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Mega Millions jackpot increases to $111 millionNews Story
The multistate Mega Millions lottery jackpot has grown to $111 million for Friday's game after there was no big winner in the latest drawing.No tickets matched all five lotto numbers and the Mega Ball in Tuesday night's $92 million drawing.A total of eight tickets won Mega Million's second prize: 1 from Michigan, 1 from New Jersey, 3 from Ohio, 1 from Virginia, and 2 from Washington. Each ticket had all five lotto numbers but not the Mega Ball number to win $175,000.33 tickets matched four of t
Jan 12, 2005, 11:00 am - Lottery News

Mega Millions lottery jackpot increases to $92 millionNews Story
The jackpot in the multi-state Mega Millions lottery grew to $92 million Saturday.None of the tickets sold for Friday's $80 million drawing matched all five lotto numbers and the Mega Ball. The next drawing will be Tuesday.There were 11 second-prize winners from Friday night's drawing: 2 from Illinois, 1 from Maryland, 1 from Michigan, 1 from New Jersey, 1 from New York, 2 from Texas, 1 from Virginia, and 2 from Washington. Each winning ticket matched five numbers to win $175,000.Another 36 pl
Jan 10, 2005, 3:36 pm - Lottery News

Powerball Jackpot Bumps to $37 MillionNews Story
There were no Powerball jackpot winners Wednesday but 322,093 players across the nation won a total of more than $3.2 million in prizes in America's Game.Because no one correctly matched all six numbers in Wednesday's drawing the jackpot will grow to an estimated $37 million.The cash option for the Saturday, January 8th drawing will be an estimated $20.4 million.The numbers drawn were 4, 7, 10, 30, 37 and the Powerball was 37. The Power Play multiplier was 5.One player from Washington DC matched
Jan 6, 2005, 2:57 pm - Lottery News

R.I. Governor Replaces Entire Lottery CommissionNews Story
Rhode Island Governor Carcieri yesterday asserted the recently passed separation-of-powers constitutional amendment gives him the right to immediately replace all legislators and legislative appointees on the Lottery Commission and Coastal Resources Management Council.Carcieri sent the names of six Lottery nominees and eight coastal council nominees to the Senate for approval. Carcieri asked that they be confirmed quickly, noting each board was scheduled to meet before month's end.Senate Preside
Jan 6, 2005, 10:21 am - Lottery News

NJ lottery player pursues an idea to help the environmentNews Story
Ed Knorr was standing in line at a convenience store recently, waiting to buy a New Jersey lottery ticket.As he stood there, an idea struck him. What if funds from a state lottery game benefited the environment, aiding specific funding issues for various environmental causes?Knorr, chairman of the Williamstown-based Green Action Alliance, decided to pursue that idea. He devised the Best Dam Lottery Game, a lottery whose proceeds would provide assistance for private well testing to seniors and
Dec 28, 2004, 9:57 am - Lottery News

Mega Millions jackpot increases to $48 millionNews Story
The jackpot in the multi-state Mega Millions lottery grew to $48 million Saturday.None of the tickets sold for the $40 million drawing held on Christmas Eve matched all five lotto numbers and the Mega Ball. The next drawing will be Tuesday.There were eight second-prize winners from Friday's drawing: 1 from Georgia, 4 from New York, 1 from Texas, 1 from Virginia, and 1 from Washington. Each ticket matched five numbers to win $175,000.Another 27 players matched four of the five lotto numbers, pl
Dec 27, 2004, 9:01 am - Lottery News

Powerball Jackpot Leaps to $72 MillionNews Story
There were no Powerball jackpot winners Saturday but 496,648 players across the nation won a total of more than $4.4 million in prizes in America's Game.Because no one correctly matched all six numbers in Saturday's drawing the jackpot will grow to an estimated $72 million.The cash option for the Wednesday, November 17 drawing will be an estimated $39.3 million.The numbers drawn were: 5, 6, 26, 33, 34 and the Powerball was 13. The Power Play multiplier was 5.Seven players correctly matched the 5
Nov 15, 2004, 9:25 am - Lottery News

Mega Millions jackpot increases to $90 millionNews Story
The jackpot in the multi-state Mega Millions lottery grew to $90 million Saturday.None of the tickets sold for Friday's $77 million drawing matched all five lotto numbers and the Mega Ball. The next drawing will be Tuesday.There were 11 second-prize winners from Friday night's drawing: 1 from Georgia, 2 from Michigan, 2 from New York, 2 from Ohio, 2 from Texas, 1 from Virginia and 1 from Washington. Each ticket matched all five lotto numbers but not the Mega Ball number to win $175,000.Also, 2
Nov 8, 2004, 8:00 am - Lottery News

Mega Millions Jackpot Increases to $48 MillionNews Story
The jackpot in the multi-state Mega Millions lottery grew to $48 million Saturday.None of the tickets sold for Friday night's $40 million drawing matched all five lotto numbers and the Mega Ball. The next drawing will be Tuesday.There were three second-prize winners from Friday's drawing: 1 from Massachusetts, 1 from New York, and 1 from Washington. Each ticket matched all five lotto numbers but not the Mega Ball number to win $175,000.Also, 35 players matched four of the five lotto numbers, p
Oct 25, 2004, 8:24 am - Lottery News

Powerball ticket sold in Iowa worth $14.4 millionNews Story
Employees of a western Iowa convenience store were waiting excitedly Sunday to find out which of their customers won the $14.4 million Powerball jackpot. I think it's wonderful, said Charlotte Hostetter, a clerk at The Jump Start convenience store in Carter Lake, a town of 3,248 people on the eastern edge of Omaha, Neb.It's the first time the store has sold a winning Powerball ticket, Hostetter said.The winning numbers drawn Saturday night were 5, 20, 22, 36 and 42. The Powerball was 11.It was
Oct 18, 2004, 7:32 am - Lottery News