The identities of three lucky Mega Millions ticket holders in Maryland, Illinois and Kansas who will share a $656 million prize, the largest lottery jackpot in U.S. history, are still a mystery today. The three tickets matched all five numbers including the megaball number from Friday night’s drawing. The winning numbers were: 2, 4, 23, [...]

The Mega Millions jackpot survived another drawing and is now at a record $500 million. If you, like millions of Americans, are planning on trying your luck, there are a few numbers to keep in mind. The first and arguably most important data point — to keep your expectations, and perhaps delusions, in check — [...]

Here in Nigeria, many people are taking advantage of lotto. Lotto as we all know is a game of chance where numbers are drawn from a container. Advantages of Lotto over pools betting Lotto game is played daily, as compared with weekly pools. Different lotto games are played on daily basis compared with pools. The [...]

Next Draw — Friday, March 30 MarketwirePress Release: Arizona Lottery – 16 hours ago Culled from Yahoo Finance PHOENIX, AZ–(Marketwire -03/28/12)- The Mega Millions jackpot has been increased from $476 million to an estimated $500 million for the draw on Friday, March 30. The jackpots are established based on a forecast of ticket sales. In [...]

Associated PressBy JOHN SEEWER | Associated Press With a half-billion-dollar multistate lottery jackpot up for grabs, plenty of folks are fantasizing about how to spend the money. But doing it the right way — protecting your riches, your identity and your sanity — takes some thought and planning. Making sure you don’t blow the nation’s [...]

Culled From ABC News Its a combination of Luck and Strategy Here are his tips for buying tickets: Pick your own numbers. Don’t leave it up to the machine. Lustig advises against playing Quick Picks, the phrase describing the number the computer picks for you when you don’t use your own. Do your homework. Go [...]

Risk 3 Years Jail Term The Lagos State Lottery Board Boss, Mr. Lanre Gbajabiamila has warned the operators of illegal lotteries in the Lagos metropolis to desist from their illegal activities or risk three years jail term upon conviction by a court of law, or pay a penalty of 1.0 Million Naira. In a statement [...]

Director-General, National Lottery Regulatory Commission, NLRC, Peter Igho, has said that the commission has raked in N1.8 billion from Lagos State alone. He said if all the centres across the country begin to function, lottery can provide an alternative to the nation’s source of generating revenue. At an interactive session in Abuja, Igho, who also [...]

PHOENIX, AZ–(Marketwire -03/29/12)- The Mega Millions jackpot has been increased from $500 million to an estimated $540 million for the draw on Friday, March 30. The jackpots are established based on a forecast of ticket sales. In this case, the ticket sales have outpaced the forecast, resulting in the increase of the estimated jackpot amount. [...]

What is your ticket’s number? Who won yesterday’s draw? $640 Million Dollars!!! Maryland lottery officials announced early Saturday that their state sold what could become the world’s largest lottery payout of all-time, but it wasn’t immediately clear if that ticket holder would get sole possession of the $640 million jackpot or have to split it [...]