Mega millions

Feeling lucky? Tuesday is the first drawing for Mega Millions since the price of tickets jumped from $2 to $5. The lottery recently announced a new version and prize structure. Though tickets cost more than double, the lottery says players now have improved odds to win, along with larger starting and faster-growing jackpots. The estimated jackpot for Tuesday’s drawing, as…

But the starting jackpot doubles, too. And your odds of winning actually increase.

Someone is likely waking up in Illinois pretty happy Wednesday morning after a wining ticket was sold in the Mega Millions lottery. One jackpot-winning ticket sold in Illinois matched all five numbers plus the gold Mega Ball number. The estimated jackpot prize was worth $344 million or a one-time cash option of $159.1 million. One ticket sold in Florida matched…

A single ticket sold in California won Friday’s $1.22 billion Mega Millions jackpot, the lottery announced Saturday morning.

The country has lotto fever, with lots of people betting big on Mega Millions as the jackpot soared past the $1 billion mark. NBC New York’s Greg Cergol reports.

The jackpot for Friday’s drawing currently sits at an estimated $1.15 billion, with a cash option of $516.1 million.

Mega Millions is played in 45 states plus the District of Columbia and the U.S. Virgin Islands. The five states that do not participate in this lottery are Alabama, Alaska, Hawaii, Nevada and Utah.

Larger payouts attract more media attention, increase ticket sales and bring in new players.

The jackpot for Friday’s drawing currently sits at an estimated $1.15 billion, with a cash option of $516.1 million.

The jackpot for Friday’s drawing currently sits at an estimated $1.15 billion, with a cash option of $516.1 million.

The jackpot has been growing for more than three months.

Well, that’d be a nice add to the holiday celebrations. It’s been more than 100 days since someone won the Mega Millions jackpot, and we’ll all get another chance Tuesday night, with the jackpot swelling to $1 billion ahead of the next drawing. Mega Millions is a lottery game costing $2 per play where players pick five numbers from 1…

There’s no time like the holidays, right? Nine months after winning the fifth-largest jackpot in Mega Millions history, the lone winner has submitted the $1.128 billion ticket to begin the process of collecting the prize. The ticket was drawn at a Monmouth County ShopRite in Neptune Township and matched the winning numbers of 07, 11, 22, 29 and 38 as…

Just in time for Christmas Eve, the Mega Millions jackpot is approaching $1 billion after there were no grand prize winners on Friday. The winning Mega Millions numbers from Friday, December 20 were 2, 20, 51, 56, 67 and Mega Ball 19. Just because a player did not match all six numbers, they shouldn’t throw away their tickets because more…

No one won the Mega Millions jackpot on Friday night sending the new jackpot total skyrocketing to $944 million. The next drawing will be held Tuesday, Dec. 24 at 11 p.m., possibly bringing a very special Christmas gift for someone. The winning numbers from Friday were 2, 20, 51, 56, 67 and Mega Ball 19. There were five tickets from…

The Mega Millions jackpot has increased to an estimated $944 million after another drawing without a big winner Friday night.

An $862 million Mega Millions jackpot is up for grabs Friday night, giving a lucky player the chance to stuff tons of stockings this holiday season.

A holiday present might come early on Friday night in the form of a winning Mega Millions lottery ticket with a jackpot that has been inching closer to the $1 billion mark. The jackpot for the Dec. 20 drawing currently sits at an estimate of $825 million with a cash option of $382.2 million. When is the next Mega Millions…

As the Mega Millions jackpot continues to climb, all eyes are shifting to the next drawing and its $825 million estimated jackpot. Mega Millions is a lottery game costing $2 per play where players pick five numbers from 1 to 70 and a one gold Mega Ball number from 1 to 25. If a player doesn’t want to pick the…

As the Mega Millions jackpot continues to climb, all eyes are shifting to the next drawing and its $825 million estimated jackpot. Mega Millions is a lottery game costing $2 per play where players pick five numbers from 1 to 70 and a one gold Mega Ball number from 1 to 25. If a player doesn’t want to pick the…