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$1.1 BILLION: Massive Mega Millions drawing set for Tuesday
5th-largest lottery jackpot in world history
Cash value is $568.7 million
By Todd Northrop
For the fourth time in the past two years 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 $1.1 billion with a cash value of $568.7 million.
Based on past multi-state lottery jackpots, that estimate may get a lot bigger by the t
Jan 7, 2023, 6:56 am - Lottery News
$940 MILLION: Mega Millions lottery jackpot ready to make another billionaire
Cash value worth nearly a half-billion dollars
By Todd Northrop
Just four months after Mega Millions delivered a $1.34 billion jackpot to one ticket sold in Illinois, the multi-state lottery game came roaring back with a jackpot to be drawn Friday that could top $1 billion.
When nobody won Tuesday night's $785 million grand prize, the Mega Millions jackpot grew to an estimated $940 million the largest since a July 30, 2022 $1.34 billion Mega Millions jackpot was claimed anonymously b
Jan 4, 2023, 8:09 am - Lottery News
Two winning $1 million Mega Millions tickets sold in Texas set to expire in a month
Two second-tier prizes soon to expire, Lotto Texas jackpot hits highest amount this year
By Kate Northrop
There are two second-tier Mega Millions prizes worth $1 million each that will expire in just over a month if no one steps forward to claim them.
Two winning tickets worth $1 million each, both Quick Picks, are still out there somewhere in Texas, waiting to be cashed in.
Both Mega Millions tickets matched the white ball numbers drawn on July 29, 2022, which were 13, 36, 45, 5
Dec 15, 2022, 6:44 am - Lottery News
Winning $502 million Mega Millions lottery ticket sold in Florida region pummeled by hurricane
One winner in Fort Myers hits the jackpot weeks after Hurricane Ian ravaged the area
By Kate Northrop
One of the two winning tickets for the $502 million Mega Millions lottery jackpot drawn on Fri., Oct. 14, 2022 was sold in hurricane-ravaged Fort Myers, Florida.
Weeks after Hurricane Ian ripped through the southwestern coast of Florida, someone in Fort Myers bought a winning Mega Millions lottery ticket worth $502 million.
According to the Mega Millions officials, the jackpot is
Oct 17, 2022, 12:48 pm - Lottery News
Mega Millions and Powerball lottery jackpots both top $300 million
Two near-equal jackpots up for grabs this weekend
By Kate Northrop
This weekend, lottery players will have two equally large jackpots to consider, with both multi-state games Mega Millions and Powerball surpassing the $300 million mark.
In the gold corner... we have Mega Millions at $355 million for the Friday, Sept. 30 drawing at 11:00 pm EST. In the red corner... is Powerball at $322 million for the Saturday, Oct. 1 drawing at 10:59 pm EST.
Joking aside, one of the questions wi
Sep 30, 2022, 5:13 pm - Lottery News
Two Illinois lottery winners in a partnership claim $1.34 billion Mega Millions jackpot
Winners split behemoth win within timeframe to claim cash prize
By Kate Northrop
Two winners in a partnership have come forward to claim the eye-watering $1.34 billion Mega Millions jackpot that was drawn in July 2022.
One single ticket was all it took to win the record $1.34 billion Mega Millions jackpot on July 29, 2022, but two people jointly stepped forward to claim it all.
Today, the Illinois Lottery announced that the prize has officially been claimed, shared by a partnersh
Sep 21, 2022, 3:58 pm - Lottery News
Major claim deadline approaching for Illinois lottery winner of $1.337 billion Mega Millions jackpot
They don't have as much time as it seems
By Kate Northrop
A crucial deadline for claiming the record-breaking $1.337 billion Mega Millions jackpot drawn in July is approaching for the single Illinois-based lottery winner.
The lone Illinois winner of the unimaginable $1.337 billion Mega Millions jackpot is only weeks away from a major deadline that could have a huge impact on the amount of money they get to walk away with.
For a prize of this magnitude, it's not unusual for the wi
Sep 12, 2022, 7:16 am - Lottery News
$1.5 billion Mega Millions winner explains how "Lottery Lawyer" Jason Kurland stole $83 million
Jury convicts conman on wire fraud, money laundering charges
By Kate Northrop
The famous and still anonymous winner of the record $1.4 billion Mega Millions lottery jackpot from South Carolina emerged from her legendary silence to deliver a testimony against New York Lottery Lawyer Jason Jay Kurland that explains how he stole $83 million from her in his schemes.
On July 26, the United States Department of Justice announced that a jury found Kurland, 48, guilty of defrauding his own l
Aug 16, 2022, 7:13 pm - Lottery News
Kansas store owner tracks down $1 million lottery winner who left behind ticket
Son of store owner says he has no regrets about returning the ticket
By Kate Northrop
A Kansas convenience store owner made a million-dollar decision to hunt down the longtime customer that had accidentally left behind a winning lottery ticket.
A Kansas Lottery retailer held itself to the highest degree of integrity when the store's associates tracked down the loyal customer who had forgotten a $1 million winning lottery ticket on the counter.
Kal Patel's parents own the Pit Stop
Aug 8, 2022, 8:00 pm - Lottery News
One Illinois lottery ticket wins $1.337 billion Mega Millions jackpot
Updated with final jackpot amount and retailer location
By Todd Northrop
After a run of 29 drawings without a jackpot winner, the 30th drawing of the multi-state Mega Millions game produced a single $1.337 billion winner last night when one lottery ticket sold in Illinois matched all five numbers plus the Mega Ball.
It was the fourth time a lottery jackpot had grown to more than $1 billion, and the third time a single ticket won $1 billion or more.
The winner of the unimaginable
Jul 30, 2022, 8:48 am - Lottery News