Mega Millions Jackpot Rises To $350 Million; Powerball At $307 Million
Lottery players are watching not one, but two huge jackpots this week.
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Lottery players are watching not one, but two huge jackpots this week.
The jackpot for Friday's Mega Millions drawing is estimated to be $323 million.
It's the tenth largest jackpot in Mega Millions history.
This comes as Massachusetts lottery profits have hit an all-time high.
The price of Mega Millions tickets will increase from $1 to $2 later this year.
A customer in Sharon won $1 million in the Mega Millions drawing.
A $1 ticket can give you a shot at more than half a billion dollars this week.
No one has matched all Mega Millions numbers since March 8.
Lottery officials are alerting people to be on the lookout for scammers.
No one won Tuesday night's drawing, so the jackpot grows even bigger.
What would you do with a few hundred million dollars?
No one won Tuesday night's Mega Millions drawing.
Jon says you might want to be careful what you wish for when playing the lottery.
It hasn't quite reached Powerball fever levels yet, but the Mega Millions jackpot has climbed to an eye-popping $333 million.
No one has won the grand prize since March 8.
A $2 million ticket was sold in Bellingham, Mass.
Forty workers from Milford Town Hall all went in together to buy tickets. They got five numbers right, but they were the wrong five numbers.
The two winning Mega Millions tickets were sold in California and Georgia, lottery officials said Wednesday.
The numbers for the $636 million Mega Millions jackpot were drawn Tuesday night. Now, the country waits to see if there's a winner of the second largest lottery jackpot in U.S. history.
Sales of Mega Millions tickets were booming Tuesday, pushing the jackpot to $636 million for tonight's drawing.
Obviously, that is far too much money to spend on oneself, even if you're a major-league hedonist. So the focus will be on how to help others with it.
One of the largest jackpots in U.S. lottery history climbed even higher Saturday after no ticket matched all six numbers to win the $425 million top Mega Millions prize.
Superstition didn't deter players hoping that Friday the 13th would bring them good luck in the recently revamped Mega Millions game, as heavy sales prompted lottery officials to boost the jackpot from $400 million to $425 million.
A West Yarmouth man is $1 million richer having missed Tuesday night's Mega Millions jackpot by just one number.
The previous Powerball record was $587.5 million in 2012.
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