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Starting next month, Mega Millions tickets will cost more than double, at $5 per play. The increase was announced in October in a news release from the lottery.
Mega Millions and Powerball, the other big lottery game, are run separately but both are overseen by state lotteries. Mega Millions is played in 45 states as well as Washington, D.C., and ...
At $348 million, it’s the largest lottery jackpot won in Virginia, and the lucky winner already has their eyes on a big purchase: a zero-radius riding lawn mower.
Nora Beseman, of Story City, won the $500,000 prize on a $50 Mega Bucks scratch ticket she bought at a Hy-Vee store in Ames.