Archived Lottery News for September, 2008

Sunday, September 7, 2008

	10:20 am - Powerball lottery jackpot reaches $102 million.  Because no one correctly matched all six numbers in Saturday's Powerball drawing the jackpot grew to an estimated $102 million, with a cash option of $52.1 million, for the Wednesday, September 10th drawing.
	12:00 am - Powerball: There was no jackpot winner in the Saturday Powerball drawing, but 5 lucky players matched the first 5 numbers for a $200,000 prize: 1 from Connecticut, 1 from Missouri, 1 from North Carolina (1 with Power Play), 1 from Pennsylvania and 1 from Tennessee.  For the complete rundown of winners by prize category, see the Ways to Win page.

Saturday, September 6, 2008

	11:04 pm - Powerball:  The Saturday, September 06, 2008 Powerball drawing has taken place, and the results are 17-25-26-49-54, and the Powerball is 11.  The Power Play number is 4.  To see all the ways your ticket can win a prize, please go to the Ways To Win Powerball page, or you can use the Powerball Search page to type the numbers on your ticket and have the USA Mega computer search the past results.  We will announce the number of big winners in this drawing, the states they came from, and the next jackpot within the next couple of hours, here on USA Mega.  Good luck!
	3:00 pm - Missouri Lottery changing games Monday.  Missouri Lottery players will get a new numbers game Monday, but also lose one.
	2:40 pm - Powerball lottery jackpot raised to $92 million.  Because there was no grand prize winner in the Wednesday evening Powerball drawing, the jackpot for the Saturday drawing is an estimated $92 million with a cash option of $46.3 million.
	2:00 pm - Georgia woman wins $5 million lottery jackpot.  A Cleveland, Georgia, woman who works on a chicken farm is celebrating an "eggs-cellent" $5 million dollar lottery win.
	10:00 am - Ohio Lottery's new Keno does $7.2M in business the first month.  Keno, the Ohio Lottery's newest game, finished up its first month of operation this week, brining in $7.2 million and awarding $4.6 million in prizes.
	1:30 am - Mega Millions: There was no jackpot winner in the Friday, September 05, 2008 Mega Millions drawing, but 7 lucky players matched the first 5 numbers for a $250,000 prize: 2 from California, 2 from Maryland, 1 from Massachusetts, 1 from New York, and 1 from Texas.  For the complete rundown of winners by prize category, a list of the California pari-mutuel prize amounts, the drawing video, and all other data about this drawing, see the Mega Millions Drawing Detail page.

Friday, September 5, 2008

11:05 pm - Mega Millions:  The Friday, September 05, 2008 Mega Millions drawing has taken place, and the results are 1-6-15-27-46, and the Mega Ball is 39.  To see all the ways your ticket can win a prize, please go to the Ways To Win Mega Millions page, or you can use the Mega Millions Search page to type the numbers on your ticket and have the USA Mega computer search the past results.  We will announce the number of big winners in this drawing, the states they came from, and the next jackpot within the next couple of hours, here on USA Mega.  Good luck!

Thursday, September 4, 2008

12:11 am - Powerball: There was no jackpot winner in the Wednesday Powerball drawing, but 4 lucky players matched the first 5 numbers for a $200,000 prize: 2 from Minnesota, 1 from Missouri and 1 from Oregon.  For the complete rundown of winners by prize category, see the Ways to Win page.

Wednesday, September 3, 2008

	11:05 pm - Powerball:  The Wednesday, September 03, 2008 Powerball drawing has taken place, and the results are 38-40-46-49-50, and the Powerball is 34.  The Power Play number is 2.  To see all the ways your ticket can win a prize, please go to the Ways To Win Powerball page, or you can use the Powerball Search page to type the numbers on your ticket and have the USA Mega computer search the past results.  We will announce the number of big winners in this drawing, the states they came from, and the next jackpot within the next couple of hours, here on USA Mega.  Good luck!
	1:30 am - Mega Millions: There was no jackpot winner in the Tuesday, September 02, 2008 Mega Millions drawing, but 3 lucky players matched the first 5 numbers for a $250,000 prize: 1 from Georgia, 1 from Maryland, and 1 from Massachusetts.  For the complete rundown of winners by prize category, a list of the California pari-mutuel prize amounts, the drawing video, and all other data about this drawing, see the Mega Millions Drawing Detail page.
	1:20 am - N.Y. Lottery launches record-breaking scratch game.  New Yorkers: get ready for the state lottery's biggest scratchoff prize ever -- and the most expensive scratch game in state history.
	1:00 am - Powerball lottery jackpot up to $81M for Wed..  Because there was no jackpot winner in Saturday's Powerball drawing, the jackpot grew to an estimated $81 million, with a cash option for the Wednesday drawing of an estimated $40.5 million.

Tuesday, September 2, 2008

11:03 pm - Mega Millions:  The Tuesday, September 02, 2008 Mega Millions drawing has taken place, and the results are 14-23-43-44-54, and the Mega Ball is 39.  To see all the ways your ticket can win a prize, please go to the Ways To Win Mega Millions page, or you can use the Mega Millions Search page to type the numbers on your ticket and have the USA Mega computer search the past results.  We will announce the number of big winners in this drawing, the states they came from, and the next jackpot within the next couple of hours, here on USA Mega.  Good luck!

7:20 pm - Lottery winner still a mystery in Georgia.  The winner of Friday night's $132 million Mega Millions jackpot still hadn't shown up at Georgia Lottery headquarters by closing time Tuesday.