Megamillions

• A Mega Millions ticket sold at a Placentia liquor store came within a single digit of claiming the jackpot on Tuesday night -- a jackpot that has since surged to a cool half-billion dollars.
(msnbc.com)
• The D.C. Lottery is printing a commemorative Mega Millions ticket to mark the biggest jackpot in U.S. history. One person from D.C., two from Maryland, one from Virginia and one from West Virginia won at least $250,000 each by matching five numbers.
(Washington Post)
• The multi-state Mega Millions lottery climbed to a record $476 million jackpot heading into this Fridays drawing. The jackpot went up yet again after no one picked the correct six winning numbers in Tuesdays draw.
(YAHOO!)
• The winning numbers for the $356 million Mega Millions lottery jackpot, the third-largest prize in the games history, were 9, 19, 34, 44, 51 and Mega Ball 24, but they did not produce a winner, officials said.
(YAHOO!)
• For the first time in U.S. lottery history, an estimated jackpot has reached half-a-billion dollars. Yes, $500,000,000. The top prize was boosted late this morning, obliterating all previous records. The cash payout is now a staggering $359 million.
(Philadelphia Daily News)
• On Tuesday night, no one picked the winning Mega Million numbers. That means that on this Friday, someone could pick up a cool $476 million. We suppose things could be worse.
(Time)
• No one matched the six numbers drawn Tuesday night in the Mega Millions lottery game, sending the jackpot for the Friday night drawing to $476 million, which would be the largest prize offered in a lottery in the United States.
(Courier-Journal)
• A half-a-billion dollars. After no one won the $363-million Mega Millions lottery drawing Tuesday night the mega-jackpot jumped to a record $500 million Wednesday, according to the New York Lottery website.
(Newsday)
• Things got a little more jolly at Jolly King Liquors in Mill Valley after the store sold a lottery ticket worth more than $300,000. The winner: an employee pool at the Alice 97.
(San Jose Mercury News)
• In Baltimore, thats enough money to help the city buy, say, a few historic landmarks, a couple of rec centers and -- why not -- free swimming all summer at every municipal pool. After a dip, everyone could then towel off with a ten.
(Herald-Mail)