Tuesday's Mega Millions Drawing Nears Record 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.
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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.
Nobody won so Tuesday's jackpot will be at least $550 million. Would you take winning the Mega Millions if it meant a Detroit team would never win a championship again? You're rich for life, but so many people are annually disappointed…
No one won the big Mega Millions jackpot Friday night, but two people in metro Detroit are $1 million richer.
You could do a lot of things with $230 million...
Michigan will begin selling lottery tickets and offering games online next year.
A rare double win for a Michigan man who moved to the state two years ago
There was one winning ticket for the latest $400 million Powerball jackpot, but it wasn't sold in Michigan.
The next drawing will be Wednesday, with an estimated jackpot of $400 million.
Lottery officials say there were no jackpot winners in Saturday's Powerball drawing.
Someone who bought a $1 lottery ticket in Troy is now $79 million richer.
The decision comes after lawmakers didn't allocate money to launch an "iLottery" in early 2014.
The Republican-crafted spending plan affects many corners of Michigan life -- from how much it will cost to hunt and fish, to fixing deteriorating roads, to lengthening the school year.
Powerball is a game of numbers, and lottery officials say the majority of possible combinations have already been purchased ahead of Saturday night's near-historic $600 million drawing.
The Michigan Lottery sees the Internet as its new frontier for business, where more tickets can be sold and games can be played to ultimately pump more money into public schools.
More than 3,500 lottery winners in Michigan received public assistance last year or lived with people on welfare, food stamps or other aid, a state agency reported earlier this week.
The Michigan Lottery plans to begin selling online subscriptions for games such as Mega Millions and Powerball starting this spring.
A woman who stole more than $23,000 in lottery tickets from a Michigan gas station where she worked has been sentenced to about 10 months in jail.
The powerball jackpot for Saturday night's drawing is up to $100-million.
We now know who was holding that $1 million winning ticket from last week's huge Powerball drawing.
At least two people in Michigan now have a lot of holiday cash, and some to spare.
Powerball fever has swept much of the nation with long lines forming as folks try to land themselves that ultimate stocking stuffer.
While many people played, no one matched all the numbers.
Saturday night's Powerball jackpot is the fourth largest in history at $325 millions.
A Detroit woman was lucky -- and then lucky again, winning both a free ticket and then a $1 million jackpot with it.
Someone in Michigan has just come across a fortune to the tune of $3.4 million after purchasing a $1 lottery ticket in Warren.
