The Mega Millions jackpot took another leap — this time to $76 million. On election Tuesday — no one managed to match all the correct digits: 15, 22, 23, 48, 55 and the Mega Ball 31. However, one California player did score all but the Mega Ball — and that ticket is worth $226, 991.

The next draw is tomorrow, Friday, February 25, at 8 p.m.

More big money lottery news –Media City winner steps forward

The owner of that $10 million SuperLotto Plus ticket is no longer a mystery.  Yesterday, Hollywood prop maker/Burbank resident, Brian McMahon, cashed in the ticket he bought for last Saturday’s SuperLotto Plus game at La Paz Liquor on West Magnolia Boulevard in Burbank.

McMahon is planning to “have a great life,” buy a new home, a new truck, and put aside s0me of his winnings for his family. He told lottery officials: “I want to make the money grow and secure my children’s future and my grandchildren’s future.”

The couple that owns La Paz Liquor, Daniel and Jin Roh, got $50,000 for selling that winning SuperLotto Plus ticket.

The money is stacking up once again in the Mega Millions lottery game. No one picked all of last Tuesday’s winning numbers: 17, 18, 24, 35, 39, and the Mega Ball 18. That pumped the jackpot up to $52 million.

One ticket, bought in California, got all but one of those lucky numbers right. That ticket was missing the correct Mega Ball number. That ticket is worth $403, 806 — not bad for a dollar investment.  

Th next draw is tomorrow, Friday, February 18 at 8 p.m.

The Mega Millions jackpot is barreling toward the $100 million mark. Again, no one picked all of the six winning numbers from last Friday’s draw. However, one lucky player in California scored over a quarter of a million dollars — $253, 384 to be exact — with a ticket that has five of the winning numbers — missing only the Mega Ball.

Friday’s hot digits are 14, 33, 48, 49, 50 and the Mega Ball 18. The Mega Millions jackpot stands at $91 million. The next draw is Tuesday, February first at 8 p.m.

The Mega Millions jackpot appears to be headed into that lottery fever zone again. No ticket held all of the winning numbers — so the jackpot grew to $77 million. The lucky digits from yesterday’s draw: 5, 8, 31, 46, 50 and the Mega Ball 4.

Two California players did score a nice payback from that game. Those tickets missed out on the big one — by one number — the Mega Ball. Each ticket is worth $118, 692. That extra cash could ease some of the financial pains of trying to make ends meet in this economy.

The next Mega Millions draw is this Friday, January 28 at 8.p.m.

Two California players missed winning yesterday’s Mega Millions jackpot by one number — the Mega Ball.  However, each of their tickets is worth a stack of money — $111,461. Not enough to retire on — but that should cover those holiday bills with some left over for a really nice spring vacation.  The hot digits from Friday’s game:  5, 9, 21, 35, 38, and the Mega Ball 20.

Since no one scored all of the winning numbers yesterday, the Mega Millions lottery jackpot got bumped up to $63 Million. The next draw is Tuesday, January 25, 8 p.m.

Need some extra cash? Plenty of it in the Mega Millions lottery  jackpot, which got pumped up to $51 million after no one picked all six of the winning numbers in yesterday’s game.  It wasn’t all bad news.

Some lucky ticket holder in California has a serious payday coming from Tuesday’s draw. That player has a ticket with all the winning digits, except the Mega Ball number, and it’s worth $581, 319. The winning numbers: 4, 27, 29, 38, 45, and the Mega Ball 5.

The next draw is Friday, January 21 at 8 p.m.

The second largest Mega Millions jackpot is history. In yesterday’s draw for a $380 million money pot — two tickets — one in Idaho and the other in Washington state — had all six of the winning numbers.  Those lucky digits are: 4, 8, 15, 25, 47, and the Mega Ball 42. Mega Millions is played in California and 41 other states.

Yesterday morning, the double M jackpot soared to $355 million. By game time last night, lottery fever had pumped that jackpot up to $380 million. Even though, no one in California won the major prize – 10 players picked all of the winning numbers except the Mega Ball. Each of those hot tickets is worth a nice $209, 300.

The next draw is Friday, January 7,  at  8 p.m. The jackpot has shrunk to $12 million — not huge, but still plenty of dough to take care of a lot of money worries in this struggling economy.

The Mega Millions jackpot blew-up again! No one picked all of the winning numbers in yesterday’s New Year’s Eve draw. So today the jackpot skyrocketed to $290 million and will most likely go even higher before Tuesday’s game – with lottery fever on the rampage.

The winning numbers from yesterday’s game: 10, 12, 13, 35, 56 and the Mega Ball 9. Two California players came real closer to winning the money pot. Both of those tickets had all of the lucky numbers, except the Mega ball. Each one is worth a hefty sack of moolah, $579,888.

The next chance to score this huge Mega Millions jackpot is Tuesday, January 4 at 8 p.m.

Mega Millions lottery fever is likely to afflict even more folks in the next few days. The reason: the Mega Millions jackpot has exploded and is now $237 million !!! Again, no one picked all of the winning numbers in yesterday’s draw.  The lucky numbers: 6, 18, 36, 40, 49 and the Mega Ball 7.

Two California players did win a chunk of dough in Tuesday’s draw — more than a million dollars.  Each of their tickets had all of the winning numbers, except the Mega Ball. Each ticket is worth $597, 869. 

Lottery fever really kicked in for Tuesday’s Mega Millions game. Yesterday morning,  the “Double M” jackpot officially increased from $196- to -$200,000 million. The next draw is Friday, December 31, New Year’s Eve,  at 8 p.m.

The Mega Millions jackpot is bulging with holiday money — at least $168 million! For weeks now players have been unable to pick all six winning numbers in the Mega Millions game. Same goes for last Tuesday’s draw.  However, four tickets bought in California came pretty close – every winning number except the Mega Ball. Each ticket is worth $195,910.  One of those lucky tickets was purchased right here in the Southland at La Fortuna Market, 824 Lincoln Boulevard in Venice.

 The winning numbers from Tuesday’s draw: 8, 11, 12, 31, 32 and the  Mega Ball 29.  The next Mega Millions draw is tonight at 8 p.m. On this Christmas Eve a whole lot of folks are going to be wishing for six winning numbers.

The Mega Millions lottery is ending the year with a HUGE jackpot — at least 123 million smackaroos! Tuesday’s game did not produce a ticket with all of the winning numbers: 18, 22, 25, 31, 38 and the Mega Ball 29. However, three tickets bought in the Golden State had all but the Mega Ball number. Each is worth $112, 531. Now that’s the kind of windfall that will kick a holiday celebration up a few notches.

The next draw is tomorrow, December 17 at 8.p.m.

The Mega Millions jackpot has exploded into the big money territory!  No one picked all of the winning numbers in last Friday’s game, so the jackpot got stuffed with more money. It now stands at $104 million!!!

It was not all bah humbug for last Friday’s game. Two tickets bought in California had all but the Mega Ball number. Each is worth $134, 421. The winning numbers: 23, 27, 33, 44, 46, and the Mega Ball 36. 

The next draw for the Mega Millions lottery is Tuesday, December 14.

A ton of moolah in the Mega Millions jackpot tonight. It was bumped up to $88 million after no one picked all of the winning numbers in last Tuesday’s game.  However, two California players got lucky and bought tickets with all of the winning numbers, except the Mega Ball. Each ticket is worth $122, 746 — that can put a little more cheer into your holiday season.

Tuesday’s winning numbers: 4, 38, 45, 53, 54, and the Mega Ball 9. The next Mega Millions draw is tomorrow, December 10 at 8 p.m.

Ho Ho Ho!!!  More holiday money pumped into the Mega Millions jackpot. No one picked all of the winning numbers in last Friday’s draw — so the jackpot grew to $74 million. However, someone who bought a ticket for that draw in California has reason to celebrate — that ticket has all the winning numbers, except the Mega ball and is worth $227, 578.

Friday’s hot Mega Millions numbers are: 6, 11, 12, 18, 56 and the Mega Ball 12. The next draw is Tuesday, November 7, at 8 p.m.

A lot of holiday cash stuffed in the Mega Millions lottery jackpot today. No one selected all of the winning numbers in last Tuesday’s game — so the jackpot grew to $62 million.

Tuesday’s winning numbers: 11, 16, 19, 47, 53, and the Mega Ball 2. Two lucky California players missed the Mega Ball, but picked the other five winning numbers. Each ticket is worth $184, 941.

Today’s draw is at 8 p.m.

Attorney General Jerry Brown will be moving to the governor’s office very soon. Brown has been declared the winner over his strong Republican and big-money challenger, Meg Whitman, in yesterday’s General Election.

The latest figures from the Secretary of State’s Office give Brown 53.7 percent of the vote and and Whitman 41.3 percent. A check of the statewide voting map shows Whitman won in the most counties — but the counties that Brown carried gave him the most votes.

Democrat/San Francisco Mayor, Gavin Newsom, is the next Lieutenant Governor. Newsom received 50.1 percent of the vote, while his nearest challenger, Republican, Abel Maldonado got 39.4 per cent.

Locally, in the 43rd State Assembly District race, Incumbent and Democrat Mike Gatto trounced his Republican opponent, Sunder Ramani, 66.2 percent to 33.8 percent.  

In the U.S. Congressional 27th District, Incumbent and Democrat, Brad Sherman, soundly defeated Repubican contender, Mark Reed, 65.2 percent to 34.8 percent.

In the U.S. Congressional 29th District,  Incumbent and Democrat Adam Shiff held onto his seat with 65.2 percent of the vote. His Republican challenger, John  Colbert won 31.7 percent and Libertarian, William Cushing, got 3.1 percent.

The state measure, Proposition 19, that would have legalized marijuana failed 53.9 percent to 46.1 percent.

These are semi-official results. The counties have until December 3, 2010 to report their final tallies including mail-by-mail and provisional ballots to the Secretary of State’s Office.

For more election results go here.

A scary Halloween statistic  is out about traffic accidents in California involving pedestrians. Allstate Insurance Company reportedly conducted a review of claims involving pedestrians over the past three years in the state  and discovered a dramatic increase in October accidents around trick or treat time.

The insurer revealed in a PR Newswire release that its figures show the number of people hit by cars in California jumps 25 percent on Halloween as compared to the rest of October. 

Allstate is offering up three Halloween tips and two include texting!

Don’t Text and Walk

Children and parents should focus on traffic and not texting when trick-or-treating. Keep your eyes up and have an adult or an older, responsible youth supervise children. Plan and discuss the route trick-or-treaters intend to follow.

Don’t Text and Drive

Focus on the road, not your cell phone. Neighborhoods that don’t normally have pedestrian or bicycle traffic may experience an increase in activity on Halloween. Children are excited and may forget to stop, look, and listen before crossing the street.

Don’t Drink and Drive

If you are attending a Halloween party, designate a driver. The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration reminds revelers that no costume can conceal a drunk driver.

Despite the startling statistic for Halloween, Allstate says December 10 is the most dangerous day of the year for Californians on foot near traffic.

The Mega  Millions jackpot got stuffed with more green after no one was able to match all of the winning numbers in the Tuesday, October 26, draw. The winning numbers were 15, 21, 30, 31, 32, and the Mega Ball 26. So now the Mega Millions jackpot has grown to $140 million, and could get even richer, if  lottery fever spikes ticket sales.

Also, for three lucky players in California, last Tuesday did turn out to be nice payday  Their tickets had  all of the winning numbers, except the Mega Ball. Each ticket is worth $128,191.

The next Mega Millions draw is tomorrow, Friday,October 29, at  8 p.m.

The money continues to stack up in the Mega Millions jackpot. Again, no one managed to match all of the winning numbers in last Friday’s draw, so that lottery money pot rolled over and now stands at $118 million!

The winning numbers from last Friday: 2, 7, 18, 32, 53, and the Mega Ball 18. One ticket sold in California had all but the Mega Ball and it’s worth $350,933. Not a bad return on a one dollar lottery ticket.

Next Mega Million draw is Tuesday, October 26, at 8 p.m.

The Mega Millions lottery jackpot just got super-sized.  No one matched all of the winning numbers in last Tuesday’s draw, so the jackpot blew-up again. It’s now hovering at around $101 million. I get the feeling lottery tickets are going to be selling fast today, come rain or shine.

Oh, last Tuesday’s game was not a total wash in California. Two tickets had all of the winning numbers, except the Mega Ball. Each is worth a cool $252,588.  That could add a little cheer to the upcoming holiday season.

A massage therapist out in Canoga Park has cashed in one of those quarter- million dollar Mega Millions ticket. Tracy Evans told lottery officials she usually wagers only $1 at a time on the lottery, but felt lucky and bought $6 worth of tickets. One of those tickets hit it big for Evans, who registered for nursing school a few days ago.

Evans says her winnings will allow her to “ go to school..” without worrying about how to pay the bills.  

Tuesday’s winning numbers: 2, 9, 14, 37, 42, and the Mega Ball 41.

The next draw is today at 8 p.m.