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Unclaimed $1.5B jackpot mystery: Winner died? Ticket lost?
Nearly everyone in this small South Carolina town has a theory for the city’s billion-dollar mystery: Who won the $1.5 billion Mega Millions jackpot announced last October? Whoever won the second largest lottery in U.S. history has until 5 p.m. on April 19 to claim the jackpot.
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New Year’s Day jackpot is 8th largest in Mega Millions history
This will be the fifth time the jackpot has been drawn on the first day of a new year and has so far only been won once on that day, in 2008.
4 months ago -
Mega Millions jackpot grows to $415 million; next drawing set for New Year’s Day
As 2018 comes to a close, there have been five Mega Millions jackpots won this year. In October, a ticket was sold in South Carolina, worth a record prize of $1.537 billion, the biggest in Mega Millions history. That ticket holder, however, has not come forward to claim the celebrated prize.
4 months ago -
NICU nurses donate $10K Mega Millions winnings to colleagues in need
The nurses, who all work in the neo-natal intensive care unit (NICU) at Mercy Children’s Hospital St. Louis in Missouri, split their $7,200 post-taxes earnings between a nurse who recently lost her teenage son to suicide and a neonatologist whose husband is battling cancer.
5 months ago -
My Take: You didn’t get rich for free. Get over it
On My Take, Clinton Yates says, you have a better chance being president than winning the Mega Million’s jackpot. Here are other things that have a better chance of happening.
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Not mega-millionaires but DC, Va. still see $1M winners
They may not have won the record-breaking $1.6 billion Mega Millions jackpot, but some people in the D.C. area can dry their tears with a much bigger bank account.
6 months ago -
S. Carolina ticket wins $1.537B Mega Millions jackpot
Lottery officials say a ticket sold in South Carolina wins the estimated $1.537 billion Mega Million jackpot.
6 months ago -
Numbers drawn for record $1.6B Mega Millions jackpot
The estimated jackpot is the largest lottery prize ever. The jackpot has been growing since July, when a group of California office workers won $543 million.
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What are the luckiest numbers and states for Mega Millions?
For all the anticipation about whether someone will finally snag the gigantic Mega Millions and Powerball jackpots, the games come down to two things: simple math — and very long odds. Find out the luckiest states … and numbers.
6 months ago -
Powerball and Mega Millions combined jackpot hits $2 billion after there were no winners Saturday
After nobody won Saturday’s Powerball top prize, the potential jackpot has swelled to an even more monstrous amount.
6 months ago -
The top 10 largest US Jackpots
With the jackpot currently tied with the record-setting lottery jackpot and bound to grow before the next drawing, it is bound to become the largest prize in U.S. history.
6 months ago -
What happens if you win the Mega Millions jackpot?
The odds are terrible but the results would be life-changing for the winner of the Mega Millions jackpot, now the largest in the lottery’s history. Lottery officials recommend winners take a deep breath, put their winning ticket in a safe spot and consult with a reputable financial planner before popping over to the lottery headquarters. Here’s more to consider.
6 months ago -
No winner: Mega Millions jackpot soars to $1.6B
The prize has grown so large because no one has hit the jackpot since July 24, when a group in California won $543 million.
6 months ago -
What would you do if you won the lottery?
We asked the question on our Facebook page: What would you do if you won the Mega Millions jackpot? Read some of our favorite responses from WTOP listeners and readers.
6 months ago -
Mega Millions jackpot now $900M, 2nd largest in US history
The already-giant Mega Millions prize is now at $900 million, lottery officials announced Wednesday.
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