$970 Million Mega Millions Jackpot; What Are The Most Common Numbers Drawn?
The drawing is tonight for the $970 million Mega Millions jackpot, the second largest lottery jackpot in U.S. history.
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The drawing is tonight for the $970 million Mega Millions jackpot, the second largest lottery jackpot in U.S. history.
The winner of the $548 million jackpot would have a cash option of $309 million.
The Mega Millions jackpot has swelled to its third largest total ever, after no one picked all six winning numbers on Tuesday.
The Mega Millions drawing for $227 million dollars is set for Friday night. The winner will get a cash option of $134 million.
The lucky winner of Tuesday night's half-billion dollar Mega Millions jackpot bought their ticket in San Jose, California.
The Illinois Mega Millions jackpot has reached $512 million for tonight's drawing.
The jackpot in the Mega Millions lottery in Illinois has reached $283 million after there was no winner in Tuesday night's drawing, lottery officials said Friday.
There may be a millionaire out there who doesn't even know it.
While there was no winner in Wednesday's drawing, players won prizes worth $2.00 to $10,000.
Alex Seol won $40,000 in the Mega Millions drawing when his ticket matched four of the five winning numbers.
The Quick Pick ticket was bought at INS Market, 225 N. Michigan, and matched all five numbers – 03, 07, 22, 27 and 50.
Winners have up to a year from the original drawing date to claim their prizes.
Patricia Busking and her husband will share their nearly $400 million in winnings with family and donate to charity. CBS 2's Sandra Torres reports.
We have a Mega Millions lottery winner--right here in the Chicago suburbs.
Convenience store owner Glen Gorman said his business will be hurt by losing those games, especially with extremely large jackpots.
Illinois Lottery players who buy tickets for Powerball and Mega Millions could soon have to cross state lines for a chance at those huge jackpots.
With more than two days left until the next drawing, the Powerball jackpot has climbed to a staggering $1.4 billion, easily the largest lottery pot ever in the world.
Supermercado Imelda manager Dolores Diaz said she has no idea who the winning player is, and until Wednesday, wasn't even aware of the store's $500,000 bonus for selling the winning ticket.
A Naperville man has officially claimed the largest prize in Illinois Lottery history, reports WBBM's Lisa Fielding.
The winner of the largest lottery jackpot in Illinois history is coming forward to claim a Mega Millions prize. CBS 2's Derrick Blakley reports.
The winner of Friday's Mega Million's $270 million jackpot has not yet come forward after the winning ticket, 26-32-44-45-58, was sold at a gas station in Glendale Heights.
Someone still has yet to claim Friday's $270 million Mega Millions jackpot, and lottery officials don't want the winner to wait until after the holiday weekend to claim their prize.
Someone in the Chicago area just hit a massive Mega Millions jackpot. WBBM's Mike Krauser reports.
Twenty Mega Millions players matched five out of six numbers in Tuesday night's drawing, and won a $1 million prize, and one of those tickets was sold in Chicago.
There were no jackpot winners in Illinois in Tuesday night's $636 million Mega Millions drawing, but there was one person who won a $1 million prize after buying a ticket in Chicago.
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