Want to get rich? Get some balls. Tuesday night’s Mega Millions jackpot now stands at a scream-worthy $800 million — the 10th-largest haul in the game’s history. And lottery hopefuls nationwide are looking for any edge they can get. Enter the online Michigan outlet MLive, which combed through over a year’s worth of games — … Read more
Winner takes…some. The Mega Millions jackpot has reached a historic high of $743 million after Tuesday night’s six-number draw failed to produce a match. Tuesday’s numbers were 25, 37, 59, 68, 70, and the gold Mega Ball was 10. Despite the impressive jackpot amount, if a winner matches the numbers in the next draw, slated … Read more
Can AI predict winning lottery numbers? For Tammy Carvey, the answer was a resounding yes. On Sept. 6, with Powerball skyrocketing toward a dizzing $2 billion jackpot, the 45-year-old Michigander opened up ChatGPT, asked it for a set of numbers, and played them — later consulting Google to find out if she’d won anything. She had … Read more
A Virginia woman became a millionaire after she recently discovered a weeks-old lottery ticket sitting inside her nightstand. Portsmouth resident Melena Hill purchased a Mega Millions lottery ticket ahead of the Jan. 9 drawing at the Murphy USA gas station in Suffolk, according to a press release from the Virginia Lottery. The winning numbers were 12-15-32-33-53, … Read more
A Houston, Texas woman pleaded guilty this week to stealing a $1 million “scratch-off” lottery ticket from her cousin and taking the lump-sum payout of $500,000 in November 2020, according to the Nassau County, New York district attorney. Nassau County District Attorney Anne T. Donnely announced the plea in a press release on Friday, saying Iris Amador Argueta, … Read more