Mega Millions / Powerball Lottery News

Wednesday, October 18, 2017

• 12:30 am – Mega Millions: There were no jackpot winners and no $1,000,000 winners in the Tuesday, October 17, 2017 Mega Millions drawing.  For the complete rundown of winners in each of the other prize categories, 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.

Tuesday, October 17, 2017

• 11:07 pm – Mega Millions:  The Tuesday, October 17, 2017 Mega Millions drawing has taken place, and the results are 31-45-49-56-70, and the Mega Ball is 11.  The Megaplier number is 5.  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!
• 9:00 am – Arizona Lottery director not embarrassed about computerized drawing fiasco.  The head of the Arizona Lottery says he's not embarrassed that his department overlooked a potentially costly failure of its computerized drawings.

Sunday, October 15, 2017

• 9:00 am – Lottery rigger warned officials about computerized drawing machines years ago.  The mastermind behind a national lottery scam says he warned officials about a glitch in computer-generated drawings 11 years ago, but "nobody seemed too worried," his lawyer revealed in an exclusive interview.
• 12:23 am – Powerball: There were no jackpot winners and no $1,000,000 winners in the Saturday, October 14, 2017 Powerball drawing.  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, October 14, 2017

• 11:05 pm – Powerball:  The Saturday, October 14, 2017 Powerball drawing has taken place, and the results are 32-37-56-66-69, and the Powerball is 11.  The Power Play number is 3.  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!
• 6:11 am – Mega Millions Jackpot Winner!  There were 2 jackpot winners in the Friday, October 13, 2017 Mega Millions drawing: 1 from Michigan and 1 from Rhode Island.  The winners will equally share the $43 million jackpot prize.  More details to follow after the winners come forward to claim their prizes.
• Also, 1 lucky player from New York matched the first 5 numbers for a $1,000,000 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, October 13, 2017

• 11:08 pm – Mega Millions:  The Friday, October 13, 2017 Mega Millions drawing has taken place, and the results are 2-7-18-26-31, and the Mega Ball is 12.  The Megaplier number is 2.  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!
• 9:00 am – Former CT Lottery chief pays $11,000 in fines, givebacks.  Frank Farricker, the former chairman of the Connecticut Lottery Commission's board of directors will pay a $5,000 penalty and an additional $6,300 restitution to the state as part of a settlement over improper benefits he received while acting president and CEO of the Lottery.