Powerball, Mega Millions jackpots rise
Monopoly Millionaires' Club, the new national game, has its first drawing Friday.
Powerball saw its annuity jackpot rise to $125 million for Saturday's drawing when no one matched all of the numbers drawn Wednesday night.
But four tickets just missed, matching the first five numbers but not the Powerball.
The numbers were 29, 30, 40, 42 and 50, with a Powerball of 16.
Pennsylvania and Idaho each produced a ticket worth $2 million for matching the first five while having the Power Play prize-boosting option. North Carolina and Texas each had $1 million winners that matched five without the Power Play.
The Pennsylvania ticket was sold at the Sunoco at 3167 Susquehanna Trail in York.
Saturday's cash jackpot will be worth $79 million. For more, go to Powerball.com.
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Mega Millions. Friday's jackpot will be worth $224 million for the annuity, $137 million for the cash. Tuesday's numbers were 5, 35, 37, 41 and 66, with a Mega Ball of 11.
Oddly, an Illinois ticket paid off far more than two California tickets, even though all three matched the first five numbers. The Illinois ticket paid $1 million -- the standard amount in most states -- while the California winners will have to "settle" for $166,629 each under that state's pari-mutuel system.
See: Biggest jackpots in U.S. Lottery history.
Monopoly Millionaires' Club. The new national game's first drawing will be Friday night, with a top prize of $15 million and 10 prizes worth $1 million. The game started selling Sunday in 22 states and Washington, D.C. The states: Arizona, Arkansas, Florida, Georgia, Indiana, Iowa, Kentucky, Maine, Maryland, Michigan, Minnesota, Missouri, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New Mexico, New York, North Carolina, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, South Dakota, Tennessee and Texas.
Unlike Powerball and Mega Millions, the top prize grows only up to a cap of $25 million. All the extra money from sales is then used to create "More and more millionaires," as the game's slogan says.
More states are expected to join in the months ahead.
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