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Record $640M jackpot sparks Mega Millions mania
March 30, 2012
March 30, 2012
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Editor's note: This story was updated at 12:15 p.m. Eastern time when Mega Million officials announced the jackpot had grown to $640 million. Earlier Friday, the jackpot amount was $540 million.[/i] (CBS News) Lottery agents in New York were selling 1.3 million Mega Millions tickets per hour Thursday.
Multiply that by 42 states, and get an idea of the frenzy over Friday night's record $640 million Mega Millions jackpot. It's the biggest lottery jackpot in U.S. history.
Officials were expecting to sell about 1.2 billion tickets total before the drawing, and one says there's a 90 percent chance there
Multiply that by 42 states, and get an idea of the frenzy over Friday night's record $640 million Mega Millions jackpot. It's the biggest lottery jackpot in U.S. history.
Officials were expecting to sell about 1.2 billion tickets total before the drawing, and one says there's a 90 percent chance there
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