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Illinois man claims $265 million Mega Millions lottery jackpotNews Story
Years of playing Quick Pick tickets every day paid off for 70-year-old Jesus Davila Jr. in January when he won $265 million the largest prize in Illinois Lottery history. I'm a regular Joe and I played and I won it, said Davila, as he smiled at a news conference Tuesday in the Thompson Center downtown, where Illinois Lottery Director Michael Jones presented him with an oversized check. Davila, who lives in Naperville, won the Mega Millions jackpot on Jan. 16 and was the only person to mat
Feb 24, 2015, 5:23 pm - Lottery News

$270 million Mega Millions jackpot won in IllinoisNews Story
By Todd Northrop An Illinois lottery player won the first jackpot of 2015, worth an estimated $270 million in a Mega Millions drawing Friday. The ticket, a quick pick meaning the numbers were selected randomly by the lottery terminal, was sold at Bucky's Express, 1202 Bloomingdale Road in west suburban Glendale Heights, said Illinois Lottery spokesman Mike Lang. The store will receive a $500,000 bonus for selling the winning ticket. It is the largest prize in Illinois Lottery history
Jan 18, 2015, 8:47 am - Lottery News

GET OUT THE VIOLIN: Florida woman grieving about $5 million lottery winNews Story
Four Central Florida people joined the ranks of the nouveau riche this week when each cashed a winning lottery ticket, including two who became overnight millionaires. But the biggest winner in the group, an Orlando nursing assistant who claimed a $5 million Mega Millions prize in Tallahassee, confided that she felt poorer spiritually. I'm a Christian. I don't gamble, said Fay Blake, 62. Spiritually, it bothers me. The Florida Lottery paid Blake $3,750,000 her winnings minus taxes and
Jan 16, 2015, 11:51 am - Lottery News

Retired NY principal claims $326M lottery jackpotNews Story
A retired Sullivan County, New York, school principal drew the sole winning ticket from a $326 million Mega Millions game two months ago, making him the biggest winner in state lottery history, officials said Monday. Harold Diamond, 80, purchased the winning multi-state ticket at a Valero gas station in Middletown on Nov. 4. Diamond had 60 days to contact lottery officials, and the Wurtsboro resident finally did so just before Christmas. Diamond was identified during an event at that Va
Jan 12, 2015, 11:37 am - Lottery News

New York lottery player wins $321M Mega Millions jackpotNews Story
Powerball jackpot tonight is $178 million For the first time since Aug. 22, someone has won the Mega Millions jackpot. A New York lottery player matched Tuesday's winning Mega Millions numbers of 9, 15, 24, 39 and 41 with the Mega Ball of 1 and won the $321 million jackpot. That ended a streak of 20 straight Mega Millions drawings without a jackpot winner. Five other players two in Texas and one each in California, New Jersey and New York came close to hitting the jackpot themselves, ma
Nov 5, 2014, 6:10 pm - Lottery News

$321 MILLION: Mega Millions jackpot is red hotNews Story
20th-largest U.S. jackpot of all time By Todd Northrop The multi-state Mega Millions lottery game continued its months-long climb Friday night, and is now at the point where jackpot rolls are sharply increased. After nobody won Friday night's grand prize, the Mega Millions jackpot grew to an estimated $321 million the largest since a $414 million Mega Millions jackpot was split between two tickets from Florida and Maryland on March 18, 2014. (See Florida couple, nearly penniless, claim
Nov 1, 2014, 1:09 pm - Lottery News

California man claims $180 million lottery jackpotNews Story
Rick Knudsen says he only plays the lottery when I feel lucky, about four or five times a year. The 53-year-old Calimesa, California, man said he was feeling especially lucky on Aug. 21, so he bought a $5 Quick Pick at a 7-Eleven store near his home in the largely rural community of about 8,000 people just across the San Bernardino County line in Riverside County. The first set of numbers on that ticket 5, 31, 34, 41, and 74 with Mega Ball number 3 turned out to be the luckiest of his life
Sep 4, 2014, 7:49 am - Lottery News

PA couple claims $149M Mega Millions jackpotNews Story
By Todd Northrop The Pennsylvania couple who bought a winning Mega Millions lottery ticket in May has finally come forward to claim the jackpot. The ticket was sold three months ago in White Oak and is worth $149 million. Carl Szott and his wife claimed their prize at the Pennsylvania Lottery Headquarters. Their ticket was the first Mega Millions winner ever in the state of Pennsylvania. Yesterday they got a check for $87 million. It's really surreal, said Szott. We are really
Aug 29, 2014, 3:05 pm - Lottery News

Mega Millions jackpot climbs to $180 millionNews Story
By Todd Northrop The Mega Millions jackpot has risen to an estimated $180 million for the next drawing in the multi-state lottery game after nobody won Tuesday night. Although the Friday night grand prize will not set any records, it continues to be the largest Mega Millions jackpot in the past 5 months. The last time the Mega Millions jackpot was this high was a $414 million jackpot won by two ticket-holders in March. (See 2 winning Mega Millions tickets sold in Florida, Maryland to sp
Aug 20, 2014, 9:31 am - Lottery News

$160 MILLION: largest Mega Millions jackpot in 5 monthsNews Story
By Todd Northrop After a couple of mega-sized jackpots early this year, the Mega Millions jackpot has stubbornly refused to explode to the humongous levels that make lottery players line up around the block. Perhaps that might change in the next couple of weeks, as the Mega Millions grand prize has increased to $160 million for the Tuesday evening drawing after nobody matched all 5 numbers and the Mega Ball Friday night. The lump-sum cash value of Tuesday's Mega Millions jackpot is $95.
Aug 18, 2014, 12:04 pm - Lottery News