Bang On Time: Every 6 Years Mega Millions Update Their Website, And We Like It

The original Mega Millions website in 2002.

THE Mega Millions people are pretty conservative. We know this because they rarely make big changes to their website, and when they do, the redesigns tend to be six years apart.

So a couple of weeks ago, on time, they introduced the first major upgrade since 2008, and we like it. 

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AD STOPPER: Man + Wig + Sportscar = You Guess

THIS New York Lottery ad for their WIN4 game was designed to make you think. We think it works, sort of. The ad agency, DDB, said each spot depicts the character or subject doing something out of order, resulting in an unusual circumstance; getting dressed and then showering, trying on a jacket and walking out of the store with it on before paying, and so on. Riveting.

LOTTOSHACKS: A Kardashian Lists Her Tarzana "As Seen On TV" Mansion, Asking $5.5 Million

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Put Khloe's home on your list to buy after your SuperLotto Plus win!

PRICE: $5,499,000
LOCATION: Tarzana, CA, USA.
COUNTIN': 7 beds, 8.5 baths, 8,400 sq ft
SELLERS: Lamar Odom and Khloe Kardashian (split)
GAME TO WIN: California SuperLotto Plus - $9 million
BALANCE AFTER PURCHASE: $3.5 million

How To Put The LottoLife Blog Icon On Your iPad Desktop

You're tired of typing in the address to this blog all the time on your iPad, and you want to know a quicker way to get to it. It's easy.

Just open up the Lotto Life blog home page: thelottolife.com. At the top, click on the arrow menu by the URL. This brings up the menu for adding it to your iPad home screen.

When you click to add it, the icon will appear on your front page. If it doesn't, your home page might be full and so it will go to an empty screen. I suggest you move it back to your home screen because it's easy to find that way.

Then just click on the icon to go straight to the Lotto Life blog. You're done!

ODDITY: The Lottery Prize Has Left The Building! Elvis Makes Win Happen

A Grandmother from South Ockendon in Britain got a double surprise recently. Vera Webber mistakenly thought her Euromillions prize was only £20,000, but found it was £1 Million (about US $1.6 million) after her daughter checked the numbers. Then the keen Elvis Presley fan was presented with her publicity check by an Elvis impersonator. She intends visiting the King's shrine at Graceland, USA. 

PHOTO: Thurrock Gazette

The Offbeat Ways 4 Lottery Winners Spent Their Cash

Green Island’s new $250,000 spray park at the Paine Street Park, New York was built with a donation from State Lottery winners John and Linda Kutey in honor of their parents. The Kuteys donated $200,000 to construct the spray park. John Kutey was one of seven employees who cashed in a $319 million winning Mega Millions ticket in 2011. His share was $28.7 million.
Photo: Will Waldron/Times Union
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ODDITY: Lottery Winner Splashes Out On Artwork In Town Square


Lottery winner Andrew Garth wondered how to spend his Euromillions £1 Million (about US$1.6 million) jackpot. The Middlesbrough, UK resident decided to have his caricature drawn by local artist Mick Hollinsworth, and posed with his check (that's a cheque in British terms).

We're not sure why. Good likeness though.

LOTTOSHACKS: Queen Latifah Lists Her New Jersey 'Palace" For A Royal $2.4 Million

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Put this home on your to-buy list after your New Jersey Pick Six win!

PRICE: $2.4 Million
LOCATION: Colts Neck, New Jersey, USA.
COUNTIN': 6 beds, 5/3 baths, 7,882 sq ft
SELLER: Queen Latifah (Dana Owens), actress
GAME TO WIN: New Jersey Pick Six, $2.6 Million
BALANCE AFTER PURCHASE: Enough to buy a bed and a sofa

Here's One Million Good Reasons To Own A Lottery Store

Jenny's Gift shop owner Thuy Nguyen (right) gets a $1 million check last week from California Lottery representative Mona Sanders.

"I feel good! I feel good!" said the owner of the gift shop which sold one of the two near-record $636 million Mega Millions tickets drawn last Tuesday.

"I'm a lucky person," said Thuy Nguyen, who has owned Jenny's Gift & Kids Wear in San Jose, California for just four months.

And no wonder.

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This Fascinating Map Reveals Where The 7 Top Mega Millions Jackpots Were Won

The location of the world's biggest jackpot - the USA Mega Millions prize of $656 Million - is shown in this map of the United States. The mega game was drawn in March 2012 and claimed by three separate winners.

This map also shows the 7 highest jackpot locations for the Mega Millions game, which is played in 43 US states and the District of Columbia.