California store sells winning $1.22 billion Mega Millions ticket
One lucky ticket sold in Northern California won an estimated $1.22 billion jackpot in Friday's Mega Millions drawing just days before the new year.
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One lucky ticket sold in Northern California won an estimated $1.22 billion jackpot in Friday's Mega Millions drawing just days before the new year.
A Mega Millions lottery ticket sold at a bowling alley in Napa is worth more than $1.5 million after Tuesday night's drawing but no one has come forward yet to claim the prize, California Lottery officials said.
While it wasn't the big Mega Millions jackpot, a lottery player who purchased a ticket in Lafayette this week got lucky with a $713,000 prize.
Elizabeth Cook reports on a winning Mega Millions ticket sold at a Lafayette gas station (1-3-2023)
There was no big winner for the Powerball drawing with an estimated $700 million held Wednesday evening, according to lottery officials.
Santa did not bring anyone the winning numbers for the Christmas night Powerball drawing, pushing the jackpot to an estimated $685 million for the next drawing Wednesday evening.
The Powerball jackpot will rise to an estimated $925 million after there were no winners in Wednesday's drawing, but one lucky player in San Jose bought a ticket worth nearly $800,000.
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A 7-Eleven store on Buena Vista Avenue in Alameda is considered of the lucky stores for lottery players. Shawn Chitnis reports.
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One lucky person in Florida matched the Mega Millions winning numbers for the $1.58 billion jackpot: 13, 19, 20, 32, 33, with a Mega Ball of 14.
He might be playing the game more often.
Another Mega Millions drawing, another night without a jackpot winner.
Lottery officials on Tuesday night held a Mega Millions drawing for a $1.1 billion jackpot.
Already one of the largest lottery jackpots in history, the Mega Millions jackpot has grown to an estimated $940 million ahead of Friday night's draw, California Lottery officials announced.
The Mega Millions jackpot climbed to an estimated $910 million after a drawing without a winner extended a stretch of bad luck dating back to April.
California lottery officials on Wednesday night confirmed a winning ticket for the $1 billion Powerball prize was sold in Los Angeles.
Team coverage of the $1 billion Powerball ticket sold in Los Angeles and the additional Match 5 winners in the Bay Area (7-20-2023)
No winning tickets were sold for Monday night's $922 million Powerball jackpot, lottery officials said, so the grand prize for Wednesday night's drawing will be an estimated $1 billion.
Officials announced the winning numbers drawn for Monday's Powerball lottery to score a jackpot that had grown to an estimated $675 million.
Someone waited until the very last possible day to claim a nearly expired Powerball ticket bought in Los Gatos last October worth more than $1.5 million, California Lottery officials said Monday.
Winning numbers were drawn in Saturday night's Powerball with an estimated $572 million jackpot.
Another Mega Millions drawing, another night without a big winner.
The first Mega Millions drawing of the new year will be a big one as no one won Friday night's estimated $685 million jackpot.
Jake Reiner reports on lucky Powerball ticket being sold at Altadena gas station (11-8-2022)
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