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Maine Winner Nabs $1.35 Billion Mega Millions Jackpot—4th Largest Ever—And Here’s What They’ll Take Home
Headline from Forbes, on the newest of 4 developments
The odds of winning the Mega Millions are roughly 1 in 302 million, although the lottery said the Friday the 13th drawing date has proven successful in the past.
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Mega Millions jackpot grows to $1.35 billion, two $1 million winners in Massachusetts
Headline from CBS News ·
Mega Millions drawing nears for $1.35 billion jackpot on Friday the 13th
Headline from FOX 35 Orlando ·
Mega Millions draws numbers for $1.35 billion jackpot -- the 2nd largest in history -- on Friday
Headline from WISH-TV Indianapolis ·
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Maine Winner Nabs $1.35 Billion Mega Millions Jackpot—4th Largest Ever—And Here’s What They’ll Take Home
Americans have been lined up since Saturday to buy tickets for the fifth-biggest lottery prize in U.S. history — Tuesday night’s $1.1 billion Mega Millions contest.
The Mega Millions jackpot is now a whopping $1.35 billion after there was no winner in Tuesday night's drawing. There were two $1 million winners in Massachusetts.
An estimated $1.1 billion Mega Millions jackpot drawing Tuesday has people lined up at stores nationwide. Retailers selling the tickets also have a chance at a bonus.
By Aya Elamroussi, CNN Friday the 13th might end up being someone’s lucky day. The Mega Millions jackpot has reached an estimated $1.35 billion — the second-largest in the lottery’s history — for the drawing set on Friday. The jackpot soared from $1.
While your odds of winning the jackpot remain the same no matter what, some Mega Millions numbers are a bit more common than others over the past 20 years.
First it was serious. Then it got really serious. Now we just … can’t. The Mega Millions jackpot has risen to an estimated $1.35 billion — and climbing — with no one having hit all six numbers for 25 consecutive drawings.
DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) -- Mega Millions players will have another chance Friday night to end months of losing and finally win a jackpot that has grown to
First it was serious. Then it got really serious. Now we just … can’t. The Mega Millions jackpot has risen to an estimated $1.35 billion — and climbing — with no one having hit all six numbers for 25 consecutive drawings.
The odds of winning the Mega Millions are roughly 1 in 302 million, although the lottery said the Friday the 13th drawing date has proven successful in the past.
Maine scored its first Mega Millions jackpot — and someone beat the ill fortune of Friday the 13th — when a ticket purchased in the state matched the winning numbers for the lottery’s estimated $1.35 billion grand prize.
Someone matched all six numbers Friday and won an estimated $1.35 billion Mega Millions prize, overcoming steep odds that led to three months of drawings without a winner. The winning
Maine has its first-ever Mega Millions jackpot win, with the prize worth $1.348 billion. The winning ticket was sold at Hometown Gas & Grill in Lebanon, Maine.
