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Winning Mega Millions Tickets Sold in Idaho, Wash. State

BOISE, Idaho -- After a nationwide frenzy for a life-changing chance to win a $380 million Mega Millions jackpot, the two winning tickets were sold in small Pacific Northwest towns just 125 miles apart. Idaho Lottery officials said Wednesday that one winner is from the northern Idaho town of Post Falls. That's just across...

Mega Millions Jackpot: What Would Twitter Users Do With the Cash?

Tonight, one lucky person could win one of the biggest U.S. lottery prizes ever. The Mega Millions jackpot, which hasn't been claimed since Nov. 9, is now up to $355 million. That's just $35 million shy of the nation's record prize, a $390 million jackpot handed out in 2007. The winner of tonight's drawing -- if...

No Winner, Mega Millions Jackpot Grows to $196 Million

Mega Millions ticket holders hoping for a Christmas lottery miracle will have to try again. The game's Friday night drawing failed to produce a jackpot winner, boosting the pot Saturday to nearly $200 million. The winning numbers were 15, 16, 27, 40 and 52, with a Mega Ball of 16. Eleven ticket holders won $250,000 for...

California Player Wins $133M Mega Millions Jackpot

(March 6) -- Someone in the Golden State holds the winning ticket to the Mega Millions jackpot, which peaked at $133 million Friday night. The winning numbers were 11, 31, 34, 44 and 52. The Mega Ball was 32. Seven other lucky players joined the now-multimillionaire from California in netting some cash during Friday's...

Ohio University Lineman Wins Lottery

Since the NCAA puts restrictions on it's student-athletes when it comes to earning money and having jobs, players sometimes have to resort to other tactics to make some cash. While some players may turn to committing crimes to make money, there are others who rely on more traditional means.Like buying lottery...

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Will This Beat #MegaMillions?

On Friday, a day when some of hashtags trending on the social networking site Twitter included #IfIHitTheMegaMillion and National Cleavage Day , a group of more than 140 financial bloggers was determined to stand out from the pack with hashtag #RothIRAMovement.

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Brooklyn Mom Garina Fearon Is a Mega-Million Jackpot Winner

Little did Garina Fearon (pictured) of East New York, Brooklyn, know that she had wound up with a winning Mega-Million dollar jackpot ticket.

Background on MegaMillions

Mega Millions (MM) is a US multi-jurisdictional $1 lottery game. Since it replaced The Big Game in May 2002 (see below), Mega Millions' advertised jackpots have started at $12 million, paid in 26 yearly installments (unless the cash option is chosen), increasing when there is no jackpot winner.

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