
Mega Millions jackpot reaches $1.35 billion
The fourth largest jackpot in U.S. history is on the line Friday night. The Mega Millions prize has swelled to $1.35 billion.
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The fourth largest jackpot in U.S. history is on the line Friday night. The Mega Millions prize has swelled to $1.35 billion.
The Mega Millions jackpot has topped $1.1 billion -- the third largest in the game's history. Those who bought tickets are already dreaming big. Omar Villafranca has more.
This marks the fifth largest lottery jackpot ever and the third largest in Mega Millions history.
The Mega Millions jackpot has soared to $1.1 billion. CBS News correspondent Omar Villafranca spoke with people buying lottery tickets at a gas station in Dallas about what they'd do if they won.
Multi-State Lottery Association tweaked the Mega Millions lottery so it would generate large jackpots, one expert said.
The Mega Millions jackpot is up to almost a billion dollars after no one matched all the winning numbers on Tuesday. The next drawing is set for Friday night. Victor Matheson, a professor of economics at the College of the Holy Cross, joins CBS News to discuss the jackpot.
She took home the biggest prize possible in the game as several others in the state won millions from their own scratch-offs.
The last time a Mega Millions jackpot was won was Oct. 14, when holders of two tickets sold in California and Florida shared a $502 million pot of gold.
Someone could be wrapping up the year with a major bump to their bank account as the Mega Millions jackpot hits $685 million ahead of the Friday drawing.
Raymond Roberts Sr. played the same numbers for each ticket that he has played in multiple games for more than two decades.
Office manager Lori Janes said everyone at the event was "going insane" when the winning ticket was revealed.
The Minnesota Lottery said a technical issue with its two-tiered verification process was to blame for the nearly 10-hour delay.
Lottery officials said one state was still processing its sales data. The jackpot is the largest for any lottery, anywhere, ever.
"We just sat there in disbelief," said the woman, who added that most of that money will go to her retirement fund.
The largest lottery prize ever is on the line. No one has hit the Powerball jackpot in three months, pushing it to $1.9 billion.
The Powerball jackpot is now up to $1.9 billion, the largest prize in lottery history. However, with all the fun of the game, there are also very real dangers for some people who struggle with gambling addiction. Keith Whyte, the executive director of the National Council on Problem Gambling, joins CBS News for more on this.
The Powerball jackpot has grown to an estimated $1.9 billion after no winning tickets were sold in Saturday night's drawing
The jackpot has eluded players since Aug. 3, the last time anyone matched all five winning numbers and the Powerball.
The current Powerball jackpot of $1.6 billion is the largest ever lottery prize. The next drawing is Saturday night. Danya Bacchus has more on the frenzy.
Giant lottery jackpot has people flooding across state lines to buy tickets for the $1.5 billion drawing.
There was no jackpot winner Monday night, so the Powerball grand prize has jumped up to $1.2 billion. CBS News' Anne-Marie Green and Vladimir Duthiers spoke with Mark Glickman, Ph.D., a senior lecturer in statistics at Harvard University, about what your odds of winning really are and what to know before you buy your tickets.
There were no winning tickets sold for Monday night's Powerball drawing so the grand prize for Wednesday night's selections will be a minimum of roughly $1.2 billion.
After Saturday's Powerball drawing resulted in no winners, the jackpot has now risen to an estimated $1 billion. The next drawing is set for Monday night.
The Powerball prize is its second-largest ever, officials said.
Saturday's Powerball jackpot drawing has jumped to at least $825 million, the second-largest prize in Powerball history.
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