Mega Millions, Powerball jackpots combined top over $1billion this weekend
The Mega Millions drawing is worth $427 million and Saturday's Powerball jackpot stands at $590 million.
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The Mega Millions drawing is worth $427 million and Saturday's Powerball jackpot stands at $590 million.
The Mega Millions drawing for Friday is now worth $427 million while Saturday's Powerball jackpot stands at $590 million.
Another day, another millionaire after someone in Chicago purchased a winning Powerball ticket for last Saturday's drawing.
The jackpot now increases to $747 million for Monday night's drawing.
No one matched the winning numbers in Saturday's $700 million drawing.
If won, it would be the eighth-largest Powerball jackpot and the 13th-largest lottery jackpot won in U.S. history, according to the Illinois Lottery.
If no one wins, the pot gets closer to becoming one of the top ten prizes in the game's history.
Want to try to become the next Powerball millionaire? Well, tonight's the night.
Want to try to become the next Powerball millionaire? Well, tonight's the night.
If you take the cash option, that's just over $483 million.
If you take the cash option, that's just over $483 million.
This is now the eighth Illinois Lottery player who has won a prize of $500,000 or more playing Powerball this year.
The ticket was purchased at the 7-Eleven at 7601 W. 159th St. and matched all five white-ball numbers.
The ticket was purchased at the 7-Eleven at 7601 W. 159th St. and matched all five white-ball numbers.
It wasn't the $93 million jackpot, but someone in Tinley Park scored big in Saturday's Powerball drawing.
The announcement came after a lengthy delay in revealing the winning numbers.
Lottery officials said one state was still processing its sales data. The jackpot is the largest for any lottery, anywhere, ever.
The jackpot has eluded players since Aug. 3, the last time anyone matched all five winning numbers and the Powerball.
You have at least one more chance to get lucky with the Powerball lottery.
You have at least one more chance to get lucky with the Powerball lottery. CBS 2's Marybel González reports.
No one won Wednesday night's top prize of $1.2 billion, so the jackpot for Saturday night's drawing will be very close to the $1.586 billion world record for lotteries.
The dream of becoming the next billionaire is still alive after no one won Monday's Drawing.
The dream of becoming the next billionaire is still alive after no one won Monday’s Drawing.
There were no winning tickets sold for Monday night's Powerball drawing so the grand prize for Wednesday night's selections will be a minimum of roughly $1.2 billion.
The Illinois Lottery is giving players a chance to scoop up over 1,000 free Powerball tickets at one of the top 10 'winningest' Powerball stores. That's going to be at the Lucky Mart on the South Side, located at 2900 West 87th Street.
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