Is today your lucky day? The Mega Millions lottery jackpot was an estimated $73 million with a cash option of $36.4 million for Tuesday night’s drawing, according to the Mega Millions website. The jackpot was last won on Dec. 8 when two California tickets sold at same location split $394 million Mega Millions jackpot. Meanwhile, […]
A Michigan man won a big prize by utilizing his losing lottery tickets. Safa Behnam, 45, won $100,000 on the 500X Money Maker Second Chance game. Behnam earned entries into the game’s giveaway by scanning losing tickets on the Michigan Lottery app, according to a Dec. 26 news release from the Michigan Lottery Connect. “I […]
There were no Powerball jackpot winners on Christmas Day. With no Powerball winners drawn from the Monday, Dec. 25 drawing, the jackpot is now worth an estimated $685 million with a cash prize of $344.7 million. The jackpot has been climbing since it was last won in October, when a California player won $1.76 billion, […]
Five Powerball players became millionaires on Christmas Day, but no one hit the jackpot so the grand prize will rise to an estimated $685 million, according to the Powerball website. It will be the 16th largest U.S. lottery jackpot of all time (See list below). The cash option for Wednesday’s Powerball will be an estimated […]
Towns across America are once again relying on an old scheme to generate revenue: Turn their police forces into collection agencies to squeeze money out of the citizens they are sworn to protect. From Texas to Ohio, municipalities are using law enforcement to counteract declining tax bases through the aggressive enforcement of fineable offenses such […]
Is today your lucky day? The lottery jackpot was an estimated $620 million with a cash option of $312 million for Saturday night’s drawing, according to the Powerball website. It is the 19th largest U.S. jackpot ever (see chart list below). The jackpot was last won on Oct. 11 when a lottery player in California […]
Is today your lucky day? The Mega Millions lottery jackpot was an estimated $57 million with a cash option of $28.5 million for Friday night’s drawing, according to the Mega Millions website. The jackpot was last won on Dec. 8 when two California tickets sold at same location split $394 million Mega Millions jackpot. Meanwhile, […]
A North Carolina man accidentally got two winning lottery tickets — and now his twin brother will share in the wealth. Timothy Emerick — whose lottery tickets were worth $100,000 each — said he plans to let his brother have one of the prizes. “Over the years whenever I’ve needed him he’s been there,” Emerick […]
A pair of winnings scratch tickets with $4 million prizes were recently sold in Massachusetts. Landon Ruiz, of Fall River, became the first $4 million prize winner in the State Lottery’s “$4,000,000 Bonus Loot” $10 instant ticket game, lottery officials said. Ruiz chose the cash option on his prize and received a one-time payment of […]
Is today your lucky day? The Mega Millions lottery jackpot was an estimated $41 million with a cash option of $20.4 million for Tuesday night’s drawing, according to the Mega Millions website. The jackpot was last won on Dec. 8 when two California tickets sold at same location split $394 million Mega Millions jackpot. Meanwhile, […]
The KC Wheel opened to the public on Thursday in the Pennway Point entertainment district, one of many planned future attractions heading to the location near Union Station. Pennway Putt, the 16-hole minigolf course underneath the wheel, also opened Thursday, just in time for thousands of Kansas City students heading on winter break. The Ferris […]