UPDATED: Friday 12/30/11

One very lucky ticket, bought  in New York , has all of the important digits for last Tuesday’s Mega Millions draw. Those numbers: 23, 32, 33, 39, 43 and the Mega number 8.  Three tickets purchased here in Cally missed only the Mega number. Each of those tickets is paying out $338, 106.

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The Mega Millions lottery jackpot has leaped the $200 million mark. For weeks, players have not been able to match all six numbers in recent draws. Last Friday the winning digits were: 8, 3, 5, 29, 18, and the Mega number 14. No winner, so the jackpot skyrocketed to 206 million bucks!

Five tickets bought in the Golden State did come very close to winning it all. They had all but the Mega ball. Each is worth $155, 663. That will pay off a lot of holiday shopping and entertainment bills.

The next big Mega Millions draw is tomorrow, 8 p.m.

Ho, ho, ho! The pre-Christmas Mega Millions jackpot has hit the “wow” mark. No one ticket had all of the winning numbers in last Tuesday’s draw, so the jackpot blew-up to $173 million. You could seriously holiday shop with that kind of money.

Still, the numbers from last Tuesday’s draw were lucky for a couple of California players. Each won $319, 493 with a ticket that got all of the numbers right except the Mega number. Here are those digits: 20, 24, 27, 45, 51 and the Mega number 31.

The next big money draw is tonight at 8 p.m.

More millions got stuffed into the Mega Millions lottery jackpot after no one matched all of the winning numbers in last Tuesday’s draw. Those golden digits: 5, 6, 22, 26, 41, and the Mega number 6. Three lucky ticket holders in California got all but the Mega number correct. Each of those tickets is worth $148, 228.

The jackpot is now hovering around $135 million, which could answer a lot of Christmas wishes past, present, and future. The next Mega Millions draw is tomorrow at 8 p.m.

The Mega Millions lottery jackpot is still growing.  It now stands at $116 million, but could go higher before tonight’s draw. No one matched all of the winning numbers in last Friday’s draw. Those numbers: 4, 12, 29, 49, 51, and the Mega number 44.

Tonight’s draw is at 8 p.m.

For the first time since last September, the Mega Millions lottery jackpot hit the $100 million mark. That happened after no one came up with the winning numbers in last Tuesday’s draw. Those money numbers: 7, 21, 29, 35, 49 and the Mega number 39.

The next chance to score the Mega Millions jackpot is tonight. The drawing is at 8 p.m.

The Mega Millions jackpot is up for grabs tonight. And it’s stuff with serious dough. The money pot stands at $78 million. No one picked all of the winning numbers in last Friday’s game. Those lucky digits: 13,31, 49, 52, 56, and the Mega number 41.

Tonight’s draw is at 8 p.m.

The Mega Millions jackpot is on a roll again. No one scored all of the winning numbers in last night’s draw, so the jackpot took a tumble to $67 million!

It was not all bad news for players in yesterday’s lottery game. Three tickets bought in California got all of the winning numbers right, except the Mega ball. Each ticket is worth $138, 142.

Here are those big money numbers: 13, 33, 40, 44, 46 and the Mega ball 8. The next Mega Millions draw is Friday, October 29, at 8 p.m.

Two very lucky Mega Millions players are rolling in the dough, after winning yesterday’s jackpot of $113 million. One ticket was bought in North Carolina, the other right here in the Southland at a convenience store located at  2250 North Figueroa Street in Los Angeles.

Three other players in California got all but the Mega Ball correct. Each of those tickets can be cashed in for $144, 347.

Those super-rich digits from Friday’s draw: 3, 19, 21, 44, 45, and the Mega Ball 29.

The next Mega Millions draw is Tuesday, October 4 at 8 p.m. The new jackpot is $12 million, not huge, but enough to wash away the bad economy blues and live comfortably.

Mega Millions lottery tickets are a hot buy today. The double-M jackpot has leaped the $100 million mark. It happened after no one picked all of the winning numbers in last Tuesday’s draw. Here are those numbers: 2, 20, 28, 36, 45, and the Mega Ball 37. Three ticket holders in California matched all but the Mega number. Each of those tickets is worth $111, 608.

So don’t be surprised if a wave of lottery fever sweeps the Southland with long lines of hopefuls buying Mega Millions tickets today. The jackpot stands at $113 million. The next chance to win it all is in tonight’s draw at 8 p.m.

A lot of lottery players have their eyes on the Mega Millions jackpot, which stands at around $86 million.  No one purchased a ticket with the winning numbers from last Tuesday’s draw. Those hot digits are: 6, 29, 38, 50, 51 and the Mega Ball 39.

Two California players came real close to scoring the big one. They got all of those numbers correct, except for the Mega Ball. Each ticket is worth $128, 276.

The next draw for the Mega Millions game is tomorrow at  8 p.m.