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Mega Millions jackpot reaches $900M, Columbia ticket wins $30K – wach.com

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COLUMBIA, S.C. (WACH) — The Mega Millions jackpot reached $900 million for Tuesday’s drawing after no ticket matched all winning numbers on Friday, according to the South Carolina Education Lottery.
A ticket sold in Woodruff won $30,000 in Friday’s drawing, officials said. The winning ticket was purchased at The Party Shop located at 661 Laurens Road.
Friday’s winning numbers were 16, 21, 23, 48, and 70, with a Megaball of 5.
Lottery officials said more than 33,000 tickets purchased in the state won prizes ranging from $10 to $30,000. Players have 180 days from the date of the drawing to claim their winnings. Information on how to claim prizes is available here.
The odds of matching four of the first five numbers and the Megaball to win $30,000 are about 1 in 893,761.
Net proceeds from lottery sales support education funding, player prizes, retailer commissions, and related services, the lottery said.
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Powerball Set For Tonight, Mega Millions Tomorrow – The Pulse of NH

Tonight’s Powerball jackpot is sitting at 490-million-dollars.
That comes with a cash value of over 228-million.
Meanwhile, tomorrow’s Mega Millions drawing features a jackpot worth 900-million-dollars.
That has a cash option of over 415-million.
The odds of winning are 1 in 292  million.  Good luck.
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Mega Millions jackpot soars to $900M ahead of Tuesday’s drawing. What's the cash payout? – The Gardner News

Mega Millions is now worth a whopping $900 million going into Tuesday’s drawing.
“It’s the eighth largest jackpot since the game began in 2002, and only the third time the jackpot has reached this level since the current game record of $1.602 billion was won in Florida on Aug. 8, 2023,” according to a release from Mega Millions.
In the last drawing on Nov. 7, there were 688,058 winning tickets across all prize tiers, for total nationwide winnings of more than $13.8 million, according to to the release.
November historically hasn’t been a lucky month for the Mega Millions, with no one winning a November jackpot in nearly a decade.
“It has been a while since the Mega Millions jackpot was won during November; the last time was in 2016,” a release added.
Here’s when the next drawing will happen.
The next drawing is Friday, Nov. 11 at 11 p.m.
With the jackpot being an estimated $900 million, the cash payout would be $415.3 million.
Drawings are conducted at 11 p.m. on Tuesdays and Fridays from Atlanta. You can watch them on the official Mega Millions YouTube channel.
The next drawing is Friday, Nov. 7, with a cash payout option of $391.7 million.
If no one wins, the jackpot will continue to grow.
According to the game’s website, “Players may pick six numbers from two separate pools of numbers – five different numbers from 1 to 70 (the white balls) and one number from 1 to 24 (the gold Mega Ball) – or select Easy Pick/Quick Pick. You win the jackpot by matching all six winning numbers in a drawing. In the event of multiple jackpot winners, the jackpot prize will be shared.”
There are other prizes in addition to the jackpot. The smallest prize to win is $10.
Mega Millions tickets are $5 each and can be played in 45 states, Washington D.C. and the U.S. Virgin Islands. Tickets can be purchased until 10:45 p.m. on the night of a given drawing.

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Host of Merritt Island Christmas Boat Parade steps down citing last year's 'reckless' sports car boat collision – WESH

“The red car boat that stole Christmas,” is what the host of the annual Merritt Island Christmas Boat Parade called last year’s events, which it says will now go down in history.
And it’s because of that incident – a crash involving a novelty boat that looked like a red sports car – that Blue Marlin Real Estate said it will not be hosting the event this year.
“These reckless acts by a few have effected many, more than we could have imagined,” a post on the boat parade’s Facebook page says.
“As a result, there are not one, but several related legal matters that remain unsolved …
MORE: Novelty sports car boat collision leaves 3 injured at Merritt Island Boat Parade
It’s unclear if the parade will still happen. WESH 2 has reached out for details. The Facebook post says, “we’re confident that the parade will continue in some capacity.”
The novelty boat was spinning around in the canal during the annual Christmas boat parade.
“Just started having fun, doing donuts. Not like wave-wise crazy, but literally just donuts in circles.”
The driver explains in bodycam video during police response to the crash.
A witness, Terry Thorn, said he felt something was going to go wrong.
“And he was swerving very quickly around the pilings,” Thorn said.
Shortly after, witnesses said the driver of the jetcar boat lost control and went flying into another boat.
Three people were injured in the crash.
In the body camera video, a Fish and Wildlife officer can be seen checking out the damage.
The driver said he had not been drinking and was working to start a rental business for that boat.
He told the officer he didn’t see the other boat coming.
“They didn’t have any lights on so unfortunately I didn’t see them and went right into them,” the driver said.
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'I was football hooligan who won huge EuroMillions jackpot – but nearly lost it all' – Daily Star

A reformed football hooligan who scooped a whopping £1,000,000 on the EuroMillions has revealed he nearly missed out on his life-changing windfall due to a technicality.
Daniel Wright, whose semi-autobiographical book Northern Monkeys chronicles his journey through the hardcore Bradford City supporter scene known as "The Ointment," was on holiday when fortune struck. Speaking to podcaster James English, he explained how he was simply passing time while his girlfriend was in the shower when he decided to check his emails.
He explained: "I just thought I'd check my emails, and I saw on that said 'You've won on EuroMillions.' I thought it would be £2.50 or something."
Curious to discover the actual amount, Daniel launched the official lottery app, which displayed a prominent alert about his triumph. He recalled: "I wasn't really paying attention. I thought I'd won £1,000, then I thought 'That's not £1,000. I must have counted it 10 times, then I shouted 'Woo!' Like Rick Flair."
However, Daniel's celebration was tinged with worry due to a potential complication surrounding his massive prize.
"I won the UK matchmaker," he reveals. "But I was in Cape Verde at the time. If I'd bought that ticket in Cape Verde, I wouldn't have got paid."
Fortunately, Daniel's ticket had been purchased through his regular weekly direct debit arrangement, despite him being abroad when the draw took place.
When he contacted lottery officials to claim his fortune, they grilled him about his location during the ticket purchase: "They said to me, 'Where did you put the ticket on?' And I said 'Well, it's a standing order, so it just comes out my bank every month'.
"They said, "Alright, that's alright – but if you'd have bought the ticket while you were abroad, we won't pay you. Imagine that. Imagine if that happened to you.
"So, if you ever win the lottery and you're on holiday, don't ring them until you get back."
Daniel still had another 10 days remaining in Cape Verde, so he couldn't collect his winnings until a fortnight later.
That gave him plenty of time to start fretting whether the entire thing was an elaborate prank, considering it was shortly after April Fools' Day, and then to begin worrying that someone might attempt to sell a story about his criminal history.
He continued: "I think The Lottery knew that I've been in jail, but it's not it's not a rule that you can't be in in jail and play the lottery."
When he finally did collect his prize money, he wasn't entirely certain what to do with it.
"It's strange feeling because you don't know what to do really," he remembered. "You can do what you want so I went traveling for a bit. I got one of those train tickets that goes around Europe, and you can get on and off wherever you want for a month. But after a bit, I got bored of that.
"Even though it's great going looking at all these different cities, but like there's only so many cathedrals and museums you can see before you think 'F***, I want to do something else'
"So I moved away. I put some money into a couple of businesses here and there and then I just concentrated on writing books. I always wanted to write a novel and I thought 'I've got the perfect chance now,' just so I did that."
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