Five Mega Millions® Tickets Worth $250,000 Each Sold in York, Jefferson, Washington and Philadelphia Counties
Jackpot-Winning Tickets Sold in Kansas, Illinois, Maryland; Next Jackpot $12 Million
MIDDLETOWN, Pa., April 2, 2012 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- The Pennsylvania Lottery sold a record five tickets worth $250,000 each for the March 30 Mega Millions drawing.
Mega Millions® Ticket Worth $250,000 Sold in Philadelphia
Jackpot for April 6 Drawing Grows to $20 Million
MIDDLETOWN, Pa., April 4, 2012 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- One Mega Millions ticket worth $250,000 from the April 3 drawing was sold at New Roxies Food Mart, 8315 Stenton Ave., Philadelphia.
The winning ticket correctly matched all five white balls, 11-35-38-41-52, but not the yellow Mega Ball 40, for a prize of $250,000, less 25 percent federal withholding.
The store will receive a $500 bonus for selling the winning ticket.
Lottery officials cannot confirm the identity of the winner until the prize is claimed and the ticket is validated.
WinTrillions: Mega Millions Lottery Jackpot Breaks All Records
LONDON, March 28, 2012 /PRNewswire/ --
US lottery's $476 million rollover reaches into Outer Space
History will be made this Friday when Mega Millions, the USA national lottery played across 42 states, smashes the record for the largest lottery jackpot prize in history, paying out $476 million.
Research commissioned by lottery website WinTrillions shows that a pile of $10 bills totalling $476 million would reach 5.2 kilometres (3.4 miles) in height; that's the equivalent of 13 Empire State Buildings stacked one on top of the other or 2,971 people standing on each other's shoulders.
If $1 bills were used, the pile would actually reach into Outer Space.
Mega Millions: World Record Lottery Jackpot Brings USA to a Grinding Halt
NEW YORK, March 30, 2012 /PRNewswire/ --
Demand for lottery tickets causes widespread chaos
Demand for the world's first ever half billion dollar lottery jackpot is threatening to bring America to its knees as lottery terminals clog up internet bandwidth and the quest for lottery tickets disrupts everyday life.
As the Mega Millions jackpot continues to climb ahead of tonight's draw, with some rumours predicting it could go even higher than $640 million, stories are emerging of paper shortages due to the need to print more lottery tickets, gas stations running dry as people fill up their cars to get to the nearest lottery agent and mobile phone networks clogged with people talking about the biggest jackpot prize in history.
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Mega Millions® Tickets Worth $250,000 Sold in Bucks, Philadelphia Counties
Jackpot for March 23 Drawing Grows to $290 Million
MIDDLETOWN, Pa., March 21, 2012 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Two Mega Millions tickets worth $250,000 each from the March 20 drawing were sold at the following locations:
7-Eleven, 320 E.
Mega Millions® Tickets Worth $250,000 Sold in Monroe, Luzerne Counties
Jackpot for March 2 Drawing Grows to $108 Million
MIDDLETOWN, Pa., Feb. 29, 2012 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Two Mega Millions tickets worth $250,000 each from the Feb. 28 drawing were sold at the following locations:
Route 115 Food Mart, Route 115 and Gilbert Road, Effort, Monroe County; and
Your Choice, 285 S.
WinTrillions: World Goes Crazy as Mega Millions Lottery Jackpot Nears Record
LONDON, March 26, 2012 /PRNewswire/ --
Winner would be richer than Simon Cowell
Lottery fans across the globe are going crazy for Mega Millions as the jackpot on the USA mega-lottery approaches $260 million, with the winner set to become richer than Simon Cowell.
Whoever secures the mind-boggling jackpot on the world's richest weekly lottery wouldn't only put the music impresario in the shade, they would also be richer than Elton John and Tom Cruise, with only super-wealthy celebs such as Paul McCartney and Oprah Winfrey higher up the Rich List.
Mega Millions Jackpot is $290 Million, Eighth Largest in Game History
Middletown, Pa., March 23, 2012 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Excitement is building for tonight's Mega Millions drawing, which is the eighth-largest jackpot in Mega Millions history with an estimated annuity value of $290 million.
PA Lottery Prize Worth $250,000 to Expire March 22
Unclaimed Winning Mega Millions Ticket was Sold in Delaware County
MIDDLETOWN, Pa., March 8, 2012 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Time is running out for the holder of a Pennsylvania Lottery Mega Millions ticket worth $250,000 from the March 22, 2011 drawing to claim the prize.
The ticket and prize will expire one year from the date of the drawing.
"This prize will expire in just two weeks," said Lottery Executive Director Todd Rucci.
PA Lottery: March 30 Mega Millions® Jackpot Grows to World-Record $500 Million
Tickets Worth $250,000 Sold in Chester, Delaware Counties
MIDDLETOWN, Pa., March 28, 2012 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Crushing the previous record of $390 million, the Mega Millions® jackpot for the March 30 drawing has grown to world-record size: a $500 million annuity or $359.4 million cash.