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Mega Millions Tickets Just Got a Lot Pricier

They're going from $2 to $5

(Newser) - Mega Millions players will get slightly better odds and should start seeing more billion-dollar jackpots, but at a cost—literally—with tickets for the multistate lottery jumping in price to $5, the AP reports. The price for playing Mega Millions more than doubled for drawings starting with Tuesday's, going...

Mega Millions Jackpots Are About to Get More Mega

Lottery is rolling out new rules with bigger minimum payouts—and higher ticket prices

(Newser) - If you thought Mega Millions jackpots had gotten a little eye-watering lately , buckle up: As ABC News reports, Mega Millions says that it's putting a new rule into play next month that jacks the minimum jackpot from a paltry $20 million to $50 million, meaning jackpots "are expected...

Winner of $1.1B Jackpot Comes Forward After 9 Months
Winner of $1.1B Jackpot
Comes Forward After 9 Months
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Dec 28, 2024 3:55 PM CST

Winner of $1.1B Jackpot Comes Forward After 9 Months

New Jersey winner has chosen to remain anonymous

(Newser) - It took three-quarters of a year, but the winner of the fifth-largest Mega Millions jackpot ever has finally come forward to claim their prize. The lone winning ticket was purchased in March in New Jersey , but no one came forward to submit the ticket and claim the $1.128 billion...

Someone in California Just Became a Billionaire

Winning Mega Millions ticket worth $1.22B sold in Golden State

(Newser) - At least one Mega Millions player has plenty of dough to ring in the new year after drawing the winning number. After three months without anyone winning the top prize in the lottery, a ticket worth an estimated $1.22 billion was sold in California for the drawing Friday night,...

Mega Millions Jackpot Is Now 5th-Largest in History

No one hit it big on Christmas Eve drawing; jackpot set to be 5th-largest in history

(Newser) - Hang onto those stocking-stuffer lottery tickets. As the AP reports, the growing Mega Millions jackpot has now surpassed $1 billion after no ticket matched all six numbers drawn on Christmas Eve. That means the estimated jackpot for Friday's drawing is $1.15 billion, potentially the fifth-largest jackpot in the...

Mega Millions Jackpot Hits $1B
Mega Millions
Jackpot Hits $1B
Dec 24, 2024 5:23 PM CST

Mega Millions Jackpot Hits $1B

Christmas Eve winner in 2002 never claimed prize

(Newser) - The Mega Millions jackpot has surged to an estimated $1 billion ahead of the Christmas Eve drawing. Nobody has won the jackpot since September and the prize is now the seventh-largest in the game's history, ABC News reports. If somebody beats the 1 in 302 million odds, they can...

Mega Millions Winner Sues for Other Half of Jackpot

Faramarz Lahijani says he bought both winning tickets a year ago

(Newser) - A Mega Millions winner who already has collected $197 million in a drawing a year ago would like the other half of the jackpot. Faramarz Lahijani filed suit last week claiming that he had both winning tickets for the $394 million jackpot but that the California Lottery has only forked...

Alabama Lottery Plan Failed by a Single Vote

It's one of 5 states that doesn't partake in such activity

(Newser) - Just five states don't take part in statewide or multistate lottery games like Powerball or Mega Millions, though some were hoping that one of those states, Alabama, might be joining the other 45 states that do take part soon. Those hopes have faded, however, after a move to put...

Someone Has Won $1.12B Mega Millions Jackpot
Powerball at Nearly $1B
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Mar 28, 2024 12:00 AM CDT

Powerball at Nearly $1B

After the latest drawing with no winner

(Newser) - The Powerball jackpot increased to an estimated $935 million after no one matched the six numbers drawn Wednesday night, the AP reports. The numbers selected were: 37, 46, 57, 60, 66, and the Powerball 8. The drawing came a day after a player in New Jersey won a massive Mega...

Mega Millions, Powerball Jackpots Are Massive

They're sitting at a combined $1.9B ahead of drawings

(Newser) - No one won the Mega Millions or Powerball jackpots in the most recent drawings for the two lotteries, and the combined total is now at nearly $2 billion. The Mega Millions jackpot rose to $1.1 billion and the Powerball to $800 million, NBC News reports. If someone matches all...

Mega Millions' Kitty Is Now at Least $875M

There was no big winner in Friday night's drawing, raising the jackpot for Tuesday's

(Newser) - The bad news: No one picked all the winning numbers in Friday night's $815 million Mega Millions drawing. The good news: We now all have a shot at a jackpot worth an estimated $875 million, with the next drawing set for Tuesday, reports CBS News . A Mega Millions release...

Winner of $1.35B Jackpot Says His Ex Violated NDA

He's suing her for allegedly telling his father, stepmother about big win

(Newser) - A Maine resident is suing his ex-girlfriend, and he probably won't have much trouble paying the legal bills. The man, who kept his identity secret after winning a $1.35 billion Mega Millions Jackpot in January, is suing the woman, the mother of his daughter, for allegedly letting his...

Mega Millions Has Its Newest Billionaire

Winning ticket for $1.58B Mega Millions jackpot was purchased at a Publix in Neptune Beach

(Newser) - Someone in Florida won a $1.58 billion Mega Millions jackpot Tuesday night, ending a stretch of lottery futility that had lasted for nearly four months. A Publix grocery store in Neptune Beach sold the winning ticket, according to the Florida Lottery. The winning numbers drawn were: 13, 19, 20,...

Tuesday Could Be Huge for Mega Millions

Jackpot jumps to estimated $1.55B, which could end up being largest Mega Millions prize ever

(Newser) - Since mid-April, the Mega Millions kitty has been slowly inching up, with no tickets sold that claimed all of the winning numbers. That includes Friday night's drawing, the 31st since that April drawing, which similarly came up short. Now, the amount waiting to be transferred to someone's bank...

After 30th Drawing With No Winner, Mega Millions Hits $1.25B
Mega Millions
Jackpot Hits $1.25B
Aug 2, 2023 12:35 AM CDT

Mega Millions Jackpot Hits $1.25B

After the 30th drawing without a winner

(Newser) - The Mega Millions jackpot increased to an estimated $1.25 billion after no one beat the odds Tuesday night and won the massive lottery prize, the AP reports. The winning numbers drawn were: 8, 24, 30, 45 ,61, and the yellow ball: 12. No one has won the Mega Millions...

Want to Be a Billionaire by Wednesday? Try This

Tuesday's Mega Millions jackpot is now $1.05B after no one drew all 6 winning numbers on Friday

(Newser) - No ticket claimed all six winning numbers in Friday night's Mega Millions drawing, which means the pot for the next one is especially massive. NPR notes the completed drawing was worth an already impressive $940 million, but since no one took home the big prize, Tuesday's drawing now...

Mega Millions Jackpot Hits $820M
Another Lottery Jackpot
Is Still Growing
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Jul 26, 2023 2:00 AM CDT

Another Lottery Jackpot Is Still Growing

Mega Millions hits $910M

(Newser) - The Mega Millions jackpot climbed to an estimated $910 million after Tuesday night's drawing produced no big winners, extending a stretch of bad luck dating back to April, the AP reports. The numbers drawn were: 3, 5, 6, 44, 61 and the yellow ball 25. The absence of a...

$1.35B Mega Millions Winner to Collect a Lot Less Than That

The person, remaining anonymous, will receive roughly $500M after taxes

(Newser) - The winner of the $1.35 billion Mega Millions jackpot has come forward to collect the prize, but their identity remains a mystery. The Maine State Lottery said Wednesday that the winner chose a lump-sum payment of $723.5 million before taxes through a limited liability company, LaKoma Island Investments...

Mega Millions Jackpot Now 5th-Largest in History
Mega Millions Jackpot
Now 2nd-Biggest Ever
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Jan 11, 2023 7:44 AM CST

Mega Millions Jackpot Now 2nd-Biggest Ever

It's swelled to $1.35B

(Newser) - The Mega Millions jackpot keeps moving in one direction: way, way up. Officials say no ticket matched Tuesday night's winning numbers of 7, 13, 14, 15, 18 and the Mega Ball 9. That means Friday night's drawing—the 26th in this run—will be for an estimated $1....

Friday Night Drawing Offers A Chance at $940M
Mega Millions Tops $1B
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Jan 7, 2023 6:00 AM CST

Mega Millions Tops $1B

No one won on Friday night; top prize for Tuesday is now third largest ever, at estimated $1.1B

(Newser) - If your tired brain at the end of this workweek forgot to remind you to buy a Mega Millions ticket for Friday's drawing, no worries—you've got another chance to try to win the massive jackpot. USA Today reports there was no winner last night for the $940...

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