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Tuesday and Friday Mega Millions Drawing.
Someone could be in for a big treat Friday night. The jackpot for the Mega Millions is one of the highest in the game's history.
The Mega Millions jackpot is now one of the largest in the game's history.
Mega Millions players will get slightly better odds and should start seeing more billion-dollar jackpots, but at a cost -- literally -- with tickets for the multistate lottery jumping in price to $5.
DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) -- Mega Millions players will get slightly better odds and should start seeing more billion-dollar jackpots, but at a cost -- literally -- with tickets for the multistate lottery jumping in price to $5.
By SCOTT McFETRIDGE, Associated Press
(CNN) -- One of the largest jackpots in Mega Millions history is no more after one ticket won the more than $1 billion jackpot.
By Dawn Sawyer, CNN
(CNN) — This holiday season, a lucky Mega Millions player might receive a $1.15 billion belated Christmas gift after no one won Tuesday’s jackpot.
By Lauren Mascarenhas and Dalia Faheid, CNN
The winning ticket is worth an estimated $970 million.
This Christmas Eve, one lucky lottery ticket could celebrate with a Mega Millions jackpot of $1 billion - the largest prize ever offered in the month of December.
By Dalia Faheid and Artemis Moshtaghian, CNN
The change will go into effect in April. The group that runs Mega Millions is promising larger jackpots.
Brian Murphy, WRAL
If someone matches the five winning numbers and mega ball, they will have the option of taking home $401.8 million in cash or stretch out their winnings over 20 years for a total $800 million.
WRAL Staff
The odds of winning a Mega Millions jackpot are 1 in 302 million.
The Mega Millions jackpot for Tuesday night's drawing has reached $331 million.
Two Mega Millions tickets purchased in North Carolina have garnered big wins totaling $5 million.
Brenda Stokes recently experienced the thrill of a lifetime when her strategy of using family birthdays to pick Mega Millions numbers resulted in a $2 million win.
One ticket has won a $1.13 billion Mega Millions jackpot - the 5th largest in the game's history
Dalia Faheid, CNN
Malissa Shipman, of Fayetteville, tried her luck on a $2 Mega Millions ticket, and won a $1 million prize in Tuesday's drawing.
WRAL staff
Powerball and Mega Millions jackpots up for grabs this week each exceed $300 million.
A $2 million winning Mega Millions ticket was purchased in Wilmington,North Carolina lottery officials said Wednesday.
Wondering how to increase your odds of winning the lottery? Dr. Charles Clotfelter, a professor at Duke University, talked with WRAL News about the probability of winning the Tuesday night Mega Millions jackpot and how to increase your odds.
David Morris of Pineville won a $1 million Mega Millions prize in Tuesday's drawing after asking his children to choose his lottery numbers.
Mega Millions fever is hitting North Carolina and the whole country -- as the jackpot for tonight's drawing sits at an estimated $1.25 billion dollars.
On July 19, someone became one of the biggest lottery winners in U.S. history. Powerball's pot had reached over $1 billion after three months without a winning ticket.
Stacker, Chandler Friedman
First things first, according to experts: Keep your mouth shut.
By Allison Morrow, CNN Business
One lucky ticket purchased at a Gaston County grocery store was worth $1 million when it matched all five white balls for Friday's Mega Millions drawing.
