Mega millions

• [Updated at 1:57 p.m. ET] The estimated jackpot for Friday nights Mega Millions drawing rose Thursday to $540 million, extending what Mega Millions officials say already was going to be a world record for lottery jackpots.
(CNN (blog))
• The Mega Millions jackpot has increased to $540 million, the largest jackpot in world history, lottery officials say. The drawing for the massive jackpot will be at 11 p.m. ET on Friday.
(msnbc.com)
• People queuing up for Mega Millions tickets arent the only ones salivating over the record $540 million jackpot that could be won Friday — some state governments struggling through lean times know a hometown winner would bring a tax bonanza.
(Detroit Free Press)
• The borrowed pickup truck, a crack inching its way across the windshield, lumbered into the parking lot off Sunset Boulevard a little before noon on Thursday. Diana Delmuro parked illegally, grabbed her purse and dashed inside Silversun Liquor.
(Los Angeles Times)
• With a world record $540 million (and growing) jackpot at stake, much of the nation is gripped by Mega Millions fever.
(Cincinnati.com)
• PHOENIX, AZ--(Marketwire -03/26/12)- The Mega Millions jackpot has been increased from $356 million to an estimated $363 million for the draw tomorrow, March 27. The jackpots are established based on a forecast of ticket sales.
(Yahoo Finance)
• The Mega Millions lottery jackpot eclipsed $500 million Thursday, setting what officials say is a world record and sending Southern Californians into a frenzy over the prospect of striking it rich.
(Los Angeles Times)
• The lone dollar bill was looking for ways to escape my wallet after I filled my gas tank earlier this week. But what would just a buck buy me these days? Then it hit me, a lottery ticket. I haven't played the lottery in months.
(Chicago Sun-Times)
• CEDAR RAPIDS, Iowa - Did you buy a Mega Millions lottery ticket this week? Millions of people in Iowa and around the country are expected to do just that before the Friday evening drawing for what will be the world's biggest-ever jackpot prize.
(KCRG.com)
• The jackpot amount was increased to $363 million from $356 million on Monday by the Multi State Lottery Association. Larsen said it was not expected to increase more by the Tuesday night drawing.
(Indianapolis Star)