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| Mega Millions rockets to record $476 million |
| By philly.com - Peter Mucha |
| Published: 03/28/2012 |
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Welcome to jackpot freak-out. Even major media outlets like Good Morning America are going gaga over Mega Millions smashing through the $400 million barrier, soaring toward the half-billion-dollar mark, and rewriting the record book. Forty-seven tickets, including two in Pennsylvania and two in New Jersey, just missed last night. They matched the first five numbers - 9, 19, 34, 44 and 51 - but not the Mega Ball of 24. Most will win $250,000 - instead of more than 1,000 times that much. The annuity jackpot rocketed to $476 million for Friday night's drawing - obliterating the old U.S. mark of $390 million set by Mega Millions in March 2007. The $120 million jump in the annuity also was a record, beating the $115 million also witnessed in March 2007. The cash jackpot clobbered its own record, catapulting from $259 million to $341 million - $101 million more than the second-biggest cash jackpot ever, the $240 million reached by Mega Millions in January last year. Read More. |
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