Mega Millions / Powerball Lottery News

Sunday, October 12, 2008

1:08 am - Powerball: There was no jackpot winner in the Saturday Powerball drawing, but 5 lucky players matched the first 5 numbers for a $200,000 prize: 1 from Arizona, 1 from Connecticut, 1 from Iowa, 1 from Kentucky and 1 from Pennsylvania.  For the complete rundown of winners by prize category, see the Ways to Win page.

Saturday, October 11, 2008

	11:04 pm - Powerball:  The Saturday, October 11, 2008 Powerball drawing has taken place, and the results are 3-7-17-39-47, and the Powerball is 9.  The Power Play number is 4.  To see all the ways your ticket can win a prize, please go to the Ways To Win Powerball page, or you can use the Powerball Search page to type the numbers on your ticket and have the USA Mega computer search the past results.  We will announce the number of big winners in this drawing, the states they came from, and the next jackpot within the next couple of hours, here on USA Mega.  Good luck!
	3:40 pm - $42M lottery winner plans to become a pecan farmer.  A Detroit-area man who won a $42 million Mega Millions jackpot plans to retire from Chrysler and become a pecan farmer in Georgia.
	3:20 pm - Georgia Lottery starts 2-for-1 Fantasy 5 Fridays.  The Georgia Lottery began a new promotion of its Fantasy 5 game Friday, increasing players' chances to win the Pick 5-style lotto game.
	1:30 am - Mega Millions: There was no jackpot winner in the Friday, October 10, 2008 Mega Millions drawing, but 2 lucky players matched the first 5 numbers for a $250,000 prize: 1 from California and 1 from New Jersey.  For the complete rundown of winners by prize category, a list of the California pari-mutuel prize amounts, the drawing video, and all other data about this drawing, see the Mega Millions Drawing Detail page.

Friday, October 10, 2008

11:03 pm - Mega Millions:  The Friday, October 10, 2008 Mega Millions drawing has taken place, and the results are 14-15-43-46-48, and the Mega Ball is 21.  To see all the ways your ticket can win a prize, please go to the Ways To Win Mega Millions page, or you can use the Mega Millions Search page to type the numbers on your ticket and have the USA Mega computer search the past results.  We will announce the number of big winners in this drawing, the states they came from, and the next jackpot within the next couple of hours, here on USA Mega.  Good luck!

8:20 am - Michigan $42M lottery winner to claim jackpot today.  The owner of a winning $42 million Mega Millions ticket, sold at a Macomb County, Michigan, liquor store, is expected to show up at Lottery headquarters Friday to collect the fortune.

Thursday, October 9, 2008

12:00 am - Powerball: There was no jackpot winner in the Wednesday Powerball drawing, but 6 lucky players matched the first 5 numbers for a $200,000 prize: 1 from Delaware, 2 from Indiana (1 with Power Play), 1 from Kentucky, 1 from Missouri and 1 from Pennsylvania (1 with Power Play).  For the complete rundown of winners by prize category, see the Ways to Win page.

Wednesday, October 8, 2008

	11:05 pm - Powerball:  The Wednesday, October 08, 2008 Powerball drawing has taken place, and the results are 2-12-17-48-54, and the Powerball is 2.  The Power Play number is 4.  To see all the ways your ticket can win a prize, please go to the Ways To Win Powerball page, or you can use the Powerball Search page to type the numbers on your ticket and have the USA Mega computer search the past results.  We will announce the number of big winners in this drawing, the states they came from, and the next jackpot within the next couple of hours, here on USA Mega.  Good luck!
	8:20 pm - 22 postal workers win $10.2M Powerball lottery jackpot.  22 postal workers who work at the Philadelphia Bulk Mail Center are sharing the joy of winning the $10.2 million Powerball lottery jackpot on Saturday.
	7:00 pm - Lottery ticket has all the numbers, but 7 seconds late.  Joel Ifergan came within seven seconds of becoming a multi-millionaire, and he's ready to go to court to claim his windfall.
	5:00 pm - Man bowled-over by second lottery win.  A Kansas man whose girlfriend was physically stuck to the toilet in their home won $20,000 in the state Lottery, for the second time this year.
	1:44 am - Mega Millions: There was no jackpot winner in the Tuesday, October 07, 2008 Mega Millions drawing, but 2 lucky players matched the first 5 numbers for a $250,000 prize: 1 from New Jersey and 1 from New York.  For the complete rundown of winners by prize category, a list of the California pari-mutuel prize amounts, the drawing video, and all other data about this drawing, see the Mega Millions Drawing Detail page.