DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — Lottery officials say someone has won the record $1.6 billion Mega Millions jackpot. Mega Millions officials said a ticket purchased in South Carolina matches all six numbers in Tuesday night’s drawing. The massive jackpot is the world’s largest ever lottery grand prize. The winning numbers were 5, 28, 62, 65, […]
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If you won the Mega Millions, read this before doing anything
First things first: Quadruple-check your ticket after Tuesday’s Mega Millions drawing. Then do it again. Do they match the winning numbers? Yes? Lock the deadbolt and read on. So, you’ve done it. Beaten the odds – one in 302,575,350 – and won the largest Mega Millions jackpot in U.S. lottery history. Perhaps you’re splitting the […]
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Despite long odds, Mega Millions fever hits Lewiston-Auburn
LEWISTON — So you did not win the Mega Millions. The winning ticket — 5, 28, 62, 65, 70 and Mega Ball 5 — was sold in South Carolina. If you bought a ticket Tuesday in Maine, you were not alone. While players were more likely to be bitten by a shark than take home […]
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Huge lottery prizes due to simple math, with some surprises
DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — For all the anticipation about whether someone will finally snag the gigantic Mega Millions and Powerball jackpots, the games come down to two things: simple math — and very long odds. But there are some quirks and surprises about the math equations that likely will soon vault someone into stratospheric […]
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Two winners in $636M Mega Millions drawing
The ticketholders’ identities may remain a mystery for months — California gives the winner a year to come forward, Georgia 180 days — but one winner is already known: Thuy Nguyen, who owns Jennifer’s Gift Shop in San Jose. For selling a winning ticket in Tuesday’s drawing, Nguyen will get $1 million, California Lottery officials […]
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What makes you think you can win the $636 million Mega Millions jackpot?
It’s the ultimate fantasy: Walk into a store, plunk down a dollar, and with nothing but luck — really extraordinary luck — you win a giant lottery. Suddenly, you’re rich as a sultan with enough money to buy an NBA team or your own island. The odds of that happening, of course, are astronomical. But […]
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Mega Millions jackpot hits $586 million
DES MOINES, Iowa — Paula Otto, executive director of the Virginia Lottery and Mega Millions’ lead director, said ticket sales are ahead of projections for Tuesday’s drawing, increasing the likelihood that the record could fall by then. If the prize goes unclaimed for a 22nd consecutive drawing, the next one likely would shatter the record, […]