Odds vs. Chances: Billion Dollar Mega Millions Jackpot
Often we interchange odds and chances, but KDKA's John Shumway is here to tell you - there is a difference when you buy that lottery ticket!
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Often we interchange odds and chances, but KDKA's John Shumway is here to tell you - there is a difference when you buy that lottery ticket!
The game's expected payout climbed past the $1 billion mark after its last drawing, on Tuesday. The next drawing is Friday at 11 p.m. EDT.
The Pennsylvania Lottery is the only state lottery that designates proceeds to programs for seniors.
No winner once again turns the Mega Millions jackpot to $1.2 billion!
Once again, there was no winner on Tuesday of the Mega Millions jackpot. Now, the winnings reach $1.2 billion. KDKA's Lindsay Ward has more.
The stakes are high and millions and millions of dollars are on the line.
The odds are small, but the right combination could be generational.
Good luck, dreamers.
Tonight's Mega Millions drawing is over half a billion dollars, but what are your odds of actually winning? Your Day Pittsburgh's Bryant Reed breaks down the numbers.
It would be the fifth biggest prize in Mega Millions history.
If won during the next drawing on Tuesday, it would be the eighth largest on record.
A jackpot-winning lottery ticket worth $516 million has been claimed in Pennsylvania.
A winning Mega Millions jackpot ticket worth $515 million was sold here in Pennsylvania.
Mega Millions says there is one ticket in Pennsylvania that matched five numbers and is worth a $1 million prize.
The jackpot for Mega Millions' Tuesday night drawing has climbed to $625 million, and the top prize in the Powerball game reached $550 million ahead of Wednesday's drawing.
Someone who bought a lottery ticket in Allegheny County is $1 million richer.
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A former Westmoreland County employee was charged with theft after detectives said he ordered unauthorized pay increases.
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