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N.C. lottery excitement: first Powerball jackpot winner. Someone who bought a Powerball lottery ticket this week in North Carolina is $74.5 million richer this morning.
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Powerball Jackpot Winner! There was one $74 million jackpot winner from North Carolina in the Wednesday, November 29, 2006 Powerball drawing. More details to follow after the winner comes forward to claim their prize.
Also, 25 lucky players matched the first 5 numbers for a $200,000 prize: 1 from Arizona (1 with Power Play), 1 from Colorado, 3 from Connecticut, 1 from Washington, D.C. (1 with Power Play), 4 from Indiana (2 with Power Play), 2 from Louisiana, 1 from Minnesota, 2 from Missouri, 1 from North Carolina, 1 from New Hampshire, 1 from Oklahoma (1 with Power Play), 2 from Pennsylvania (1 with Power Play), 2 from Rhode Island, 2 from Tennessee (1 with Power Play) and 1 from Wisconsin (1 with Power Play). For the complete rundown of winners by prize category, see the Ways to Win page.
Wednesday, November 29, 2006
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Powerball: The Wednesday, November 29, 2006 Powerball drawing has taken place, and the results are 2-8-9-12-19, and the Powerball is 25. 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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Ex-lovers settle bitter fight over $12.4 million lottery win. A once-happy couple, who split five months ago, have settled a legal dispute over a $12.4 million Canada Super 7 jackpot win, cutting short what could have been a bitter and messy legal battle involving love and money.
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TV station reports on the Kansas Lottery. Television station KTKA 49 (ABC) takes a look at the good and bad of the Kansas Lottery.
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Florida Lottery raffle tickets almost sold out. Holiday Millionaire Raffle tickets could be sold out by the end of this week based on the current rate of sales, the Florida Lottery reports.
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Maryland budget deficit looms as lottery revenue falls off. Maryland's lottery has been slowing down as a revenue source for years and will continue to underperform as residents seek other gambling ventures, including betting on slot machines in neighboring states, budget analysts and state officials say.
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Michigan lottery ticket thieves sought by deputies. Livingston County sheriff's officials are looking for a man and woman who stole a "large amount" of Michigan instant lottery tickets from a drugstore east of Howell.
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N.D. woman duped in lottery scam. An elderly woman from Bismarck, North Dakota, reportedly has been fleeced of more than $100,000 in an apparent lottery scam.
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Mega Millions: There was no jackpot winner in the Tuesday, November 28, 2006 Mega Millions drawing, but 3 lucky players matched the first 5 numbers for a $250,000 prize: 1 from Massachusetts, 1 from New Jersey, 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, November 28, 2006
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Mega Millions: The Tuesday, November 28, 2006 Mega Millions drawing has taken place, and the results are 7-14-24-41-56, and the Mega Ball is 7. 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!
Monday, November 27, 2006
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Powerball lottery jackpot climbs to $74 million. Because no one correctly matched all six numbers in Saturday's Powerball drawing the jackpot grew to an estimated $74 million, with a cash option of $36 million.
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Mega Millions lottery jackpot increases to $31 million. The jackpot in the multi-state Mega Millions lottery drawing grew to $31 million Friday, when none of the tickets sold for Friday's drawing matched all five lotto numbers and the Mega Ball.
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Florida Lotto jackpot rolls over to $9 million. No ticket matched all six Florida Lotto numbers, resulting in a rollover that produced an estimated $9 million jackpot for the next drawing, lottery officials said Sunday.
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N.C. lottery retailers caught selling to minors. Fourteen Western North Carolina lottery retailers were cited for selling tickets to minors in the state's first test of the underage law, according to state Alcohol Law Enforcement Division records.
Sunday, November 26, 2006
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Powerball: There was no jackpot winner in the Saturday Powerball drawing, but 2 lucky players matched the first 5 numbers for a $200,000 prize: 1 from Indiana and 1 from Pennsylvania. For the complete rundown of winners by prize category, see the Ways to Win page.
Saturday, November 25, 2006
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Powerball: The Saturday, November 25, 2006 Powerball drawing has taken place, and the results are 5-18-28-49-55, and the Powerball is 38. 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, November 24, 2006 Mega Millions drawing, but 3 lucky players matched the first 5 numbers for a $250,000 prize: 1 from California, 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, November 24, 2006
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Mega Millions: The Friday, November 24, 2006 Mega Millions drawing has taken place, and the results are 14-35-40-47-48, and the Mega Ball is 35. 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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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 Pennsylvania, 1 from South Carolina (1 with Power Play) 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, November 22, 2006 Powerball drawing has taken place, and the results are 22-32-36-49-55, and the Powerball is 8. 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, November 21, 2006 Mega Millions drawing, but one lucky player from Texas 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.
Tuesday, November 21, 2006
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Mega Millions: The Tuesday, November 21, 2006 Mega Millions drawing has taken place, and the results are 7-13-20-42-47, and the Mega Ball is 9. 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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NJ Lottery tickets call Corzine 'Acting Gov.'. A $2 New Jersey scratch-off lottery game, Holiday Lucky Times 10, that hit the stores Nov. 13 lists Jon S. Corzine as "Acting Governor" on a list of state and lottery officials.
Sunday, November 19, 2006
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N.J. Lottery to offer limited raffle-style New Year's drawing. The New Jersey Lottery is offering a special New Year's drawing in which a limited amount of tickets will be sold for four $1 million prizes.Ohio lottery numbers same as game score. Ohio State's 42-39 victory over Michigan also was lucky for players of the Ohio Lottery.
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Powerball: There was no jackpot winner in the Saturday Powerball drawing, but 6 lucky players matched the first 5 numbers for a $200,000 prize: 1 from Arizona (1 with Power Play), 1 from Delaware, 1 from Missouri, 1 from North Carolina and 2 from Pennsylvania. For the complete rundown of winners by prize category, see the Ways to Win page.
Saturday, November 18, 2006
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Powerball: The Saturday, November 18, 2006 Powerball drawing has taken place, and the results are 1-8-19-36-42, and the Powerball is 20. 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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Maryland Lottery to offer limited-run raffle-style game. The Maryland Lottery will join several other USA state lotteries this Christmas season by offering Countdown to Millions, a $20 raffle-style game.
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New Florida Lottery raffle will make 10 millionaires. The Florida Lottery's newest game could be just the ticket to brighten up someone's holiday season, but the game won't be for everyone. That's because if you wait too long to buy a ticket, you could be shut out of the game.
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Man who stole winning lottery ticket gets 5 years. After a judge on Friday sentenced Sam Grair to five years and four months in prison for stealing a lottery ticket worth $524,000, the prosecutor stated, "It is a deterrent to any store clerk that is in a position of trust so they won't do the same thing."
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Illinois woman wins $7 million lottery jackpot. Alberta James of Machesney Park, Illinois, will take some time off of her job as a mail carrier and enjoy the holidays in style after winning a $7 million Illinois Lotto jackpot.
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Huge Euro Millions lottery jackpot split 20 ways. With no single ticket holder matching all five main numbers and the two Lucky Star numbers, the £123 million (US$233 million, €182 million) Euro Millions jackpot, which had been rolled over for an 11th time, was shared between 20 people across Europe.
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Oregon Lottery winner goes to jail. A White City woman accused of using a dead woman's credit card to buy an Oregon Lottery ticket that won a $1 million prize has been jailed for violating her probation on a methamphetamine possession charge.
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Mega Millions: There was no jackpot winner in the Friday, November 17, 2006 Mega Millions drawing, but 2 lucky players matched the first 5 numbers for a $250,000 prize: 1 from Ohio 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.
Friday, November 17, 2006
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Mega Millions: The Friday, November 17, 2006 Mega Millions drawing has taken place, and the results are 5-19-25-30-50, and the Mega Ball is 42. 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, November 16, 2006
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Powerball: There was no jackpot winner in the Wednesday Powerball drawing, but 4 lucky players matched the first 5 numbers for a $200,000 prize: 1 from Colorado (1 with Power Play), 1 from North Carolina (1 with Power Play), 1 from Oregon and 1 from Pennsylvania. For the complete rundown of winners by prize category, see the Ways to Win page.
Wednesday, November 15, 2006
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Powerball: The Wednesday, November 15, 2006 Powerball drawing has taken place, and the results are 11-28-30-34-43, and the Powerball is 29. 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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New Penn. Lottery raffle game on sale next week. Millionaire Raffle, the successful groundbreaking game developed last year by the Pennsylvania Lottery, will create even more millionaires when the game returns for a third drawing on Saturday, Dec. 30.
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Michigan Lottery starts Millionaire Raffle game. Sales of the Michigan Lottery's latest game, Millionaire Raffle, started Sunday and and tickets are expected to sell out in just 10 days.
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N.C. lottery ticket agent guilty in fraud case. A Sylva, North Carolina, woman pleaded guilty on Tuesday in Jackson County Superior Court, after lying to a customer about a winning ticket.
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Mega Millions Jackpot Winner! There was one $75 million jackpot winner from Michigan in the Tuesday, November 14, 2006 Mega Millions drawing. More details to follow after the winner comes forward to claim their prize.
Also, 6 lucky players matched the first 5 numbers for a $250,000 prize: 1 from California, 1 from Massachusetts, 2 from New York, 1 from Ohio, 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, November 14, 2006
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Mega Millions: The Tuesday, November 14, 2006 Mega Millions drawing has taken place, and the results are 9-20-24-25-36, and the Mega Ball is 23. 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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Tonight's Mega Millions lottery jackpot worth $75 million. The jackpot in the multi-state Mega Millions lottery game grew to $75 million Friday.
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Md. Lottery scrambles to hire new ad agency. The Maryland Lottery can't air television commercials or buy other advertising for at least the next three weeks because the company that produced and purchased marketing spots for the state's games of chance went out of business.
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New Tenn. congressman wants national lottery. Tennessee State Senator Steve Cohen, author of the bill creating the Tennessee Lottery, says he may consider working on a bill to create a national lottery to pay off the national debt when he heads to Congress.
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Atlantic Lotto checking fraud complaints. Atlantic Lottery Corporation is investigating several complaints from customers who are worried they may have been defrauded of lottery winnings by retailers.
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Couple claims share of 3rd biggest Canada Lotto 6/49 jackpot. A North York couple are the stunned recipients of part of that huge Lotto 6/49 draw last week.
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UK Lottery's most unlucky number: 13. The number 13 is the unluckiest ball in the National Lottery, according to records of organizers of the numbers' game in the U.K.
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$18 million Texas Lotto jackpot hit by one ticket. Somebody who bought a Texas Lotto ticket in an Angleton convenience store is worth $18 million, but neither the couple who sold the winning ticket nor the state lottery commission knows who it is.
Sunday, November 12, 2006
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Experts: Online-Gambling Ban Won't Work. Gamblers may look over their shoulder now, but experts say a new Internet gambling ban won't keep bettors from ponying up, just turn them on to overseas payment services out of the law's reach.U.S. Settles BetOnSports Online-Gambling Civil Case. A federal prosecutor reached a settlement Thursday with online gambling company BetOnSports PLC that permanently bars the London-based company from accepting any bets from the United States.
Saturday, November 11, 2006
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Powerball: There was no jackpot winner in the Saturday Powerball drawing, but 2 lucky players matched the first 5 numbers for a $200,000 prize: 1 from Nebraska and 1 from Pennsylvania. For the complete rundown of winners by prize category, see the Ways to Win page.
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Powerball: The Saturday, November 11, 2006 Powerball drawing has taken place, and the results are 35-38-40-49-55, and the Powerball is 41. 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 Friday, November 10, 2006 Mega Millions drawing, but 4 lucky players matched the first 5 numbers for a $250,000 prize: 1 from California, 1 from Georgia, 1 from Michigan, 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, November 10, 2006
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Mega Millions: The Friday, November 10, 2006 Mega Millions drawing has taken place, and the results are 11-42-52-53-55, and the Mega Ball is 28. 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, November 9, 2006
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Single winner takes $7 million Illinois Lotto jackpot. A single winner has taken the $7 million jackpot from the latest drawing of the Illinois State Lottery's Lotto game.
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Tax Court Reaffirms Lottery Payments are 'Ordinary Income'. The Tax Court reaffirmed that proceeds from the sale of a right to future annual lottery payments constitutes ordinary income, not capital gain, after reviewing two test cases involving winners of the Florida State Lottery.
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Four winners in Canada Lotto 6/49 draw. There are four winning tickets in Canada for last night's Lotto 6/49 draw, worth $39.6 million.Ontario lottery players advised to be cautious. Ontario lottery players buying tickets for Wednesday night's $36 million Lotto 649 draw -- the fourth largest Canadian jackpot in the lottery's history -- have been advised to take precautions to avoid being cheated in the wake of reports that retailers may be lying about whether tickets are winners or not.
Wednesday, November 8, 2006
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Powerball: There was no jackpot winner in the Wednesday Powerball drawing, but 2 lucky players matched the first 5 numbers for a $200,000 prize: 1 from Missouri and 1 from New Hampshire. For the complete rundown of winners by prize category, see the Ways to Win page.
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Powerball: The Wednesday, November 08, 2006 Powerball drawing has taken place, and the results are 8-11-12-26-53, and the Powerball is 4. 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: There was no jackpot winner in the Tuesday, November 07, 2006 Mega Millions drawing, but 3 lucky players matched the first 5 numbers for a $250,000 prize: 1 from New Jersey 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.
Tuesday, November 7, 2006
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Mega Millions: The Tuesday, November 07, 2006 Mega Millions drawing has taken place, and the results are 13-22-33-51-52, and the Mega Ball is 42. 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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Hot Lotto coming to New Mexico. Lottery players in New Mexico will soon have a hot new way to win a cool million when tickets for Hot Lotto go on sale Sunday, November 12.
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In state lottery, everyone plays a hunch. People have different strategies and superstitions when trying to beat the odds and win the lottery. Just ask the cashiers they buy tickets from.
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S.C. only state with no lottery sales on Election Day. South Carolinians can pick politicians and decide a slew of state issues Tuesday, but they can't elect to buy a lottery ticket or a bottle of booze.
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N.C lottery retailers caught selling tickets to minors. In August and September, teenagers working for North Carolina state law enforcement officers bought lottery tickets from 91 different retailers, without any age verification.
Saturday, November 4, 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 Missouri and 2 from Pennsylvania. For the complete rundown of winners by prize category, see the Ways to Win page.
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Powerball: The Saturday, November 04, 2006 Powerball drawing has taken place, and the results are 12-13-34-39-44, and the Powerball is 5. 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, November 03, 2006 Mega Millions drawing, but 7 lucky players matched the first 5 numbers for a $250,000 prize: 1 from California, 2 from Illinois, 1 from New Jersey, 1 from New York, 1 from Ohio, 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.
Friday, November 3, 2006
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Mega Millions: The Friday, November 03, 2006 Mega Millions drawing has taken place, and the results are 8-10-22-25-55, and the Mega Ball is 22. 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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Wife Orders Hit on Russian Lottery Winner. An angry Russian woman from the small town in the Caucasus hired a criminal to kill her ex-husband who had won a million rubles in a lottery.
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'Arizona 9' claims half of $94.1M Powerball lottery jackpot. Cheers and shouts filled the lobby of the Arizona Lottery Thursday morning as the terminal rang out "We are in the Money," signaling the validation of the winning Powerball jackpot.
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N.C. Lottery to launch Christmas-themed games. The North Carolina Lottery is putting two new Christmas-themed scratch games into play Tuesday.
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Verifying California Lottery Winners. When there is a big jackpot winner in the California Lottery -- officials won't say exactly how much the winnings must be -- security officers ask a series of questions to make sure the person holding the ticket is the actual purchaser of the ticket.
Thursday, November 2, 2006
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N.J. considering privatizing lottery. State officials are studying whether selling the New Jersey Lottery to a private company can reap big money for cash-strapped state coffers, Treasurer Bradley Abelow said yesterday.
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Powerball Jackpot Winner! There were 2 jackpot winners in the Wednesday, November 01, 2006 Powerball drawing: 1 from Arizona and 1 from Minnesota. The winners will equally share the $93 million jackpot prize. More details to follow after the winners come forward to claim their prizes.
Also, 5 lucky players matched the first 5 numbers for a $200,000 prize: 1 from Connecticut, 1 from Kentucky (1 with Power Play), 1 from New Hampshire, 1 from Oklahoma and 1 from Pennsylvania. For the complete rundown of winners by prize category, see the Ways to Win page.
Wednesday, November 1, 2006
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Powerball: The Wednesday, November 01, 2006 Powerball drawing has taken place, and the results are 7-8-13-46-54, and the Powerball is 35. 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, October 31, 2006 Mega Millions drawing, but 5 lucky players matched the first 5 numbers for a $250,000 prize: 2 from Georgia, 1 from Massachusetts, and 2 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.
