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Mega Millions Jackpot Winning Numbers Picked

ATLANTA (AP/WAOK) – The Mega Millions jackpot numbers have been selected!! Lottery officials picked the following numbers on Friday night for the world’s largest Mega Millions lottery jackpot worth $640 million. Here are the winning […]

WAOK-AM–2012/03/30

Show Me The Money: Mega Millions Grows To Record $640 Million

Lottery officials say they are increasing the MegaMillions lottery jackpot to $640 million, raising what was already a world-record prize.

2012/03/30

Mega Millions Up To $500 Million

ATLANTA (WAOK)– Lottery officials have announced today that the Mega Millions jackpot has been bumped from $476 million to a staggering $500 million for Friday’s drawing. This is the largest lottery jackpot in North American history. […]

WAOK-AM–2012/03/28

File photo of lottery tickets. (credit: Tim Boyle/Getty Images)

Illegal Immigrant Allowed To Collect Winning $750,000 Lottery Ticket

An illegal immigrant from Guatemala will be able to collect $750,000 he won from a lottery ticket he purchased in 2010.

2012/03/08

File -- A card player stacks his chips. (Photo by Jeff Bottari/Getty Images)

Dan O’Leary Plans $1B Gambling Complex Near Atlanta

A developer is betting that Georgia residents are ready for a gambling facility, and he’s unveiled plans to build a sprawling new complex near Atlanta that he hopes can give a jolt to the state’s economy and infuse the popular HOPE scholarship program with much-needed cash.

WAOK-AM–2012/02/28