Mega Millions player in northern Florida wins $1.58 billion jackpot, Hollywood store sells $2 million winning ticket
Someone in northern Florida won a $1.58 billion Mega Millions jackpot Tuesday night, ending a stretch of lottery futility that had stretched for nearly four months, and a $2 million winning ticket was sold at a South Florida convenience store.
Hombre de Broward gana Jackpot Triple Play por $1,15 millones
Mega Millions lottery tickets, center, and Power Ball tickets, right, are seen with other lottery tickets at a store Wednesday, Jan. 13, 2021, in Orlando, Fla. Lottery players will have a shot Friday night at the fifth-largest jackpot in U.S. history after no tickets matched all the numbers in the latest Mega Millions drawing. (AP Photo/John Raoux)(Copyright 2021 The Associated Press. All rights reserved)
4 people in Michigan won January $1.05B Mega Millions prize
In this Feb. 26, 2021, photo provided by the Michigan Lottery, attorney Kurt Panouses poses with a check on behalf of the winners of a Mega Millions lottery jackpot in Lansing, Mich. Four people in a suburban Detroit lottery club have won a $1.05 billion Mega Millions lottery jackpot and will share $557 million after taxes. (Michigan Lottery via AP)DETROIT – A four-member suburban Detroit lottery club won a $1.05 billion Mega Millions jackpot and will receive $557 million after taxes, officials said Friday. After taxes, the $776 million payment was reduced to about $557 million, the Michigan Lottery said. The $1.05 billion jackpot was the largest in Michigan Lottery history and the third-largest in the United States. Mega Millions is played in 45 states as well as Washington, D.C., and the U.S. Virgin Islands.
Miami man wins big in Mega Millions drawing
MIAMI – A Miami man is a Mega Millionaire. Felipe Castell, 69, hit for a $1 million prize in the multistate Mega Millions drawing earlier this year, Florida Lottery announced this week. It was the Jan. 15 drawing when Castell’s quick pick matched all five of the numbers on the white balls. He didn’t match the Mega Ball, which would have delivered an even larger prize. MORE RECENT LOTTERY WINSMiami man wins $1 million on $20 scratch-offMiami-Dade woman wins $5 million top prize on scratch-offBroward man wins $1,000 a week for life lottery prizeAdMiami-Dade man wins $2 million in Powerball drawingLottery millionaires keep popping up in Broward County
Michigan Mega Millions ticket wins $1.05 billion jackpot
The jackpot for the Mega Millions lottery game has grown to $1 billion ahead of Friday night's drawing after more than four months without a winner. (AP Photo/Keith Srakocic)DES MOINES, Iowa – Someone in Michigan bought the winning ticket for the $1.05 billion Mega Millions jackpot, which is the third-largest lottery prize in U.S. history. The winning ticket was purchased at a Kroger store in the Detroit suburb of Novi, the Michigan Lottery said. The Mega Millions top prize had been growing since Sept. 15, when a winning ticket was sold in Wisconsin. Three tickets for a $1.586 billion Powerball jackpot were sold in January 2016, and one winning ticket sold for a $1.537 billion Mega Millions jackpot in October 2018.
3 big lottery winners revealed in South Florida
All rights reserved)There hasn't been a winner for the $1 billion Mega Millions prize yet, but South Florida has had a few lucky lottery players recently. While we wait to find out who is going to land the $1 billion Mega Million jackpot, three South Floridians have proven to be lucky in their own right. Stephanie Wright, 52, of Miami Gardens, scored a $1 million top prize from the Bonus Triple Match scratch-off game, Florida Lottery officials announced Thursday. Lottery officials also revealed that Marie Michel, 66, of Miramar, hit a $1 million top prize on the Fastest Road to $1,000,000 scratch-off. Finally, Michael Gomez, 52, of Miami, took home the $950,000 jackpot from the Jackpot Triple Play drawing held on Jan. 8.
$1B Mega Millions prize a result of long odds, slow sales
A patron, who did not want to give his name, uses the lottery ticket vending kiosk at a Smoker Friendly store to purchase tickets for the Mega Millions lottery drawing, Friday, Jan. 22, 2021, in Cranberry Township, Pa. The jackpot for the Mega Millions lottery game has grown to $1 billion ahead of Friday night's drawing after more than four months without a winner. It’s only the third time a lottery jackpot has grown so large, but much has changed since the last time such a big prize was up for grabs in 2018. After a peak in October 2018, Medenica said sales of the big lottery games dropped about 50%, prompting talk among lottery officials about jackpot fatigue. It’s hard to fathom how unlikely it is to beat odds of one in 292.2 million for Powerball or one in 302.5 million for Mega Millions.
Jackpot! Powerball winner worth $731.1M sold in Maryland
It had been more than four months since anyone won the Powerball, allowing the game's jackpot to grow so large. Just who will collect the Powerball prize may never be known: Maryland is one of the states that allows winners to remain anonymous. The Powerball jackpot came only a day after nobody won the $970 million Mega Millions prize, the third-largest prize in U.S. history. The biggest prize was a $1.58 billion Powerball jackpot won by three people in 2016. After the Powerball win, the new jackpot has a $15 million cash value.
Wow! Mega Millions jackpot now $970M; Powerball up to $730M
Hardik Kalra, of Des Moines, Iowa, poses for a photo with his Mega Millions and Powerball lottery tickets. The Powerball jackpot is the fifth-largest ever, and it will come only a day after nobody won the even-larger Mega Millions prize, which now stands at $970 million. The biggest prize was a $1.58 billion Powerball jackpot won by three people in 2016. Most winners opt for cash prizes, which for Mega Millions would be $716.3 million and $546 million for Powerball. Mega Millions and Powerball are both played in 45 states as well as Washington, D.C., and the U.S. Virgin Islands.
Powerball and Mega Millions jackpots grow to combined $1.58B
And since no one picked all the winning numbers in Mega Millions on Friday night, that’s up to a whopping $850 million. You may have won something Saturday night: Here are the Powerball numbers, so check that ticket anyway: 14-20,-39-65,-67, and a Powerball of 2. The Mega Millions prize, $850 million, is the second largest prize in game history. The odds of winning Mega Millions are 1 in 302 million and those folks that took home $1 million by matching five numbers? Winning any prize in Mega Millions, according to lottery officials, is 1 in 24.
It’s not Powerball, but Miami man wins $1 million on scratch-off
MIAMI – Forgive us if this doesn’t get you quite as excited as the Powerball and Mega Millions jackpots in the news, but a Miami man has scored a $1 million top prize on a scratch-off ticket. Jaunza Kurtz, 60, hit it big on a $5 ticket in the $1,000,000 Monopoly Jackpot game, Florida Lottery officials announced. Kurtz bought the lucky ticket from Murphy USA at 17680 NW 2nd Ave. in Miami Gardens. According to Florida Lottery, scratch-offs make up about 75% of their ticket sales and generated over $1 billion for the Educational Enhancement Trust Fund in fiscal year 2019-20. ALSO SEEMiami man starts 2021 with $1 million scratch-off prizeFort Lauderdale man wins $5 million top prize on scratch-off from Publix
Powerball and Mega Millions jackpots grow to combined $1.39B
FILE - In this Wednesday, Jan. 13, 2021, file photo, a customer shows off a Mega Millions lottery ticket after purchasing it, in Orlando, Fla. The next drawing for Mega Millions is Friday night, when a $750 million prize will be up for grabs. The next Mega Millions drawing is Friday night, when an estimated $750 million prize will be up for grabs. The drawing for an estimated $640 million Powerball jackpot will be Saturday night. Your odds of winning either jackpot is exceedingly small, at 1 in 292.2 million for Powerball and 1 in 302.5 million for Mega Millions.
Powerball jackpot hits $640M as Mega Millions grows to $750M
A billboard advertises the jackpots of the Powerball and Mega Millions lotteries, in Omaha, Neb., Wednesday, Jan. 13, 2021. Numbers for Wednesday night’s Powerball drawing were: 4-19-23-25-49 and a Powerball of 14. The Powerball prize drawing was only a day after no one won a $625 million Mega Millions jackpot, causing that prize to grow to $750 million ahead of the next drawing on Friday night. The Mega Millions prize is now the fifth-largest in U.S. history. Mega Millions and Powerball are both played in 45 states as well as Washington, D.C., and the U.S. Virgin Islands.
Powerball jackpot hits $550M as Mega Millions grows to $750M
A billboard advertises the jackpots of the Powerball and Mega Millions lotteries, in Omaha, Neb., Wednesday, Jan. 13, 2021. Winning numbers for Wednesday night’s Powerball drawing were: 4-19-23-25-49 and a Powerball of 14. The Powerball prize drawing comes only a day after no one won a $625 million Mega Millions jackpot, causing that prize to grow to $750 million ahead the next drawing on Friday night. The Mega Millions prize is now the fifth-largest in U.S. history. Mega Millions and Powerball are both played in 45 states as well as Washington, D.C., and the U.S. Virgin Islands.
Mega Millions $625M jackpot largest in nearly 2 years
The Mega Millions $625 million jackpot is the largest lottery prize in nearly two years. The winning numbers in Tuesday night’s drawing of the Mega Millions game were: 12-14-26-28-33, Mega Ball: 09. Nearly all jackpot winners actually take the cash option, which would be an estimated $458.8 million for Mega Millions and $411.4 million for Powerball. They're even steeper for Mega Millions, at one in 302.5 million. Mega Millions and Powerball are both played in 45 states as well as Washington, D.C., and the U.S. Virgin Islands.
No more puny prizes: Mega Millions, Powerball jackpots soar
A digital billboard in Des Moines, Iowa, on Monday, Jan. 11, 2021, shows jackpots for the Mega Millions and Powerball games. Lottery players have a chance to win the largest jackpots in nearly two years as Mega Millions has grown to $600 million and Powerball has climbed to $550 million. The projected Mega Millions grand prize is the eighth largest in U.S. history, and the Powerball jackpot is the 12th biggest. The odds of winning the Powerball jackpot are one in 292.2 million, and the chances are even worse for Mega Millions at one in 302.5 million. Mega Millions and Powerball are both played in 45 states as well as Washington, D.C., and the U.S. Virgin Islands.
Search is on for winner of $227 million lottery
Kevork Djansezian/Getty ImagesAUSTIN, Texas - If you bought a lottery ticket in Texas, it's time to check it -- because someone out there is $227 million richer. Some mystery winner has the jackpot-winning ticket for the Mega Millions that was drawn on Tuesday, the Texas Lottery announced. This winner will take home the largest prize payout to a single Texas Lottery player in history, the commission announced. They are also the 13th Mega Millions jackpot winner since the game started in October 2016. "We look forward to meeting Texas' newest millionaire and we are excited to have another Mega Millions jackpot winner here in Texas," said Gary Grief, executive director of the Texas Lottery, in a statement.
Mega Millions winner hits $168 million jackpot
One lucky winner in the Granite State hit the $168 million Mega Millions jackpot Tuesday night. If the winner lacks the patience for annual installments over 30 years, he or she can choose the $108.5 million cash option. A whopping 612,456 other tickets won some kind of prize in Tuesday's drawing, the Mega Millions organization said. And eight tickets that didn't hit the jackpot are still worth $1 million. The lucky Mega Millions white balls were 1, 4, 23, 40 and 45, and the gold Mega Ball was 11.