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Mega Millions jackpot soars to at least $454 million. The enormous jackpot is sparking an uptick in ticket buying — pumping even more dough into the money pot. Last Friday, no one got lucky enough to pick all of the winning numbers: 20, 41, 42, 45, 49, and the Mega 14. So the jackpot jumped to $449 million. Over the long holiday weekend, lottery fever kicked in. By this morning, the jackpot had climbed to $454 million. The jackpot has been rolling since it was hit back in... Read More →
Mega Millions jackpot $415 million and still climbing today. The jackpot is already the third largest prize in the game’s history. Last Tuesday, no ticket had all of the six lucky numbers: 15, 17, 20, 35, 55, plus the Mega Ball 7. This jackpot has been on a roll for several months. The last time it was hit, March 8, a man in Seattle, Washington, won a Mega Millions jackpot of $157 million. Someone just might kick off the long Fourth of July holiday weekend with a winning... Read More →
Huge Mega Millions jackpot at least $390 million! The jackpot could leapfrog over the $400 million mark before tonight’s draw closes at 7:45 p.m. This is the largest Mega Millions jackpot to be offer since March 18, 2014. The money pot rolled over last Friday, after no one was lucky enough to pick all of the winning numbers. The hot digits: 11, 14, 54, 63, and the Mega Ball 11. So someone could kick off the long 4th of July weekend with a life changing Mega Millions win... Read More →
Mega Millions jackpot rockets to $363 million and still climbing! The sixth largest Mega Millions jackpot ever is on the line tonight. The jackpot has been rolling, picking up tons of greenbacks, since it was won last March 8. The prize $157 million. Now the jackpot is millions of dollars richer. The cash value is around $244 million. The jackpot took on more money after no one got all the lucky digits right in Last Tuesday’s draw. Those winning numbers: 6, 13, 21, 49, 50, plus the Mega... Read More →
Mega Millions lottery jackpot at least $333 million tonight! That’s the 7th largest Mega Millions jackpot ever. That money stash is up for grabs again after no one managed to pick all of the winning numbers in last Friday’s draw. Those lucky digits: 20, 23, 30, 44, 59 and Mega Ball 9. Three tickets did have five of the hot numbers, but not the Mega. They were sold in New Jersey, Rhode Island and in the Golden State. The ticket bought at a Quik Stop in Stockton is... Read More →
Mega Millions jackpot over $300 million for tonight’s draw. No one got all six numbers right in last Tuesday’s draw, so the jackpot rolled over to $310 million. Those lucky numbers: 36, 37, 38, 52, 62, and the Mega Ball 6. A ticket with all but the Mega Ball was sold at the Chevron Station 11355 Artesia Boulevard in the Southland city of Cerritos. That ticket is worth $814,806. This the first time since November of 2014, the lottery jackpot has crashed through the $300 million barrier. If you... Read More →
A Southland lottery ticket holder had an incredible weekend. Someone bought a SuperLotto Plus ticket for last Saturday draw and won the $23 million jackpot!! The ticket was purchased at Food 4 Less 18318 Vanowen Street in Reseda. The bargain grocery retailer will get a $115,000 bonus just for selling that winning ticket. The lucky digits: 3, 4, 27, 30, 40, and the Mega 17. The skies were overcast and temperatures cool, but for that jackpot winning ticket holder the weekend was probably the best ever. The odds of... Read More →
Big money draw tonight in the Powerball lottery game. The jackpot is at $415 million and the 7th largest in the game’s history . That jackpot has rolled over 18 times. It was last won by a lucky player who bought a $2 ticket in Florida back in March. Hopeful Powerball players have their eyes on the present jackpot, which now has a cash value of $268 million. The next draw is tonight. The ticket buying closes at 7 p.m.
Several California players woke up this morning as major Powerball winners. The biggest winner is the holder of a ticket sold at the 7-Eleven, 4092 Chino Hills Parkway, in Chino Hills, which hit the jackpot with all of the correct numbers in yesterday’s draw. Those rich digits: 4, 8, 19, 27, 34 and the red Powerball 10. Two other tickets, one in Florida and the another in Tennessee, matched all of those numbers as well. They’ll share the record-breaking $1.6 billion jackpot. California had a... Read More →
Millions of dreamers threw down tons of money for Powerball tickets, but none came up with the winning numbers in yesterday’s draw. Those multi-million dollar digits: 16, 19, 32, 34, 57, and the red Powerball 13. Saturday’s jackpot, nearly 950 million, rolled over and leaped the jaw-dropping one billion mark. Right now, the jackpot stands at $1.3 billion and yes, it will most likely go higher as the ticket buying frenzy gets underway for the next draw. The jackpot is still up for grabs, but some California players... Read More →
As Powerball fever sweeps the nation, the jackpot for that lottery game has surged to $900 million. It could near one billion dollars by the time of tonight’s draw at 7 :59 p.m. That’s the riches lottery jackpot in U.S. history. The chances of winning the big prize is one in 293 million. The odds of winning some kind of prize is one in 25. So there are winners. Last Wednesday, no one scored the jackpot, but a lucky player did match five of the winning numbers. Those numbers... Read More →
Feeling Lucky? If so, you might want to pick up a Mega Millions lottery ticket. That lottery jackpot will be at least $253 million tonight — the eight largest in the Mega Millions game in the past five years. The jackpot got pumped with a new batch of millions after no ticket had all of the winning numbers in last Friday’s draw. The May 29 winning numbers are 20, 27, 38, 49 and 66, and the Mega Ball 2. The Mega Millions jackpot has been on a... Read More →
No one hit the jackpot in last Tuesday’s Mega Millions draw, but one California player came pretty close. Charles Messenger, a computer administration employee in Salinas, matched all the winning numbers, except the Mega Ball. That lucky ticket is worth $2.7 million. Messenger bought 20 $1 quick picks at Star Market 1275 South Main Street in Salinas last Sunday and one of them made him a millionaire, according to a California lottery news release. Tuesday’s winning numbers are 1, 39, 52, 69, 72, and the Mega Ball 12. The... Read More →
The Mega Millions jackpot is stuffed with a lot of green after leaping to $214 million! It happened after no one ticket held all of the winning numbers in last Friday’s draw. Those hot digits: 3, 14, 15, 25, 48, and the Mega Ball 8. Another chance to grab that big jackpot comes up in tonight’s draw. You have until 7:45 p.m. to buy those Mega Millions lottery tickets.
The Mega Millions jackpot is on a major roll. No ticket had all of last night’s winning number, so the money pot took a tumble to $194 million. Tuesday’s hot digits are 10, 12, 21, 29 , 65 and the Mega Ball 10 The jackpot has been rolling along, picking up millions, since it was hit for $58 million last March 24 by a group of New York workers. The next draw is this Friday, May 22.
The Mega Millions jackpot has ballooned to $246 million for tonight’s draw, but that’s not the lottery story getting the most media chatter. In the media spotlight right now, a retired New York school principal who won the November 4 , 2014 jackpot of $326 million! Yeah, the odds of winning are long — but someone does WIN! Yesterday a big ceremony in New York for retired 80 year-old elementary school principal, Harold Diamond, who won the Mega Millions $326 million jackpot. Diamond credits his wife Carol, who... Read More →
A colossal Mega Millions jackpot is up for grabs!. The enormous money pot is at least $221 million — but could be even richer by tonight’s draw. The jackpot has been on a roll since November 4 when it was hit for $326 million. Will it go that high again? Hey, only Lady Luck knows. Since the Mega Millions game began in 2002, 11 jackpots have been won in January. In fact, since 2005 someone has scored a Mega Millions jackpot in January. So if you feel... Read More →
The Mega Millions lottery game is ending the year with a huge jackpot! That money pot is stuffed with at least $170 million after no one had the winning numbers in yesterday’s day after Christmas draw. Those lucky numbers: 2,5,10,20,38 and the Mega Ball 14. The last time someone scored the big win in this game was back on November 4, when a single ticket bought in New York won a $326 million jackpot. The last chance to win a Mega Millions jackpot in 2014 is... Read More →
Lottery luck struck twice at the same retailer in Arcadia over the weekend. Two winning SuperLotto Plus tickets for last Saturday’s draw were purchased at the Golden Donut Place 104 East Foothill Boulevard in Arcadia. One ticket hit the jackpot and is worth $24 million. The second ticket, got all but the Mega Ball correct, and will pay out $10, 866. Three other tickets, bought in California, in that SuperLotto draw got five of the numbers right, but missed the Mega Ball. Here are those winning digits: 5, 7, 21, 31,... Read More →
The Mega Millions jackpot is on a money roll just in time to make some lucky ticket holder’s holiday really special. No one ticket held all of the winning numbers from Last Friday’s draw. Those digits: 2, 31, 46, 58, 65, and the Mega Ball 7. However, a ticket bought in the Southland has all but the Mega number and it’s worth $928,084. Not a million bucks, but enough to rock the world of most folks. The ticket was sold at the 7-ELeven 3975 Wilshire Boulevard in Los Angeles. Meanwhile,... Read More →
Someone who bought a ticket in New York is the latest Mega Millions lottery jackpot winner. The winning ticket was a quick pick. It had all of the lucky numbers in the election night draw: 9, 15, 24, 39, 41, and the Mega Ball 1. The jackpot was a hefty $321 million, but lottery fever pushed it up to $326 million. It’s one of the largest jackpots ever in that game. The game was not a total bust for California. A ticket bought in... Read More →
Money, money, money! The Mega Millions lottery jackpot is stuffed with, you guessed it, millions of dollars! No one ticket had all of the winning numbers in last Friday’s draw. Those very hot digits: 11, 29, 36, 58, 67, and the Mega Ball 15. The jackpot rolled over to $321 million — the 8th largest Mega Millions jackpot ever! It wasn’t all bad news in the Halloween draw. There were several tickets with five of the winning numbers — two sold in the Golden State. One... Read More →
