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More lottery winners using trusts to accept prizes anonymously. Although lottery regulations typically state that a claimant's name, city or town, image, amount of prize, claim date and game are all public record, trusts have become a common tool for winners to skirt the rules and remain their anonymity when claiming a big prize.
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NC's biggest lottery winner, who faced drug charges soon after win, gives nearly $700k to church. A North Carolina lottery winner — who was arrested on drug charges just months after she won $188 million earlier this year — has given her church nearly $700,000, an attorney says.
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Powerball: There was no jackpot winner in the Saturday, November 28, 2015 Powerball drawing, but 1 lucky player from Texas matched the first 5 numbers for a $1,000,000 prize. 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, November 28, 2015
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Powerball: The Saturday, November 28, 2015 Powerball drawing has taken place, and the results are 2-6-47-66-67, and the Powerball is 2. 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, November 27, 2015 Mega Millions drawing, but 1 lucky player from New Jersey 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, November 27, 2015
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Mega Millions: The Friday, November 27, 2015 Mega Millions drawing has taken place, and the results are 16-20-39-56-59, and the Mega Ball is 12. The Megaplier number is 3. 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 26, 2015
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Happy Thanksgiving. Happy Thanksgiving from the Lottery Post staff!
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Powerball: There were no jackpot winners and no $1,000,000 winners in the Wednesday, November 25, 2015 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.
Wednesday, November 25, 2015
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Powerball: The Wednesday, November 25, 2015 Powerball drawing has taken place, and the results are 16-29-53-58-69, and the Powerball is 21. 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, November 24, 2015 Mega Millions drawing, but 1 lucky player from Nebraska 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.
Tuesday, November 24, 2015
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Mega Millions: The Tuesday, November 24, 2015 Mega Millions drawing has taken place, and the results are 2-19-30-38-70, and the Mega Ball is 8. 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!
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Brooklyn man wins court battle to collect entire $10K lottery prize that he won in 2007. It took a while — and a decision by the state's highest court — but a 69-year-old Vietnam vet from Brooklyn, New York, can finally enjoy all his 2007 lottery winnings.
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VA man collects on two winning million dollar lottery tickets. One man claimed two tickets in Virginia Beach that matched all six numbers in the Nov. 18 'Bank a Million,' netting him $2 million after the tax withholding.
Sunday, November 22, 2015
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Powerball: There was no jackpot winner in the Saturday, November 21, 2015 Powerball drawing, but 2 lucky players matched the first 5 numbers for a $1,000,000 prize: 1 from California and 1 from Nebraska (with Power Play). 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, November 21, 2015
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Powerball: The Saturday, November 21, 2015 Powerball drawing has taken place, and the results are 37-47-50-52-57, and the Powerball is 21. 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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Another $1.2M Hot Lotto jackpot rigged by Tipton, officials say. A $1.2 million jackpot-winning Hot Lotto ticket sold in Oklahoma in 2011 has been connected to a former security official of a multi-state lottery vendor accused of rigging lotteries in four different states, a lottery official said Friday.
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Mega Millions: There was no jackpot winner in the Friday, November 20, 2015 Mega Millions drawing, but 2 lucky players matched the first 5 numbers for a $1,000,000 prize: 1 from California and 1 from Iowa. 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 20, 2015
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Mega Millions: The Friday, November 20, 2015 Mega Millions drawing has taken place, and the results are 9-12-29-37-67, and the Mega Ball is 15. 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!
Thursday, November 19, 2015
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$42 million NY Lottery winner wants to remain blue-collar worker for life. A Cayuga County, New York, man who won $42.5 million playing the Lotto said the winning numbers represented his parents' birth dates.
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Powerball: There was no jackpot winner in the Wednesday, November 18, 2015 Powerball drawing, but 4 lucky players matched the first 5 numbers for a $1,000,000 prize: 1 from California, 1 from Connecticut, 1 from New Hampshire, and 1 from North Carolina (with Power Play). 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, November 18, 2015
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Powerball: The Wednesday, November 18, 2015 Powerball drawing has taken place, and the results are 17-40-41-46-69, and the Powerball is 6. 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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Florida lawmakers move to allow lottery sales as gas pumps, ATMs. Florida legislators are moving forward with a bill that would allow lottery tickets to be sold anywhere you can swipe a credit card, including gas pumps and ATMs.
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Mega Millions: There was no jackpot winner in the Tuesday, November 17, 2015 Mega Millions drawing, but 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.
Tuesday, November 17, 2015
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Mega Millions: The Tuesday, November 17, 2015 Mega Millions drawing has taken place, and the results are 12-14-18-24-61, and the Mega Ball is 10. The Megaplier number is 3. 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 man goes on 10-store, 900-ticket lotto theft spree. An alleged lottery ticket thief was not lucky enough to get away with stealing 900 New Jersey Lottery tickets, let alone hit the potential $5 million jackpot, according to police.
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$7 million lottery winner sees new opportunities on the horizon. An Indiana man says winning $7 million from the Hoosier Lottery brings "a lot of opportunity," but that's not the first thing he said when he scratched off his winning Lottery ticket.NY judge sides with attorney general against fantasy sports websites. New York convinced a state court late Monday to reject demands from DraftKings and FanDuel — two popular fantasy sports operators — to issue restraining orders blocking the state attorney general from making good on his threats to shut them down in New York.
Sunday, November 15, 2015
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Mass. grandmother wins second $1 million lottery prize. A grandmother won $1 million on a scratch ticket at the very same Massachusetts grocery store where she won the same prize almost 20 years ago.
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Powerball: There were no jackpot winners and no $1,000,000 winners in the Saturday, November 14, 2015 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, November 14, 2015
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Powerball: The Saturday, November 14, 2015 Powerball drawing has taken place, and the results are 14-22-37-45-66, and the Powerball is 5. 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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Friday the 13th is lucky day for Ohio lottery player. For the first time since 2013, a winning Mega Millions jackpot ticket has been sold in Ohio, lottery officials announced early Saturday.
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Mega Millions Jackpot Winner! There was one $200 million jackpot winner from Ohio in the Friday, November 13, 2015 Mega Millions drawing. More details to follow after the winner comes forward to claim their prize.
Also, 2 lucky players matched the first 5 numbers for a $1,000,000 prize: 1 from California 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 13, 2015
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Mega Millions: The Friday, November 13, 2015 Mega Millions drawing has taken place, and the results are 17-18-31-35-59, and the Mega Ball is 9. 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!
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Suspended CT lottery game had too many winners. The Connecticut Lottery and state Department of Consumer Protection shut down the 5 Card Cash game after noticing there were more winners than the game's parameters should have allowed, and determining that some lottery agents were manipulating machines to print more winning tickets and fewer losers.
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Connecticut Lottery suspends 5 Card Cash sales after retailers found cheating. The Connecticut Lottery has halted the sales and payouts for its 5 Card Cash game after it learned some retailers might have been cheating the system.
Thursday, November 12, 2015
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Texas Gov. tells Lottery to stop exploring gambling expansion. Gov. Greg Abbott has told Texas lottery officials to stop efforts to explore the expansion of sports betting lottery games and other types of gambling that are prohibited under state law.
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Illinois Lottery sales lowest in two years. The Illinois Lottery saw a significant drop in ticket sales from September to October, which coincides with the state budget stalemate that is causing lottery winners to wait for their payouts.
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Powerball: There were no jackpot winners and no $1,000,000 winners in the Wednesday, November 11, 2015 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.
Wednesday, November 11, 2015
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Powerball: The Wednesday, November 11, 2015 Powerball drawing has taken place, and the results are 4-26-32-55-64, and the Powerball is 18. 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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Democrats hold up lottery payouts after Illinois Gov. compromises. After Illinois' Republican Governor Bruce Rauner froze the funds that pay out Illinois Lottery earnings last month, the governor made a compromise this week to get the funds flowing again, but it's now Democrats who are holding up the payouts.
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NY attorney general says that DraftKings and FanDuel constitute illegal gambling. The New York State attorney general on Tuesday ordered the two biggest daily fantasy sports companies, DraftKings and FanDuel, to stop accepting bets from New York residents, saying their games constituted illegal gambling under state law.
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Calif. Lottery looking for $63 million winner. The California Lottery is looking for the winner of a SuperLotto Plus ticket valued at $63 million, which was sold in August at a 7-Eleven store in Chatsworth.
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Mega Millions: There was no jackpot winner in the Tuesday, November 10, 2015 Mega Millions drawing, but 3 lucky players matched the first 5 numbers for a $1,000,000 prize: 1 from California, 1 from Florida, and 1 from Iowa. 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.
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Mega Millions: The Tuesday, November 10, 2015 Mega Millions drawing has taken place, and the results are 8-17-20-45-71, and the Mega Ball is 4. 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!
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Winners suing Illinois Lottery try to rope in other states. Multi-state lottery groups pushed back on Monday against a move by lottery winners in Illinois to drag dozens of states into a lawsuit against the Illinois Lottery's suspension of payments.
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Massachusetts Lottery considers its own online fantasy sports game. The Massachusetts Lottery is considering developing a daily fantasy sports game as the online competitions have exploded in popularity — and faced increased scrutiny about their legality.
Sunday, November 8, 2015
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Powerball: There was no jackpot winner in the Saturday, November 7, 2015 Powerball drawing, but 1 lucky player from New Jersey matched the first 5 numbers for a $1,000,000 prize. 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, November 7, 2015
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Powerball: The Saturday, November 7, 2015 Powerball drawing has taken place, and the results are 7-16-25-50-53, and the Powerball is 15. 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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Lottery scam victim lost life savings. A Jacksonville, Florida, man said he thought he was helping another man retrieve thousands in lottery winnings, but instead that man took $32,000 of the victim's money and left.Records show alcohol-related misconduct by former MN Lottery official. A former high-ranking Minnesota Lottery official suing over her termination had the attention of Gov. Mark Dayton’s office in 2012 for alcohol-related misconduct that "created public embarrassment" for the agency, newly released documents show.
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Mega Millions: There was no jackpot winner in the Friday, November 6, 2015 Mega Millions drawing, but 1 lucky player from South Carolina 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, November 6, 2015
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Mega Millions: The Friday, November 6, 2015 Mega Millions drawing has taken place, and the results are 10-31-35-50-72, and the Mega Ball is 8. The Megaplier number is 3. 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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Friday Mega Millions jackpot raised to $164 million. Tickets for the Friday night Mega Millions drawing are selling faster than expected, prompting the state lotteries to raise the jackpot estimate to $164 million.
Thursday, November 5, 2015
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Player in Tennessee wins first Powerball jackpot since game changed in Oct.. A Tennessee Lottery player who purchased a ticket in Antioch has won the first Powerball jackpot since the game was changed in October.
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Powerball Jackpot Winner! There was one $144.1 million jackpot winner from Tennessee in the Wednesday, November 4, 2015 Powerball drawing. More details to follow after the winner comes forward to claim their prize.
Also, 1 lucky player from Wyoming matched the first 5 numbers for a $1,000,000 prize. 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, November 4, 2015
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Powerball: The Wednesday, November 4, 2015 Powerball drawing has taken place, and the results are 2-12-17-20-65, and the Powerball is 17. 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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Australian woman's winnings stolen after she posts selfie with winning ticket. A woman who posted a selfie of her winning Melbourne Cup horse race ticket has been robbed of her $825 winnings by someone who lifted the barcode off the photo.
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Wyoming Lottery gets high marks in audit of first year. Independent auditors found no major financial issues with how the Wyoming Lottery operated during its first year of ticket sales.
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N.C. Lottery picks new headquarters in Raleigh. With six offers on the table, the North Carolina Education Lottery will be moving all of its headquarters staff and operations to a bigger office campus in north Raleigh by next summer.
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Mega Millions: There were no jackpot winners and no $1,000,000 winners in the Tuesday, November 3, 2015 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, November 3, 2015
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Mega Millions: The Tuesday, November 3, 2015 Mega Millions drawing has taken place, and the results are 16-29-44-69-74, and the Mega Ball is 12. 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!
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Illinois Lottery is not paying, but people are still playing. The fact that the Illinois Lottery is not paying winners of more than $600 is not deterring masses of people from playing anyway.
Sunday, November 1, 2015
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UK Lottery fears website error caused players to discard winning tickets. The United Kingdom National Lottery is putting out an urgent call for players to re-check their Lotto tickets from the Oct. 10 drawing because the Lottery published the wrong numbers on their website.
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Powerball: There were no jackpot winners and no $1,000,000 winners in the Saturday, October 31, 2015 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.
