Mega Millions

Lottery machines will be working overtime come Friday night for the almost $1 billion Mega Millions jackpot. This is what I would do with some of those winnings.

YOU could be holding on to a winning ticket so you may want to check your numbers again because you could be the "somebody" we're talking about.

So that Mega Millions jackpot is pretty big on Friday. How much money do Texans spend on it? Here are the top ten places where people are going for tickets.

Ticket sales stop at 9:45 p.m. Central Time on Friday, January 22nd, 2021 for the Mega Million jackpot, which is now at $1 billion dollars.

Don't worry y'all. The Powerball still has a tasty jackpot of $570 million according to USA Today, and the drawing is Saturday night.

A $1 Million winning ticket from last night's Mega Millions drawing was sold at a Lawton convenience store

Three lucky ticket holders in Maryland, Kansas, and Illinois will be sharing Friday's $640 million Mega Millions jackpot, believed to be the largest lottery jackpot in history.

So, when you win the Mega Millions jackpot tonight and find yourself 540 million dollars richer,  what are you going to do? If you answered, "Take a deep breath and then do some careful legal and financial planning" . . . well, you're a better person than me.  I plan to buy Australia.  Here's a step-by-step guide on the right way to deal with winning the lottery.