Mega Millions

Illinois' budget woes come to a head as Rauner calls special session, lottery threatens to leave

Illinois legislators will come back to Springfield for a special session in order to work out a budget deal, Gov. Bruce Rauner said Thursday in an attempt…

Merle Butler shows off his winning Mega Millions Quick Pick ticket that netted him nearly $111 million (after taxes) during a press conference in Red Bud, Ill. on April 18, 2012. Butler is a retired computer analyist from Red Bud.

We have the winners! Red Bud, Ill. couple claims share of $656M Mega Millions jackpot

A retired southern Illinois couple has claimed the third and final share of last month's record $656 million Mega Millions jackpot.Illinois Lottery…

Morning headlines: Tuesday, April 17, 2012

Rachel Lippmann

Mo. National Guardsmen safe after insurgent attackAll 55 members of a Missouri National Guard agriculture team are safe following an insurgent attack on…

Nixon: Mega Millions sales spike prompts $6.7M boost to education funding

Updated 1:08 p.m. with additional information on scholarship funding restoration.Though no one in Missouri was lucky enough to cash in on the Mega…

Ill. schools get over $30M from record lottery sales

Last week's record Mega Millions drawing made a winner of Illinois schools, too.WBBM Radio reports that record Illinois lottery sales in the past nine…

In Hawthorne, Calif., on Thursday, customers lined up for Mega Millions tickets at the Bluebird liquor store.

Mega Millions Mania: What If You Win? Then What Do You Do?

Mark Memmott

The record $640 million jackpot is drawing dreamers across the nation. While the odds are incredibly long (you're more likely to die of a flesh-eating bacteria), tickets are selling fast for tonight's 11 p.m. ET drawing.