1 million was sold in Butte. The million-dollar ticket number is 024279. There were also three tickets worth $100,000 each; one was sold in Butte, and two were sold in Great Falls. The winning numbers are 023452, 083597, and 147877. There were five $10,000 tickets sold; two were sold in Billings, and one each was sold in Glasgow, Laurel, and Hamilton. The complete list of winning n
Dec 30, 2017, 9:08 am - Lottery News

El Gordo holds annual Christmas drawing, awarding billionsNews Story
People lucky enough to hold tickets with the number 71198 were blessed with thousands of euros in prize money in Spain's bumper Christmas lottery Friday. Children from Madrid's San Ildefonso school called out the top prize number three hours after the much-followed, nationally televised draw began around 9 a.m. (0800 GMT) at Madrid's Teatro Real opera house. The lottery, known as El Gordo, or The Fat One, will dish out 2.4 billion euros (US$2.8 billion) in prizes this year. Despite the
Dec 22, 2017, 10:40 am - Lottery News

Michigan Lottery retailer sells two jackpot-winning tickets on same dayNews Story
You might want to visit this lucky Meijer store in Holland, Michigan. The store at 3320 West Shore Drive sold two jackpot-winning lottery tickets on Saturday worth a combined $2.4 million, according to the Michigan Lottery. A Lotto 47 ticket purchased at the store Saturday matched the numbers drawn that evening 1, 12, 15, 29, 41, and 44 winning the ticket-holder a $2 million jackpot. The player, who chose to remain anonymous when they claimed the prize this week, opted for the one-time lum
Dec 15, 2017, 9:52 am - Lottery News

Winning N.J. lottery ticket worth $1 million expires FridayNews Story
Two weeks after putting out a call for the holder of a soon-to-expire unclaimed $1 million ticket to step forward, New Jersey Lottery officials made one last plea Tuesday morning. The second-prize Cash4Life ticket sold in New Jersey will be worthless if it's not claimed in the next three days. It expires when the New Jersey Lottery's offices close for the weekend at 4:30 p.m. Friday. Sold at the Joyce Kilmer along the New Jersey Turnpike in East Brunswick last year, the lucky ticket matche
Dec 6, 2017, 8:27 am - Lottery News

Louisiana ticket wins $191 million Powerball lottery jackpotNews Story
Updated with store that sold the winning ticket and additional details By Todd Northrop A single ticket sold in Louisiana has won the $191.1 million Powerball jackpot in Wednesday's drawing, lottery officials announced early Thursday. The winning ticket in Wednesday's drawing was sold at Brownie's, located at 150 West Maple in Eunice, a small town in Cajun country that straddles Acadia and St. Landry parishes. The store will receive a bonus of $25,000 or 1 percent of Louisiana's con
Oct 26, 2017, 8:41 am - Lottery News

Michigan Lottery draws 0-0-0-0 for first time, thousands winNews Story
By Todd Northrop After more than 18,000 drawings of the Michigan Lottery's Daily 4 game, the elusive 0-0-0-0 quad combination has finally been drawn, paying out millions of dollars in prize money. More than 1,000 Michigan Lottery players were big winners when Sunday night's Daily 4 winning numbers were 0-0-0-0. The Michigan Lottery says a total of 1,079 lucky players won $5,000 apiece for matching the 0-0-0-0 straight in Sunday evening's drawing. It was the first time 0-0-0-0 has been d
Sep 19, 2017, 9:02 am - Lottery News

One Massachusetts lottery ticket wins $758.7 million Powerball jackpotNews Story
Largest lottery jackpot ever awarded to a single winner By Todd Northrop A single winning Powerball lottery ticket matching all six numbers was sold in Massachusetts and will claim a $758.7 million jackpot the largest ever awarded to a single winning ticket. If the winner chooses the lump-sum cash value, they will receive a one-time cash payment of $480.5 million. That's nearly a half-billion dollars in cash, minus taxes of course. The Jackpot Analysis page at USA Mega shows the init
Aug 24, 2017, 1:09 am - Lottery News

$393 million Mega Millions jackpot won on ticket sold in IllinoisNews Story
By Todd Northrop One winning ticket sold in Illinois beat the odds and matched all the numbers drawn in Friday's Mega Millions drawing to win a massive $393 million jackpot. The numbers that single lottery ticket from Illinois matched in Friday's drawing were 23, 33, 53, 56, and 58, with Mega Ball number 6. The Megaplier was 5. The winning ticket was purchased at Nick's Barbecue in Palos Heights. The lucky ticket holder will be the sole recipient of the fifth-largest Mega Millions ja
Aug 12, 2017, 8:52 am - Lottery News

$447.8 million winning Powerball lottery ticket sold in CaliforniaNews Story
By Todd Northrop A single winning Powerball lottery ticket matching all six numbers was sold in California and will claim a $447.8 million jackpot. If the winner chooses the lump-sum cash value, they will receive a one-time cash payment of $279.1 million, minus federal taxes. California does not deduct any state taxes from lottery prizes. The Jackpot Analysis page at USA Mega shows the initial taxes that will be withheld on the jackpot. The massive $447.8 million grand prize is the i
Jun 11, 2017, 9:11 am - Lottery News