Lottery Moments

Hope everyone in the U.S. had a happy Thanksgiving Day. To everyone else around the world, good morning.

Because the Mega Millions jackpot is $111 million tonight, I thought it might be interesting to review Mega Millions’ (and the Big Game, as it once was called) top jackpots of all time.

1. $390 million, March 6, 2007, winning tickets sold in Georgia and New Jersey
2. $363 million, May 9, 2000, Illinois, Michigan
3. $331 million, April 16, 2002, Georgia, Illinois, New Jersey
4. $330, Aug. 31, 2007, Maryland, New Jersey, Texas and Virginia
5. $315 million, Nov. 15, 2005, California
6. $294 million, July 2, 2004, Massachusetts
7. $270 million, Feb. 28, 2006, Ohio
8 $258 million, Sept. 16, 2005, New Jersey
9. $239 million, Feb. 20, 2004, Virginia
10. $208 million, April 22, 2005, Michigan

Good luck tonight, all of you Mega Millions players.

Also tonight, the Euro Millions jackpot of 26 millon Euros is in play.
And Saturday night’s Powerball jackpot is $20 million.