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$1.04 BILLION: Massive Powerball jackpot increases againNews Story
4th billion-dollar lottery jackpot this year By Todd Northrop For the fourth time in 2023, a lottery jackpot has reached $1 billion or more twice with the Mega Millions game, and now twice with Powerball. The latest billion-dollar jackpot of the year comes after nobody won last night's Powerball multi-state lottery drawing, sending the Monday jackpot to heights that once seemed unattainable for a lottery game. Monday's Powerball jackpot is currently estimated at $1.04 billion, w
Oct 1, 2023, 8:29 am - Todd - Lottery News

$1.55 BILLION: Biggest Mega Millions jackpot ever to be drawn TuesdayNews Story
Third-largest lottery jackpot in history Cash value is more than three-quarters of a billion dollars By Todd Northrop Last night, the multi-state Mega Millions lottery game produced no top winner for the 31st consecutive drawing, prompting lottery officials to raise the game's jackpot to $1.55 billion the largest jackpot in the game's 27-year history. A winner who chooses the cash option would receive a lump-sum $757.2 million three-quarters of a billion dollars in cash! It'
Aug 5, 2023, 6:58 am - Todd - Lottery News

$1.25 BILLION: Mega Millions jackpot set to deliver unimaginable wealthNews Story
Sixth-largest lottery jackpot in history By Todd Northrop After 30 drawings without a jackpot winner, the multi-state Mega Millions lottery game now boasts a cresting jackpot of $1.25 billion that could instantly put someone among the wealthiest people on the planet. When nobody won Tuesday night's grand prize, the Mega Millions jackpot grew to an estimated $1.25 billion. As huge of a number as that is, the game will undoubtedly require at least one more rollover before it exceeds th
Aug 2, 2023, 7:40 am - Todd - Lottery News

$1.35 BILLION: Mega Millions jackpot set to deliver unimaginable wealthNews Story
Dodges popular birthday numbers to become fourth-largest lottery jackpot in history By Todd Northrop After 25 drawings without a jackpot winner, the multi-state Mega Millions lottery game now boasts a cresting jackpot of $1.35 billion that could instantly put someone among the wealthiest people on the planet. To get to this point, the game had to survive a drawing in which all birthday numbers were drawn. Birthday numbers are those less than 31, and lotteries typically sell an outsiz
Jan 11, 2023, 7:14 am - Todd - Lottery News

$940 MILLION: Mega Millions lottery jackpot ready to make another billionaireNews Story
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 - Todd - Lottery News

$1 BILLION: Historic Powerball jackpot draw set for MondayNews Story
5th time a lottery jackpot has reached $1 billion By Todd Northrop The most commonly-heard phrase this week just might be, Did you get Powerball tickets? That's because nobody won the Powerball multi-state lottery drawing Saturday night, sending the Monday jackpot to heights only seen once before in the game's history. Monday's Powerball jackpot is currently estimated at $1 billion, with a lump-sum cash value of $497.3 million. And based on past multi-state lottery jackpots, th
Oct 30, 2022, 8:59 am - Todd - Lottery News

New UK National Lottery operator Allwyn will implement online spending limitNews Story
New protection measures to be put in place for lottery players By Kate Northrop As part of Allwyn Entertainment's upcoming takeover as the new operator of the UK National Lottery, a spending limit will be put in place for players buying lottery products online. Lottery players in the UK will be limited to a certain number of tickets they buy online and will be restricted in the amount they spend virtually. UK Lottery retailers received a contract that they must agree to before D
Sep 6, 2023, 4:44 pm - Todd - Lottery News

$1.55 BILLION: Biggest Mega Millions jackpot ever to be drawn TuesdayReply
If there are no winners Tuesday i wonder how high the next drawing will be for. I'm surprised that it's past 3 on Monday afternoon and they haven't bumped it up yet. The last increases was roughly $250 million, from 1.1 to 1.35 billion, so you'd think that this one would increase by at least that much and that by now they'd have plenty of sales data for the confidence to announce a higher jackpot unless sales have been a bit lackluster. I'd expect that this one should make it somewhere past
Aug 7, 2023, 3:19 pm - KY Floyd - Lottery News

Iowa Lottery retailer accuses store manager of buying ticket he knew won $100,000Reply
Made up ??? The person was fired from their place of employment. That hardly seems to be a fraudulent story to me.... The facts presented do not appear to be made up. HR Manager asks McVicker a series of questions about the purchase. While he reported that he bought the ticket on the evening of Nov. 7 , Klenzman later came to the conclusion that he had been working that day and was on duty during the time frame he says purchased the ticket, despite not clocking in for work. However
Mar 22, 2023, 1:00 pm - CDanaT - Lottery News

Arkansas Lottery's Lotto jackpot worth nearly $800,000; has yet to be won since game's launchNews Story
Still no winner for newest game in Arkansas as jackpot continues to climb By Kate Northrop Since the Arkansas Lottery launched its newest game more than two months ago, Lotto has yet to produce its first big winner, with the jackpot climbing to nearly $800,000 for Wednesday's drawing. The state of Arkansas is still waiting for the first-ever Lotto jackpot winner to match six numbers as the jackpot steadily nears seven figures. In September, the Lottery officially opened sales for
Nov 30, 2022, 2:32 pm - Todd - Lottery News