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Mega Millions: The Tuesday, January 31, 2006 Mega Millions drawing has taken place, and the results are 1-35-53-54-56, and the Mega Ball is 44. 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!
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Lottery Post member turns up the heat on the Hoosier Lottery. Lottery Post member Jim Grimes, a retired Noble County engineer, helped spark an investigation that led to three indictments in an alleged million-dollar scam.
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Ex-lottery employee claims bias complaint led to firing. A former Texas Lottery employee who was fired in June shortly after receiving an excellent performance evaluation has sued the $3.5 billion agency, claiming she was fired because she complained about "national origin discrimination."
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N.C. Lottery accepts bids for $8 million ad contract. Four North Carolina agencies submitted proposals for the advertising contract on the state's new $8 million lottery account, the lottery said.
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Penn. woman Loses $20,000 In Jamaican Lottery Scam. A Bethlehem woman was defrauded of nearly $20,000 throughout January after she was led to believe she'd won the Jamaican lottery.
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N.C. Lottery Commission Awards Vendor Contracts. The North Carolina Education Lottery Commission awarded contracts for both instant-win tickets and lotto-style games to GTECH Holdings Corp. on Monday. The deals were estimated to be worth $19.2 million in the first year alone.
Monday, January 30, 2006
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Indiana lottery rigger faces 50-year penalty. William C. Foreman could spend 50 years in state prison if he's convicted of stealing secrets from the Hoosier Lottery in an effort to rig a million-dollar scratch-off game.
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Iowans Want TouchPlay Video Lottery Machines. A new poll shows most Iowans favor keeping the Lottery's TouchPlay machines.
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Pennsylvania man loses thousands to lottery scam. A North Sewickley Township, Pennsylvania, man is out more than $3,500, the victim of the latest scam to target the region.
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N.C. Lottery could pick vendors today. North Carolina lottery commissioners meet Monday and could pick winning vendors to operate the state's scratch-off ticket games and online, or automated, numbers games.
Sunday, January 29, 2006
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Powerball: There was no jackpot winner in the Saturday Powerball drawing, but 4 lucky players matched the first 5 numbers for a $200,000 prize: 1 from Indiana, 1 from Kentucky, 1 from Pennsylvania (1 with Power Play) and 1 from Wisconsin. For the complete rundown of winners by prize category, see the Ways to Win page.
Saturday, January 28, 2006
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Powerball: The Saturday, January 28, 2006 Powerball drawing has taken place, and the results are 14-15-26-28-36, and the Powerball is 36. 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!
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Mega Millions: There was no jackpot winner in the Friday Mega Millions drawing, but 9 lucky players matched the first 5 numbers for a $250,000 prize: 1 from California, 1 from Georgia, 1 from Illinois, 1 from Massachusetts, 2 from Maryland, 1 from Michigan, 1 from New York, 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.
Friday, January 27, 2006
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Mega Millions: The Friday, January 27, 2006 Mega Millions drawing has taken place, and the results are 2-7-8-18-29, and the Mega Ball is 46. 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, January 26, 2006
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Britons go lotto loopy for £100m Euro Millions draw. If one lucky player wins the Euro Millions jackpot tomorrow they will instantly become Britain's 458th richest person, alongside Sharon and Ozzy Osbourne.
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Ohio couple hits lottery jackpot. Even before they won a $1 million prize in the Ohio Lottery, Gregory and Shelley West, of Marietta, were winners to their next door neighbor, Edee Starcher.
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Woman finds lottery fortune in fortune cookie. Alberta's newest millionaire credits a Chinese fortune cookie for her good fortune.
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Wisconsin Megabucks lottery winners come forward. Brian Schultz of Oak Creek, Wisconsin, and his two sons, Todd and Matthew, have finally come forward and are splitting an $11.1 million Megabucks lottery jackpot from the Christmas Eve drawing, lottery officials announced Tuesday.
Wednesday, January 25, 2006
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Powerball: There was no jackpot winner in the Wednesday Powerball drawing, but 7 lucky players matched the first 5 numbers for a $200,000 prize: 1 from Arizona, 2 from Indiana (1 with Power Play), 1 from New Hampshire, 1 from Pennsylvania, 1 from Tennessee and 1 from Wisconsin. For the complete rundown of winners by prize category, see the Ways to Win page.
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Powerball: The Wednesday, January 25, 2006 Powerball drawing has taken place, and the results are 10-37-43-50-52, and the Powerball is 14. The Power Play number is 5. 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!
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Mega Millions: There was no jackpot winner in the Tuesday Mega Millions drawing, but 3 lucky players matched the first 5 numbers for a $250,000 prize: 1 from California, 1 from Illinois, and 1 from Texas. 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.
Tuesday, January 24, 2006
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Mega Millions: The Tuesday, January 24, 2006 Mega Millions drawing has taken place, and the results are 31-34-36-51-55, and the Mega Ball 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!
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N.C. lottey commission to announce vendor choice. Next week the North Carolina lottery commission will announce the controversial decision of which company provides the actual games like scratch-off tickets.
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Missouri celebrates 20 years of lottery. The Missouri Lottery celebrates its 20th birthday this month by giving Missourians a special six-digit tax-free birthday present.
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Lottery newsletters try to predict winning numbers. Each issue of Lotto Stats and its sister magazine, Lotto News, purport to do what any mathematician will tell you cannot be done: teach you how to win the lottery.
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Arkansas Gov. candidate's lottery figures appear unrealistic. Arkansas gubernatorial candidate Bill Halter's claim that a state lottery would generate as much as $250 million for education far exceeds previous state estimates that his campaign said Monday were out of date.
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Lottery idea proposed by Arkansas Gov. candidate. During the weekend, an Arkansas gubernatorial hopeful uttered the "L" word in announcing his candidacy.
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Calif. family wins $84 million SuperLotto jackpot. A Palmdale family who won Saturday's $84 million dollar California SuperLotto jackpot says the newfound wealth won't change their lives.
Sunday, January 22, 2006
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Powerball: There was no jackpot winner in the Saturday Powerball drawing, but 5 lucky players matched the first 5 numbers for a $200,000 prize: 1 from Indiana, 1 from Kansas, 1 from Louisiana, 1 from Missouri and 1 from U.S. Virgin Islands. For the complete rundown of winners by prize category, see the Ways to Win page.
Saturday, January 21, 2006
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Powerball: The Saturday, January 21, 2006 Powerball drawing has taken place, and the results are 3-18-39-43-54, and the Powerball is 41. 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!
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Mega Millions: There was no jackpot winner in the Friday Mega Millions drawing, but 2 lucky players matched the first 5 numbers for a $250,000 prize: 1 from California and 1 from Georgia. 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, January 20, 2006
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Mega Millions: The Friday, January 20, 2006 Mega Millions drawing has taken place, and the results are 18-22-28-44-53, and the Mega Ball is 46. 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!
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Woman 'hiding lottery win from husband'. A mystery woman claimed today she has won £1.5 million (US$2.65 million) from the UK National Lottery -- but has hidden her fortune from colleagues, friends and family.
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Illinois Lottery exploring Internet sales again. A proposal from last spring to authorize Internet sales of Illinois lottery tickets popped up again Thursday, a week after Gov. Rod Blagojevich unveiled a controversial initiative to include keno in the lottery as a way to finance school construction bonds.
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Papers provide details on N.C. Lottery lobby. Meredith Norris, former top political aide to North Carolina House Speaker Jim Black, urged him to call Gov. Mike Easley and push for a lottery-legislation change suggested by a lottery company executive during last year's General Assembly session, documents released Thursday show.
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Lottery millionaire facing jail. A convicted criminal who won a £9.7 million National Lottery jackpot is facing another jail sentence -- seven months after saying he was "turning over a new leaf".
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Judge questions Tenn. Lottery's handling of harassment investigation. A judge said a Tennessee Lottery investigation of workplace harassment violated due process and questioned whether it justified forcing a high-ranking lottery official out of his job.Woman Cashes Lottery Ticket From 1992. In a case of better late then never, an Australian woman has collected 100,000 Australian dollars (US$74,810) after cashing in a lottery ticket more than a decade after it was bought, an official said Friday.
Thursday, January 19, 2006
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$1 Million Lottery Winner Used $8 From Previous Win. When Barbara Blaul cashed in an $8 Powerball winning ticket last week, she figured investing her earnings in another $8 of Powerball plays would be wise. Her strategy paid off Tuesday when she collected her latest prize of $1 million.
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Ohio woman decides to drop appeal over lottery tax. An Ohio woman who thought she didn't owe city income tax on lottery money she and her ex-husband received has given up her appeals court case.
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Top Oregon lottery official may lose post. Oregon Senate Democrats might block the reappointment of an Oregon State Lottery commissioner for resisting efforts to further increase the state's share of lottery profits last year.
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Tenn. Lottery forced to reveal harassment records. Records made public yesterday by a Nashville judge indicated that sexual harassment led to the firing of Steve Adams, the former No. 2 official at the Tennessee Lottery.
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$1 million lottery ticket was almost dog food. A lottery ticket worth $1 million sat on the bathroom counter of Louis and Connie Frankel's Bath home for almost 24 hours -- and nearly became dog food -- before anyone realized it was a winner.
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Powerball: There was no jackpot winner in the Wednesday Powerball drawing, but 3 lucky players matched the first 5 numbers for a $200,000 prize: 1 from Idaho, 1 from New Hampshire and 1 from Pennsylvania. For the complete rundown of winners by prize category, see the Ways to Win page.
Wednesday, January 18, 2006
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Powerball: The Wednesday, January 18, 2006 Powerball drawing has taken place, and the results are 15-29-38-52-53, and the Powerball is 7. The Power Play number is 2. 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!
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Mega Millions: There was no jackpot winner in the Tuesday Mega Millions drawing, but 4 lucky players matched the first 5 numbers for a $250,000 prize: 2 from California, 1 from New Jersey, and 1 from Texas. 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.
Tuesday, January 17, 2006
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Mega Millions: The Tuesday, January 17, 2006 Mega Millions drawing has taken place, and the results are 24-32-37-39-40, and the Mega Ball is 44. 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!
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Record $150 million Euro Millions lottery drawing Friday. Fortune-hunters are set to propel the Euro Millions jackpot to a record £85 million (US$150 million), experts said yesterday.
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Lottery millionaire Bud Post dies. William J. "Bud" Post, the Venango County man who won millions in the Pennsylvania Lottery and then endured a fortune's worth of troubles, has died.
Monday, January 16, 2006
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After sale, GTECH to remain in R.I.. The terms of the recent sale of GTECH to the Italian company Lottomatica allows GTECH to fulfill its existing commitments to Rhode Island, something that officials within the company said they hoped to do when news of a possible sale broke in September.
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$20 million Illinois Lotto ticket sold at convenience store. Someone is much richer this week after buying a winning Illinois Lottery ticket -- and hopefully they know it.
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Interim Texas Lottery Director Hired. One of the original commissioners to oversee the Texas lottery was called back to service Friday, this time to act as the temporary executive director of the troubled agency because officials have been unable to find someone to permanently fill the job, which has been open for six months.
Sunday, January 15, 2006
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Powerball: There was no jackpot winner in the Saturday Powerball drawing, but 8 lucky players matched the first 5 numbers for a $200,000 prize: 1 from Indiana (1 with Power Play), 1 from Louisiana, 1 from Missouri, 2 from Pennsylvania (1 with Power Play), 1 from South Carolina, 1 from Tennessee (1 with Power Play) and 1 from West Virginia. For the complete rundown of winners by prize category, see the Ways to Win page.
Saturday, January 14, 2006
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Powerball: The Saturday, January 14, 2006 Powerball drawing has taken place, and the results are 6-14-40-46-49, and the Powerball is 17. The Power Play number is 5. 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!
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Mega Millions: There was no jackpot winner in the Friday Mega Millions drawing, but 3 lucky players matched the first 5 numbers for a $250,000 prize: 1 from Texas and 2 from Virginia. 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, January 13, 2006
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Mega Millions: The Friday, January 13, 2006 Mega Millions drawing has taken place, and the results are 5-21-27-44-53, and the Mega Ball is 36. 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, January 12, 2006
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Powerball lottery sales, starting this morning, going smoothly. Oklahoma joined 27 states, the District of Columbia and the U.S. Virgin Islands today in what has become one of the most popular lottery games in the world, because of the size of its jackpots -- the jackpot hit an all-time high of $340 million in early November.
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Kentucky lottery winner donates entire prize to college. Benedict College gets a big financial boost, courtesy of a Kentucky lottery winner who knows the South Carolina school quite well.
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N.C. Lottery opens period for advertising bids. The North Carolina Education Lottery opened the bidding Wednesday for its advertising contract.
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Lottery winner pleads innocent to ID theft, fraud charges. A woman accused of using a stolen credit card to purchase a $1 million lottery ticket pleaded innocent this week to charges of identity theft and fraud.
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California man loses $9,000 in lottery scam. Sunnyvale police are looking for two men suspected of concocting a lottery scam to steal thousands of dollars from a Sunnyvale man.
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Ousted Tenn. Lottery official got high marks on job evaluation. A high-ranking Tennessee Lottery official forced out of his position amid allegations of workplace harassment received high marks on his job performance and a merit-based raise, according to lottery records.
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Three states replacing Lotto South game. Like a tired mule whose best days are behind him, Lotto South is being retired and a fresh workhorse brought in to pick up the production.
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Largest Lotto South winner ignored wife to play lottery. Last Saturday, William Griffin won the largest Lotto South payout in history.
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Powerball: There was no jackpot winner in the Wednesday Powerball drawing, but 8 lucky players matched the first 5 numbers for a $200,000 prize: 1 from Indiana, 1 from Iowa, 1 from Louisiana, 2 from Missouri, 1 from New Mexico, 1 from South Carolina and 1 from Tennessee. For the complete rundown of winners by prize category, see the Ways to Win page.
Wednesday, January 11, 2006
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Powerball: The Wednesday, January 11, 2006 Powerball drawing has taken place, and the results are 3-6-14-17-18, and the Powerball is 14. The Power Play number is 2. 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!
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Mega Millions: There was no jackpot winner in the Tuesday Mega Millions drawing, but 6 lucky players matched the first 5 numbers for a $250,000 prize: 1 from California, 1 from Georgia, 1 from Massachusetts, 1 from New York, 1 from Texas, and 1 from Virginia. 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.
Tuesday, January 10, 2006
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Mega Millions: The Tuesday, January 10, 2006 Mega Millions drawing has taken place, and the results are 7-27-32-37-38, and the Mega Ball is 30. 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!
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Italian lottery operator to buy GTECH. Italian lottery operator Lottomatica will gobble up GTech Holdings for $35 a share cash, or about $4.8 billion including assumption of debt.
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Iowa Lottery orders moratorium on machines. Iowa Lottery President Edward Stanek, responding to a controversy over an expansion of the state's gambling industry, today ordered a limited moratorium on the installation of TouchPlay lottery machines, which closely resemble slot machines.
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Kong-size lottery prizes put winners in spotlight. Two big winners of New York's King Kong Millions game were introduced at a press conference Monday morning at the Stewart's Shop on state Route 212 in Saugerties, where one of the winning tickets was purchased.
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Illinois launches $2 lottery tickets to benefit breast cancer research. Lottery tickets that devote all profits to breast cancer research and awareness hit stores Monday, with supporters saying the pink ribbon scratch-offs will net $3 million a year for the cause.
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Online newspaper sues Tenn. Lottery for records access. An online newspaper filed suit Monday against the Tennessee Education Lottery Corp. to demand records associated with a harassment investigation.
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Man barely makes deadline to claim $1.5 million lottery prize. With about four hours to spare, a Detroit father of two showed up at the Michigan Lottery offices to claim a $1.5 million prize from the Jan. 8, 2005, Winfall game.
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Survey: 20% say lottery is most practical path to wealth. A majority of Americans are pessimistic about their ability to save $200,000 in net wealth in their lifetimes, and more than one-fifth say the lottery is the most practical way for them to reach that type of goal, according to a new survey.
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Woman who stole $175,000 lottery ticket avoids jail time. Dora Leal dodged a potential 15-year prison sentence Monday and was given probation and community service for her theft of a $175,000 winning lottery ticket from a group of Chicago traders.
Monday, January 9, 2006
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N.C. Lottery will start on schedule, director says. Officials charged with starting a lottery in North Carolina said yesterday that they hope to award two major contracts by Feb. 2, despite a lawsuit intended to stop them.
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Oklahoma Lottery gearing up for Powerball Friday. Tickets for the multi-state Powerball will go on sale at more than 1,900 Oklahoma merchants at 4 a.m. Friday, and the prize could reach the $100 million mark before the first drawing for Oklahoma-purchased tickets at 9:59 p.m. (Central Standard Time) January 14.
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Tenn. Lottery officials give no details on harassment allegations. Tennessee Lottery officials aren't sharing documents and other details about former state treasurer Steve Adams stepping down as the lottery's chief administrative officer following an investigation into allegations of workplace harassment.
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Tenn. Lottery says it need not obey state policies. Though the state recently cleaned up its policy for investigating harassment claims, the Tennessee Lottery is exempt from those rules, officials said -- making it even tougher for the public to keep tabs on harassment cases at the agency.
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Penn. Lottery declares 1st raffle a success. Aside from the usual seasonal sales peak in instant tickets, thousands of players also took a $20 chance to get in the Pennsylvania Lottery's first-ever raffle game: a one-time drawing for a declared set of prizes, with winning numbers drawn specifically from the field of tickets sold.
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Ohio Lottery's new game three months without jackpot winner. The Ohio Lottery's newest game, which replaced Super Lotto Plus in October, has gone three months without a jackpot winner and some players and sellers think the 100-number, bingo-style Lot 'O Play game is too complicated.
Saturday, January 7, 2006
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Powerball: There was no jackpot winner in the Saturday Powerball drawing, but 3 lucky players matched the first 5 numbers for a $200,000 prize: 1 from Kentucky, 1 from Nebraska and 1 from New Mexico. For the complete rundown of winners by prize category, see the Ways to Win page.
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Powerball: The Saturday, January 07, 2006 Powerball drawing has taken place, and the results are 2-16-21-32-43, and the Powerball is 6. The Power Play number is 4. 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!
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Mega Millions Jackpot Winner! There was one $15 million jackpot winner from Ohio in the Friday, January 06, 2006 Mega Millions drawing. More details to follow after the winner comes forward to claim their prize.
Also, 4 lucky players matched the first 5 numbers for a $250,000 prize: 1 from California, 1 from Illinois, and 2 from New York. 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, January 6, 2006
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Mega Millions: The Friday, January 06, 2006 Mega Millions drawing has taken place, and the results are 8-11-28-37-53, and the Mega Ball is 12. 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!
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Tenn. lottery official leaves after harassment investigation. Former state treasurer Steve Adams has stepped down as chief administrative officer of the Tennessee Education Lottery Corp. following an investigation into allegations of workplace harassment.
Thursday, January 5, 2006
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Powerball: There was no jackpot winner in the Wednesday Powerball drawing, but 5 lucky players matched the first 5 numbers for a $200,000 prize: 1 from Kansas, 1 from Kentucky, 1 from Missouri, 1 from Pennsylvania and 1 from Wisconsin. For the complete rundown of winners by prize category, see the Ways to Win page.
Wednesday, January 4, 2006
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Powerball: The Wednesday, January 04, 2006 Powerball drawing has taken place, and the results are 10-23-42-48-54, and the Powerball is 3. The Power Play number is 4. 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!
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Iowa Powerball lottery winner recently filed for bankruptcy. Hugh Allen Hawkins, owner of a modest home on 34th Street in Des Moines, is the mystery winner of the Dec. 14 Powerball jackpot.
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Mega Millions: There was no jackpot winner in the Tuesday Mega Millions drawing, but 3 lucky players matched the first 5 numbers for a $250,000 prize: 1 from California, 1 from Maryland, and 1 from New York. 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.
Tuesday, January 3, 2006
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Mega Millions: The Tuesday, January 03, 2006 Mega Millions drawing has taken place, and the results are 15-19-20-32-38, and the Mega Ball is 21. 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!
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£9.4 million lottery jackpot expires. A £9.4 million (US$16.2 million) UK National Lottery jackpot is going to good causes after the mystery winner failed to come forward by the deadline.
Monday, January 2, 2006
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N.C. anti-lottery trying to halt all progress on games. An anti-lottery legal foundation wants a judge to prevent the North Carolina Education Lottery from doing any work while a lawsuit challenging the lottery's passage in the Legislature is heard.
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Lottery winner doesn’t live like a millionaire. When South Dakota resident Pat Fossum of describes her day, it doesn't sound like the lifestyle of a millionaire.
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West Lafayette man wins $1 million on last 'Hoosier Millionaire'. A West Lafayette, Indiana, man won $1,022,000 on the final "Hoosier Millionaire" television show, which ended its 16-year run Saturday night with a special broadcast.
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2005 a trying year for Texas Lottery chairman. Tom Clowe says he was never much of a gambling man, but he was willing to take his chances when he asked Gov. George W. Bush in 1998 to give him an opportunity to serve the state in a volunteer capacity.
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Penn. Lottery's Raffle Drawing Creates Four New Millionaires. The Pennsylvania Lottery's Millionaire Raffle game has produced four new millionaires to begin the new year.
Sunday, January 1, 2006
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Happy New Year 2006!. We wish you a happy, prosperous, and lucky 2006!
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Powerball: There were no jackpot winners and no $200,000 winners in the Saturday Powerball drawing. For the complete rundown of winners in each of the other prize categories, see the Ways to Win page.