Winning Mega Millions ticket for $1.35 billion jackpot sold in Maine

Maine scored its first Mega Millions jackpot — and someone beat the ill fortune of Friday the 13th — when a ticket purchased in the state matched the winning numbers for the lottery’s estimated $1.35 billion grand prize.

Did you win? Check out the winning Mega Millions numbers for Jan. 13

Jackpot for the Jan. 13 Mega Millions drawing reached an estimated $1.35 billion, as no tickets matched all six numbers for the drawing on Jan. 10.

Mega Millions: Are people playing the lottery on Friday the 13th?
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Jan. 13 is the night where the winning numbers for the 1.35-billion-dollar Mega Millions jackpot will be drawn. Jan. 13 happens to fall on a Friday, and FOX 10's Danielle Miller spoke with people on whether they are playing today, on a day that is traditionally filled with superstition.

Jackpot fever: Scottsdale store has historical ties to the lottery
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As the Mega Millions jackpot grows past a billion dollars, more people are buying lottery tickets in hopes of getting that big jackpot. FOX 10's Lauren Clark has more on a store in Scottsdale that has a historical tie to the lottery.

Mega Millions jackpot grows to $1.35 billion, 2nd largest in game history

The grand prize also comes with an estimated $707.9 million cash option after no ticket matched all six numbers on Tuesday night. Here’s when the next drawing occurs.

Mega Millions: 3rd graders talk about what they would do if they have a billion dollars
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Obviously, they are too young to buy a lottery ticket, but that's not stopping these elementary school students from having dreams of what they will do with they have a billion dollars. FOX 10's Danielle Miller reports.

Mega Millions: Phoenicians dream of how they will spend their lottery jackpot ahead of drawing
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With a 940 million dollar jackpot on the line, people are certainly paying attention to the Mega Millions jackpot that is set to take place on Jan. 6. FOX 10's Anita Roman caught up with people in town, who talked about the craziest thing they'd spend the jackpot on, should they get lucky enough to win it.

Americans are expected to gamble $1.8B on the World Cup this year

The American Gaming Association estimates that 20.5 million American adults plan to bet on the biggest soccer tournament in the world, legally or otherwise.

Bet on it: Sports gambling effort in California is not over

The effort to legalize sports betting in California ran headlong into a typical challenge for competing ballot measures as each was battered in a torrent of negative advertising that doomed both to spectacular failure in the most expensive ballot race in U.S. history.

Big bet a bust in bid to allow sports gambling in California

The most expensive ballot proposition gamble in U.S. history went bust Tuesday as California voters overwhelmingly rejected sports betting initiatives by Native American tribes and the gaming industry.

Where are the winning numbers in Powerball's $1.9B jackpot?

All eyes are on Powerball's website as the nation awaits the winning numbers to get drawn for the $1.9 billion jackpot. But here's the problem: there is now a delay in the winning numbers getting released to the public.

What can winning the record-high Powerball jackpot buy you in Arizona?
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So, what will nearly two billion dollars buy you? FOX 10's Steve Nielsen had the hardest job of the day ? figuring out the most expensive things in the state of Arizona to spend it on as the Powerball jackpot is now the highest it has ever been.

Powerball jackpot climbs to $1 billion

The increased jackpot will be the second-largest in U.S. history.