Mega Millions

Mega Millions Jackpot Nearly 1 Billion Dollars
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North Carolina man hits two deer and a jackpot in 24 hours

"Then I woke up and checked my tickets. I checked the fourth ticket and I saw the ‘4′ and then the next number and the next number and the next number,” Dowe told the Associated Press. “I’m like, ‘Wow!’ It was just crazy.” The odds of Dowe winnings were estimated at 1 in 12.6 million, according to official rules

(013110 Boston, Mass.) PWRBALL Kerry Byrne, 22, an employee at The Hub liquor store in South Boston, looks at her Powerball numbers after purchasing a ticket on Jan. 31, 2010. Sunday was the first day Powerball tickets were being sold in Massachus
National  |  jeffhauser

Mega Millions and Powerball hits $1.6 billion combined total this week

A lot of money is at stake in this week's lottery drawings with an estimated $850 million in Tuesday's Mega Millions drawing and an estimated $730 million in Wednesday's Powerball jackpot. That's a combined $1.58 billion, before taxes, and roughly $632 million in combined taxes for a lump-sum payment of $948 million.