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News Articles: Mega Millions

A Mega Millions customer purchases her tickets for the estimated jackpot of $1.1 Billion at the Fuel On Convenience Store in Pittsburgh, Monday, Jan. 9, 2023. Twenty-four consecutive drawings later with no grand prize winner named, the Mega Millions jackpot is now over $1 billion, making it one of the largest jackpots in lottery history. The next drawing is Friday.

Here's where your money goes when you buy a ticket from a state-run lottery

The Mega Millions' estimated jackpot has increased to a total of $1.35 billion — the second-largest jackpot in the game's history, officials say.

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  • Jonathan Franklin
A Mega Millions lottery slip is displayed at Lucky Mart in Chicago on Tuesday, Jan. 10, 2023. After nearly three months of lottery losing, the Mega Millions jackpot has swelled above $1 billion. The odds of winning the top lottery prize are formidable at 1 in 302.6 million.

The Mega Millions jackpot grows to its second-highest ever after no winner is named

The Mega Millions prize has grown again to an estimated $1.35 billion after there was no winner of the lottery's latest giant jackpot. The prize for the next drawing is Friday night.

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  • The Associated Press
Roberto Ramirez checks his SuperLotto Plus ticket Friday at a gas station in Altadena, Calif.

The Mega Millions jackpot has soared to $1.1 billion

No one won the estimated $940 million jackpot Friday, pushing the lottery prize to the third-largest Mega Millions in U.S. history ahead of the next drawing Tuesday night.

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  • The Associated Press
A lottery ticket vending machine is seen at a convenience store Tuesday, Jan. 3, 2023, in Northbrook, Ill.

The Mega Millions jackpot climbs to $940M after no single winner is drawn

The Mega Millions jackpot increased to an estimated $940 million after another drawing Tuesday resulted in plenty of losers but not a single grand prize winner

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  • The Associated Press
A customer is shown filling out a Mega Millions lottery ticket at a convenience store in Northbrook, Ill., on Jan. 6, 2021. The holiday shopping season, for Mega Millions lottery ticket buyers, at least, is ramping up as officials say the estimated jackpot for the drawing the night of Tuesday, Dec. 27, 2022, has surpassed half a billion dollars.

The Mega Millions jackpot on Tuesday will surpass an estimated $565 million

As of late Monday, lottery officials estimate Tuesday's Mega Millions prize at $565 million — or more than $293 million if delivered in cash.

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  • The Associated Press
A customer is handed Powerball lottery tickets to purchased at Lichine's Liquor & Deli in Sacramento, Calif., Monday, Oct. 31, 2022. The jackpot for Monday night's drawing soared to $1 billion after no one matched all six numbers in Saturday night's drawing. It's the fifth-largest lottery jackpot in U.S. history.

'Predatory gambling' has helped the lottery reach sky-high jackpot, critics say

The game's jackpot has increased to an estimated $1.6 billion — one of the largest in U.S. lottery history.

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  • Jonathan Franklin
A customer walks in to the Speedway gas station in Des Plaines, Ill., where the winning Mega Millions lottery ticket was sold on July 30. Two people who wish to remain anonymous have claimed the $1.337 billion jackpot, officials said Wednesday.

Two people who agreed to split the Mega Millions jackpot have claimed the prize

The Illinois Lottery said the $1.337 million prize for the July 29 drawing was claimed by two people who wish to remain anonymous. They chose a lump sum payment of $780.5 million.

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  • The Associated Press
A Mega Millions lottery ticket at a store on July 29 in Arlington, Va. The winner of the $1.34 billion jackpot has not come forward to claim their prize yet.

Someone won the $1.34 billion Mega Millions prize. But they haven't claimed it

It's been nearly a month since the winning numbers for one of the largest jackpots in Mega Millions history were pulled. But no one has come forward to claim the $1.34 billion prize yet.

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  • Wynne Davis
The winning lottery ticket in the recent Mega Millions jackpot is worth $1.337 billion, but because of an Illinois law, the identity of who bought it might never be revealed. In most states, anonymity isn't an option.

We might never know who won the Mega Millions jackpot. That's not usually the case

Most states do not currently grant anonymity to lottery winners. Some lawmakers have tried to change that in recent years out of growing privacy and safety concerns.

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  • Shauneen Miranda