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Entries from Gothamist tagged with 'megamillions'

April 8, 2007

Today on the Gothamist Newsmap: a 4-alarm brush fire on Staten Island, a missing child report at 3rd Ave. and East 117th St. in Manhattan, and a stabbing on Boston Road in the Bronx. Finding parking in NYC requires a guide. Here it is (garage parking only). Street parkers must continue to survive on guile, cunning, and skill. The winning $105 million Mega Millions lottery ticket was sold at at The Magazine Store on......

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March 7, 2007

There was finally a winner in the 12-state Mega Millions lottery. Actually, there are at least two winners that will split the $370 million payout. Alas, the winning tickets were not sold in New York, but in Cape May County in Southern Jersey and in Georgia. It's still possible that there are other winners as final results from California aren't available yet. The Mega Millions website says the delay is due to the "unprecedented......

Continue Reading "Two Lucky Winners in Mega Million Pot"

March 6, 2007

People are going Mega Millions crazy! That's why the estimated jackpot for tonight's Mega Millions jackpot is now $370 million. That's up from an estimate of $340 million on Sunday and $355 million just yesterday! The odds of winning the jackpot is listed as 1 in 176 million. Because the jackpot is the largest in the game's history, all 12 participating states agreed to move the drawing from Atlanta to Times Square. Hosting the drawing......

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March 3, 2007

Did you try your luck at the $275 million Mega Millions jackpot last night? Lots of New Yorkers did, but you certainly didn't match all the numbers because no tickets matched the winning combination of 14-21-33-35-51 and the Mega Ball of 43. You know what that means? The estimated jackpot on Tuesday will be a whopping $340 million. That's almost enough to make Gothamist take a stab at winning! While there were 2,624,669 winners last......

Continue Reading "$1 Perchance to Dream"

March 27, 2006

When we were little our parents would often tell us the same terrifying bedtime story: An old woman walks into a lawyers office demanding that they help her sue the criminals who have taken away all of her savings. The concerned lawyer asks the woman who could have done this to her so that he can help. She explains that she spent every one of her pennies on the Lotto because she had to......

Continue Reading "NY Lotto Under Pataki Just Keeps Raking It In"

November 15, 2005

- The NY Times takes a long look at NYPD Comissioner Ray Kelly. He has a hard record to live up to - his own. - A Brooklyn post office is robbed a second time. No word on whether they bulked up on stamps for the holiday season. - If you're a stalker, wanted on sex charges, and on the lam, the popo can track you via Metrocard if you buy it with your......

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