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Feb 20, 2004, 12:10 pm (7 comments)
Mega Millions players all over the country are lining up for a shot at tonight's mega-jackpot. In fact sales are so brisk that the estimated jackpot for tonight's drawing has been revised upward to $230 million.
Tonight's drawing will be held in New York City's Times Square.
"This is an indication of how strong Mega Millions sales are today across the Commonwealth," says Virginia Lottery Executive Director Penelope W. Kyle. "By revising the estimated jackpot upward, we are saying that the actual jackpot amount, which is constantly changing, is growing at an unusually fast pace."
The estimated jackpot was revised upward just yesterday from $215 million to $222 million. Tuesday's drawing, when no one won the estimated $177 million jackpot, produced more than 1.3 million winning tickets for prizes ranging from $2 to $175,000. The jackpot has now rolled 14 times without a winner.
Tonight's drawing results will be displayed live at the Web site BigGameLottery.com.
Mega Millions' predecessor, the Big Game, made history in May of 2000 with the largest jackpot ever in North America: $363 million. The odds of winning the Mega Millions jackpot are approximately one in 135 million.
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2/20/04=$230 Mil
2/24/03=$300 Mil
2/27/03=$400 Mil
3/03/04=$500 Mil
MarkP
500 million would be awesome if it does get their!
its a big fix in progress and
really i dont care if they fix it so that nobody wins the jackpot until it hits $500,000,000. I think it would be better. People will still win all the other prizes and it will just cause even more excitement for this game which is getting a lot of attention right now already!
Brad
Hmm well it is fun dreaming of how I am going to spend/invest/and donate all that $$ that I am not going to win
LOL
Amen. HEHE. You are crazy if you are not dreaming.