Mega Millions / Powerball Lottery News

Sunday, February 5, 2012

• 8:00 am – $250 MILLION: Powerball lottery jackpot ramps up.  There was no jackpot winner in the Saturday night drawing of the multi-state Powerball game, causing the grand prize to increase to an estimated $250 million for Wednesday's drawing.
• 12:13 am – Powerball: There was no jackpot winner in the Saturday, February 04, 2012 Powerball drawing, but 5 lucky players matched the first 5 numbers for a $1,000,000 prize: 1 from Arizona, 1 from Colorado (with Power Play), 1 from Florida (with Power Play), 1 from New York, and 1 from North Carolina.  For the complete rundown of winners by prize category, the drawing video, and all other data about this drawing, see the Powerball Drawing Detail page.

Saturday, February 4, 2012

• 11:08 pm – Powerball:  The Saturday, February 04, 2012 Powerball drawing has taken place, and the results are 15-23-43-45-56, and the Powerball is 7.  To see all the ways your ticket can win a prize, please go to the Ways To Win Powerball page, or you can use the Powerball Search page to type the numbers on your ticket and have the USA Mega computer search the past results.  We will announce the number of big winners in this drawing, the states they came from, and the next jackpot within the next couple of hours, here on USA Mega.  Good luck!
• 4:25 am – Mega Millions: There was no jackpot winner in the Friday, February 03, 2012 Mega Millions drawing, but 1 lucky player from Virginia matched the first 5 numbers for a $250,000 prize.  For the complete rundown of winners by prize category, a list of the California pari-mutuel prize amounts, the drawing video, and all other data about this drawing, see the Mega Millions Drawing Detail page.

Friday, February 3, 2012

• 11:05 pm – Mega Millions:  The Friday, February 03, 2012 Mega Millions drawing has taken place, and the results are 7-19-21-49-53, and the Mega Ball is 35.  The Megaplier number is 4.  To see all the ways your ticket can win a prize, please go to the Ways To Win Mega Millions page, or you can use the Mega Millions Search page to type the numbers on your ticket and have the USA Mega computer search the past results.  We will announce the number of big winners in this drawing, the states they came from, and the next jackpot within the next couple of hours, here on USA Mega.  Good luck!

Thursday, February 2, 2012

• 4:40 pm – Entire town, except one guy, wins $950M lottery.  All but one household in Sodeto, Spain, held at least a piece of a winning ticket in the Spanish El Gordo lottery's huge first prize, $950 million -- the biggest ever.
• 7:20 am – $200 MILLION: New Powerball delivers huge lottery jackpot.  There was no jackpot winner in the Wednesday night drawing of the multi-state Powerball game, causing the grand prize to increase to an estimated $200 million for Saturday's drawing.
• 12:49 am – Powerball: There was no jackpot winner in the Wednesday, February 01, 2012 Powerball drawing, but 3 lucky players matched the first 5 numbers for a $1,000,000 prize: 1 from Kentucky, 1 from Pennsylvania, and 1 from Texas.  For the complete rundown of winners by prize category, the drawing video, and all other data about this drawing, see the Powerball Drawing Detail page.

Wednesday, February 1, 2012

• 11:06 pm – Powerball:  The Wednesday, February 01, 2012 Powerball drawing has taken place, and the results are 8-13-17-34-59, and the Powerball is 35.  To see all the ways your ticket can win a prize, please go to the Ways To Win Powerball page, or you can use the Powerball Search page to type the numbers on your ticket and have the USA Mega computer search the past results.  We will announce the number of big winners in this drawing, the states they came from, and the next jackpot within the next couple of hours, here on USA Mega.  Good luck!
• 8:40 am – D.C. Council poised to repeal online gambling.  After becoming the first jurisdiction in the nation to legalize online gambling within its borders, the District of Columbia is poised to repeal the program before it launches.
• 8:00 am – Iowa Legislators satisfied with Lottery's handling of mystery jackpot winner.  State lawmakers gave Iowa Lottery officials high marks Tuesday for the way they handled the mysterious circumstances surrounding a winning Hot Lotto jackpot that went unclaimed when attorneys representing a trust that turned in a valid ticket withdrew a claim for the multimillion-dollar prize last week.
• 1:11 am – Mega Millions: There was no jackpot winner in the Tuesday, January 31, 2012 Mega Millions drawing, but 5 lucky players matched the first 5 numbers for a $250,000 prize: 3 from California, 1 from Illinois, and 1 from Ohio.  For the complete rundown of winners by prize category, a list of the California pari-mutuel prize amounts, the drawing video, and all other data about this drawing, see the Mega Millions Drawing Detail page.