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California Dreaming: Someone on the Left Coast Has Won the $133 Million Mega Millions Jackpot; Powerball Jackpot Up to $170 Million

Someone in California had a very good Mar. 5. One winning $133 million Mega Millions ticket was sold in the state.
So the jackpot resets at $12 million on Mar. 9.
Meanwhile, Powerball blasts up to $170 million on Mar. 10.
Good luck everyone.
Watch for my top 20 list later at this site.

She’s On Cloud Nine, After Winning $280,000 Playing Kentucky’s 3-Line Lotto Game

Everything was going along as usual on Wednesday for Kelly Vee of Nicholasville, Kentucky. That is, until she found out she was $280,000 richer!

Vee matched all six numbers in the same line on her 3 Line Lotto ticket, a Kentucky game… from the Tuesday, March 2 nd drawing.
“I’m on cloud nine,” Kelly said.
Earlier, she [...]

Louisiana Lottery Lightning Strikes… for Winner of $10,000

Edna Diane Campo of Addis poses with Lottery President Rose Hudson while claiming a $10,000 top prize.

A typical day of work at her Plaquemine store turned extraordinary when Edna Diane Campo of Addis, Louisiana, scratched the first $10,000 top-prize winning Zulu scratch-off ticket.
“I’m not really sure why I decided to play [...]

America’s Two Multi-State Games Top $133 Million Each; Which One Will You Play?

Me, I’m playing both.
How does anyone know when dame fortune will smile down on us?
Here’s the dea:
The March 5 Mega Millions jackpot is $133 million.
The March 6 Powerball jackpot is $139 million.
Which one will you play?
Which one will you win?
I wonder if anyone has every won both jackpots?
[See my book to right...answer: not to my [...]

$100 Million in Play in Both Mega Millions and Powerball Games

Big jackpots are in play for both of the U.S.A.’s multi-state games…Mega Millions, now at $112 million and Powerball, at about $95 million on Feb. 27.
There was no jackpot winner in the Mega Millions Feb. 26 game, so the rollover brought that jackpot above the $100,000,000 mark for the upcoming Mar. 2 game.
Good luck to [...]

Smooth as Silk: Granny Takes Home $1,000,000 Scratch Game Top Prize in New York

Western New York’s newest millionaire thought she had made a mistake when she scratched off the winning space on New York Lottery’s new Smooth 7s instant game.
“I thought I must have scratched something wrong,” Debra Mauro said when  a check for $1 million was presented to her.
“I thought it just had to be [...]

Days Before Winning Ticket Expires, Indiana Couple Cash in for $2.5 Million

From our news sources in Indiana (WXIN-TV…thank you folks):  A Greenwood, Indiana couple has come under the wire and finally turned in their old lottery ticket for $2.5 million dollars.
Time was running out.
For more than a week, the Hoosier Lottery has been looking for the winners of a lotto jackpot back in August. [...]

“Hot” Winner in Virginia Scratches For $100,000

Harold Campbell of Bristol, Tennessee, didn’t get overly excited when he won $100,000 in the Virginia Lottery.
He didn’t need to. The store clerk was excited enough for both of them.
“He checked it and then he waved it around,” Campbell told Lottery officials as he claimed his prize. “I saw that [...]

Top 5 Jackpots Now in Play, Worldwide

You guys (and women) have been asking me to run a weekly top jackpot list, so here goes.
These are the top 5 jackpots currently in play, worldwide.
1. $68 million, Mega Millions, next draw, Feb. 19
2. $57 million, Powerball, Feb. 20
3. Lotto Texas, $49 million, Feb. 20
4. Canada’s Loto Max, $42 million in Canadian dollars ($40 [...]

Now Hold On a Minute: South African Newspaper Story About Winner is Erroneous; He Didn’t Win (What a Bummer)

I ran across this story when a relative (my wife is South African) sent me this…which is essentially a Reuter’s News report.
A deaf South African cleaner besieged by begging relatives after a newspaper reported he had scooped a 91 million rand (US$12 million) lottery jackpot was not the winner, the draw’s organizers said.
National Lottery [...]

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