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$935 MILLION: Powerball lottery jackpot nears billion-dollar milestoneNews Story
11th-largest US lottery jackpot in history By Todd Northrop After a 37th-consecutive drawing without a winner, the Powerball multi-state lottery game now features a jackpot that will provide multi-generational wealth to the lucky player who eventually wins it all. After nobody won Wednesday's $873.1 million grand prize, the Powerball jackpot increased to a staggering $935 million for Saturday's drawing the 11th-largest US lottery jackpot of all time, and the 5th-largest Powerball jac
Mar 28, 2024, 7:15 am - Todd - Lottery News

$1.725 BILLION: Powerball jackpot now 2nd-largest of all timeNews Story
Powerball ticket-buying frenzy this week By Todd Northrop This week lottery players across the United States will be pulling out all the stops to try and win Powerball, featuring one of the largest lottery jackpots in history, worth an estimated $1.725 billion. The Powerball jackpot has been building for 35 consecutive drawings since the last winner on July 22. All those drawings have accumulated a massive pile of cash, ready to provide multi-generational wealth to the lucky lottery
Oct 10, 2023, 6:43 am - Todd - Lottery News

$1.04 BILLION: Massive Powerball jackpot increases againNews Story
4th billion-dollar lottery jackpot this year By Todd Northrop For the fourth time in 2023, a lottery jackpot has reached $1 billion or more twice with the Mega Millions game, and now twice with Powerball. The latest billion-dollar jackpot of the year comes after nobody won last night's Powerball multi-state lottery drawing, sending the Monday jackpot to heights that once seemed unattainable for a lottery game. Monday's Powerball jackpot is currently estimated at $1.04 billion, w
Oct 1, 2023, 8:29 am - Todd - Lottery News

$925 MILLION: Powerball lottery jackpot nears billion-dollar milestoneNews Story
9th-largest US lottery jackpot in history By Todd Northrop After a 30th-consecutive drawing without a winner, the Powerball multi-state lottery game now features a jackpot that will provide multi-generational wealth to the lucky player who eventually wins it all. After nobody won Wednesday's $856.1 million grand prize, the Powerball jackpot increased to a staggering $925 million for Saturday's drawing the 9th-largest US lottery jackpot of all time, and the 4th-largest Powerball jackp
Sep 28, 2023, 7:05 am - Todd - Lottery News

$1.55 BILLION: Biggest Mega Millions jackpot ever to be drawn TuesdayNews Story
Third-largest lottery jackpot in history Cash value is more than three-quarters of a billion dollars By Todd Northrop Last night, the multi-state Mega Millions lottery game produced no top winner for the 31st consecutive drawing, prompting lottery officials to raise the game's jackpot to $1.55 billion the largest jackpot in the game's 27-year history. A winner who chooses the cash option would receive a lump-sum $757.2 million three-quarters of a billion dollars in cash! It'
Aug 5, 2023, 6:58 am - Todd - Lottery News

$1.05 BILLION: Mega Millions keeps rolling after no winner FridayNews Story
Now tied for seventh-largest lottery jackpot in history By Todd Northrop For the second time in less than two weeks a lottery jackpot has crossed into billion-dollar territory. Last night nobody won the Mega Millions multi-state lottery drawing, triggering another jackpot rollover that created a Tuesday jackpot estimated at $1.05 billion with a cash value of $527.9 million. Based on past multi-state lottery jackpots, that estimate may get a lot bigger by the time the drawing kick
Jul 29, 2023, 8:09 am - Todd - Lottery News

Woman from Cambodia using Maryland Lottery tickets to learn English wins $100,000News Story
The real goal is to expand vocabulary, winning is just a bonus By Kate Northrop A Maryland woman originally from Cambodia who uses lottery tickets to help her learn English won a $100,000 prize while doing so. Not only did an anonymous Maryland lottery player gain a richer vocabulary from scratch-off tickets, but she's $100,000 richer thanks to the unique method too. There are countless reasons why lottery players gravitate toward certain scratch-off games. Maybe it's the shiny,
Mar 22, 2024, 3:00 pm - Todd - Lottery News

Massachusetts woman accidentally receives $20,000 worth of lottery tickets in the mailNews Story
What would you do? Includes video report By Kate Northrop A Massachusetts woman was dumbfounded when she opened a misdelivered box that contained $20,000 worth of unscratched Massachusetts Lottery tickets from FedEx. Danielle Alexandrov was utterly baffled when a FedEx delivery of $20,000 worth of lottery tickets showed up at her door. I start going through the boxes, everything is normal until I get a box that is very heavy, the Falmouth resident explained to WCVB. I open it
Nov 15, 2023, 11:26 am - Todd - Lottery News

Maryland player wins $50,000 in Pick 5 for the fifth time this yearNews Story
Five-time winner bought all winning tickets at the same retailer By Kate Northrop An anonymous Maryland player won a Pick 5 top prize of $50,000 for the fifth time this year, having bought every winning ticket at the same store. The Maryland Lottery saw a familiar face return to headquarters in Baltimore after he completed his fifth Pick 5 prize claim worth $50,000 last week. In May, a Silver Spring resident showed up at Lottery headquarters to claim a combined $200,000 Pick 5 pr
Jul 17, 2023, 3:36 pm - Todd - Lottery News

Six gang members arrested for stealing $50,000 worth of lottery tickets in two statesNews Story
Massachusetts and New Hampshire law enforcement targets Operation Smash Cash By Kate Northrop Six Massachusetts individuals were arrested and indicted on multiple felony charges following an organized scheme to steal $50,000 worth of lottery tickets that spanned two states and twelve stores over the course of three months. The Essex District Attorney's Office in Massachusetts announced on Wednesday that six people were arrested in multiple cities in relation to 121 indictments to do
May 1, 2024, 1:09 pm - Todd - Lottery News