Gregg Mineo, director of the Maine Bureau of Alcoholic Beverages and Lottery Operations, said the particular person with the winning ticket has up to 12 months to turn it in. Fred Cotreau, owner of the Hometown Gas and Grill in Lebanon, exactly where the winning Mega Millions ticket was sold. Cotreau, who has owned the store for 4 years, was becom… Read More

The estimated jackpot for Saturday night is now $800 million. In quite a few places - such as New York City - the winnings are also subject to municipal taxes. The earlier world-record jackpot was set in 2016, when $1.59bn was split in between three Powerball players. The earlier evening, the highly-anticipated draw was delayed by almost ten hours … Read More

There have been 24 consecutive drawings given that Oct. 14 but no grand prize winner has been declared which has ramped up the jackpot. A single $20,000 winning ticket was sold on line by the Illinois Lottery, along with five other $10,000 tickets bought in the Chicago area. Pick 5 numbers from 1 to 70 and a Mega Ball quantity from 1 to 25, or sele… Read More

This outstanding prize was awarded to 3 lucky winners who shared the $656 million jackpot prize in March 2012. The record was held for four years until Powerball awarded a $1.586 billion jackpot in January 2016. The game continued to grow till 2010, when an agreement was reached for states to be able to sell both Powerball and Mega Millions tickets… Read More

On Wednesday March 27th 2019, the Powerball jackpot reached $768 million, and was won by a single ticket purchased in New Berlin, WI. This the biggest single-ticket jackpot win in Powerball history. The state of California started selling Powerball tickets in 2013, but refused the supply the Power Play option, even though Wyoming and Puerto Rico jo… Read More