Official: Winning lottery ticket sold in Maryland
...to know any other information about the lucky ticket-holder or whether others were sold elsewhere in the nation. The winning numbers were 02-04-23-38-46, and the Mega Ball 23. National lottery officials were expecting to list early Saturday on their website...info
World record $640m lottery numbers drawn
...Margaret DeFrancisco, president and chief executive of the Georgia Lottery Corporation. If a single ticket matches all six winning numbers, the player would receive either a one-time payment of $462 million or the full jackpot in 26 annual installment payments....info
At least three winners share record 640 million U.S. lottery
...numbers -- allowing the ticket vending machine to randomly pick the six numbers. The winners whose tickets had all six numbers of the Mega Millions lottery drawn on Friday night will split the jackpot. "This is truly remarkable and historic," said Maryland...info
Lottery goes online
...ticket online, visitors go to illinoislottery.com where they will be asked to register and enter credit card and Social Security numbers, date of birth, name and address. Software safeguards should ensure that only Illinois residents 18 years and older can...info
Should D.C. public schools do away with the lottery?
...at the most coveted schools suggests a growing confidence in city schools. Well, certain city schools. The flipside of the lottery numbers is that it also suggests that all those parents who applied for an out-of-boundary slot do not want their child to attend...info
Duplicate Mega Millions lottery tickets raise questions
...copies. “It made us pause and say how can this be?†Bleichroth said. Bleichroth said the odds of getting 10 identical sets of numbers are higher than winning the lottery itself. Either that or something is wrong, she said, so she contacted 3 On Your Side....info
Kern County Lottery Winner Caught A Big One
...will be worth an outrageous $363 million. The estimated cash option for Tuesdays draw is $$259.8 million. The California Lottery reminds winners to sign the back of their ticket, keep tickets in a safe place and contact Lottery officials or visit their local...info
Record $540 million prize ratchets up lottery fever
...go through their money in five years or less. That does not necessarily reflect a jackpot this large. Players must pick five numbers from 1 to 56 plus a Mega number from 1 to 46. The odds of winning are 1 in about 176 million, according to the Mega Millions...info
Lottery scholarship bill headed to Senate floor
...sales of $130 million in February. Despite the positive numbers, Gresham said the trigger legislation is necessary in case the lottery proceeds take a dive. "The point is, we are ready for anything that might occur," she said. However, Senate Democratic Caucus...info
Kan., Ill., Md. tickets share lottery jackpot
...ticket was sold in the small town of Red Bud, near St. Louis, and the winner used a quick pick to select the numbers, Illinois Lottery spokesman Mike Lang said. The Maryland Lottery said it sold a winning ticket at a retail store in Baltimore County. A winning...info