Mega Millions jackpot hits $1 billion for Christmas Eve drawing
A Mega Millions player may win a big jackpot on Christmas Eve. The lottery prize for the December drawing is now at $1 billion.
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A Mega Millions player may win a big jackpot on Christmas Eve. The lottery prize for the December drawing is now at $1 billion.
A Mega Millions ticket is about to get more expensive next year, but that should mean bigger jackpots for players.
Mega Millions said the jackpot was last won in Illinois on June 4 with a ticket valued at $552 million.
If the winner opts for a cash prize, they will take home $336.1 million.
The lottery in Massachusetts will finally be available online, but it will take more than a year to make it happen.
The lottery in Massachusetts will soon be available online. WBZ TV's Paula Ebben reports.
Two lucky million-dollar winners have won the lottery after both purchasing tickets from the same store in Nantucket, and other top headlines. WBZ's Paula Ebben has that and more.
The Old South Diner in Nantucket sold a $2 million scratch ticket just weeks after someone bought a ticket worth $1 million at the store.
Gecimar Silva said he bought the ticket because the movie was filmed on Martha's Vineyard.
A Massachusetts woman is on quite the lucky streak, winning a big lottery prize for the second time in 10 weeks.
The winner was 46-year-old Cheng Saephan, a Laos-born immigrant who has been fighting cancer for the past eight years.
Saturday night's jackpot was delayed due to one participating lottery needing additional time to complete pre-draw procedures.
There were two $1 million Powerball winners in Massachusetts and the first $1 million winner in the "Jaws" lottery game is a woman from Dorchester. WBZ TV's Chris Tanaka reports.
The Powerball jackpot has grown to $1.23 billion after there was no winner in Wednesday night's drawing. But there were two $1 million winners in Massachusetts.
Powerball's next jackpot will be at least an estimated $1.23 billion after no tickets matched the numbers needed to win Wednesday night's grand prize of roughly $1.09 billion.
No one has won Powerball's top prize since New Year's Day.
There was one winning ticket sold for Tuesday night's estimated $1.13 billion Mega Millions jackpot, in New Jersey, officials said. It was the fifth largest in the game's history.
There has not been a grand prize winner since New Year's Day.
No one has won the Mega Millions jackpot since Dec. 8, a string of 30 consecutive drawings without anyone taking home the top prize.
The Mega Millions jackpot has grown to an estimated $977 million during the 29 drawings with no winner since Dec. 8.
There has not been a Mega Millions jackpot winner since Dec. 8.
The Massachusetts Lottery said the ticket was sold at Kam Man Food in Quincy. WBZ-TV's Breana Pitts reports.
The jackpot for Friday night's Mega Millions drawing will be at least an estimated $792 million after no tickets matched the numbers for Tuesday night's $735 million grand prize.
WBZ TV's Liam Martin reports.
WBZ TV's Jordyn Jagolinzer reports.
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Many stores and supermarkets in Massachusetts are open Christmas Eve but closing early.
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Detective Lieutenant Brian Tully was disciplined for failing to supervise investigators who sent inappropriate text messages during Karen Read's investigation.
WBZ-TV's I-Team has uncovered a third attempted land grab by thieves in Massachusetts, this time in West Yarmouth.
In a year-end interview with WBZ-TV, Gov. Maura Healey had a message for the handful of Massachusetts communities that designate themselves as "sanctuary" cities for immigrants: "We are not a sanctuary state."
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Many stores and supermarkets in Massachusetts are open Christmas Eve but closing early.
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A romance bookstore - the first in the Boston area - has opened its doors in Cambridge, giving fans of the genre the chance to revel in romantic reads.
Ocean State Job Lot announced this week it is taking over another Christmas Tree Shops location, this one in North Attleboro.
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