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Does She or Doesn’t She? Maryland Woman Claims to Have One of the Three Mega Millions Tickets (Worth More than $200 Million). Now Says She has “Misplaced” it. Hmmmm

I knew something like this was bound to happen. From a report in the New York Post, a Maryland woman who works at a Baltimore-area McDonald’s said she has one of three winning Mega Millions lottery tickets after the big $640 million Mar. 30 drawing. According to the Post, Mirlande Wilson, 37, bought the winning [...]

North Carolina Player Takes it to the “Max,” Scratches $1 Million Top Prize

Perry Greene, a resident of Lawndale in Cleveland County, North Carolina, plans to pay bills with the $1 million prize he scratched off on his Maximum Green ticket. Geez, I hope he does more than “just” pay bills with his million. But I digress… “I felt like my blood pressure went directly to my feet,” [...]

Not an April Fool’s Day Joke: Hey, You Just Won $250,000

Maryland Lottery player Ronald Ruse went to sleep last week (the night of the $656 million Mega Millions draw) without realizing how different his life would be when he woke up the next morning. Earlier that day, he purchased $50 worth of tickets for the record-breaking Mega Millions drawing during his lunch break from work. [...]

Minnesota Family is “Hot” Winner of $2.9 Million

Three members of a North Mankato, Minnesota, family have stepped forward to claim the $2.99 million Hot Lotto jackpot from the March 14, 2012 drawing. Thomas H. Browne, his son Lee Browne and his daughter Elaine Pleiss are the winners. Thomas said he heard an announcement on the radio that the winning Hot Lotto jackpot ticket [...]

In Case You Are Just Waking Up: Mega Millions Jackpot of $640 Million Will Be Shared by Three Ticket Holders, in Illinois, Kansas, and Maryland

The results are in. Three tickets (so far) have matched the Mega Millions numbers drawn on Mar. 30, and those tickets were sold in Maryland, Illinois and Kansas. This is not to say that more winning tickets might not exist in other states. As of this writing, some states have not yet reported on their [...]

Let the Fantasies Begin: Mar. 30 Mega Millions Draw Worth $540 Million

When you buy a lottery ticket, let’s face it, you’re buying a dream. You’re buying the fantasy of…what if? Particularly if you play one of the big money games. So… what would you do if you won the Mar. 30, Mega Millions game worth more than half a billion dollars? You could buy a small [...]

Er … Make That a $500,000,000 (or, Half a Billion) Mega Millions Jackpot Up for Grabs

Ok…a few days ago, the Mega Millions jackpot was set at $476 million. Now, officials have upped the jackpot (as if people needed more motivation) to an astounding $500 million. Either way, the top prize will be the biggest Mega Millions jackpot in the multi-state lottery’s history and also the biggest lottery in U.S. history. [...]

$476 Million in Play This March 30 in U.S.A.’s Mega Millions Game (That’s Right, Nearly Half-a-BILLION Dollars)

Amazing. Just amazing. We (who play the lottery) are living an historic moment: the biggest jackpot in the game’s history … in the U.S.A. at least…will be $476 million (or higher) up for grabs Friday, March 30, 11 p.m. E.S.T. The winning numbers for the $356 million (not too shabby), which was the third-largest prize [...]

UK Bus Drivers Speed Away with Euro Millions Jackpot Worth £38 Million

The EuroMillions jackpot on March 16 was won by a pool of 12 bus drivers from Corby in Northamptonshire, UK. The syndicate is led by Chris Smith and has been buying tickets as a collective for three years. Because the group only plays the EuroMillions game on Fridays and each member pays for just one [...]

Wow! Mega Millions Jackpot of $363,000,000 is in the Stratosphere

Spurred by a mega-exciting jackpot, Mega Millions sales have outpaced the forecast of Mega Millions officials. So those officials have increased the estimated jackpot for the Tuesday, March 27, drawing from $356 million to $363 million. The estimated jackpot is based on sales up to the time of the drawing.  So the adjusted jackpot is [...]

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