Mega Millions Jackpot At $30M, Naperville Player Came Close
No one matched all the winning numbers in Friday night's Mega Millions drawing and the estimated grand prize for the multi-state lottery grew to $30 million.
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No one matched all the winning numbers in Friday night's Mega Millions drawing and the estimated grand prize for the multi-state lottery grew to $30 million.
A Mega Millions game player who bought their ticket for Friday night's drawing at a south suburban gas station is $118 million richer this morning.
All the Mega Millions players who've spent the past few days dreaming of how they would spend nearly $300 million now will have to start dreaming about what they would do with more than $350 million.
The Mega Millions lottery has rolled over again. The jackpot for Friday night's drawing was $200 million, but no one had the luck of the Irish on St. Patrick's Eve, and the next drawing, set for Tuesday, will be worth an estimated $241 million.
No one matched all the numbers drawn in Friday night's Mega Millions drawing and the jackpot increased from $148 million to an estimated $171 million.
It's been more than a month since anyone playing the Mega Millions has matched all the numbers drawn, to collect the multi-state lottery's grand prize and that didn't change Friday night, though a couple area players came close.
Everyone's attentions may be turned to the $325 million Powerball jackpot, but the growing grand prize for the Mega Millions lottery isn't anything to scoff at.
No one matched all the numbers picked in Friday night's Mega Millions drawing and the grand prize for the multi-state lottery grew to an estimated $33 million.
No one matched all six numbers in Friday night's Mega Millions drawing and the estimated jackpot for the multi-state lottery game rose to $152 million.
Friday night was a lucky night for two lottery players in the south suburbs. A Mega Millions player and a Little Lotto player each won $250,000 in drawings held Friday night, according to the Illinois Lottery.
No one matched all the numbers drawn in Friday night's Mega Millions lottery drawing and the jackpot for the game increased to nearly $50 million.
Two winning tickets were sold for Friday's $113 million interstate lottery, but neither was sold in Illinois.
Nobody hit the jackpot in Friday night's multi-state Mega Millions drawing, and the grand prize will grow to near $54 million.
No one matched all the numbers in Friday night's Mega Millions drawing, but one person, who bought their ticket in the West Loop, came close.
No one matched all six numbers in Friday night's Mega Millions drawing and the jackpot increased to an estimated $88 million.
Nobody won the jackpot in Friday's multi-state Mega Millions drawing, and the grand prize will grow near $64 million.
Nobody in Illinois hit the jackpot in Friday's $35 million Mega Millions interstate lottery, but a grand prize ticket was sold in Texas and a $250,000 ticket in Illinois.
No one matched all six winning numbers in the Mega Millions drawing Friday night and the jackpot for the multi-state lottery game grew to $58 million.
A winning Mega Ball ticket for Friday's $312 million drawing was sold in New York. Twelve tickets in Illinois matched four of five numbers and the Mega Ball and will each receive $10,000.
No one matched all the numbers drawn in Friday night's Mega Millions game, but five players matched four of five numbers and the Mega Ball. They will receive $10,000.
Nobody matched the winning numbers in Friday night's Mega Millions multi-state lottery drawing and the grand prize has increased to an estimated $172 million.
Nobody matched all six numbers in Friday night's Mega Millions drawing and the estimated grand prize will grow to about $88 million.
Nobody matched all six numbers in Friday night's Mega Millions drawing and the estimated grand prize will grow to more than $90 million.
Nobody won Friday's Mega Millions drawing, and the grand prize will grow to $20 million dollars.
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