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Lottery jackpots up again

Nobody snagged the major moolah in Mega Millions or Powerball over the weekend, so the jackpots jumped.

Nobody snagged the major moolah in Mega Millions or Powerball over the weekend, so the jackpots jumped.

Mega Millions produced the biggest winner - $1 million in Missouri - but Powerball has the bigger prize, $125 million in yearly payments, or $60 million cash.

Before taxes, of course.

Tomorrow night, Mega Millions' potential windfall is $76 million for the annuity, $45.8 million for the cash, because no one hit all the numbers drawn Friday night.

They were 2, 17, 22, 30 and 31, with a Mega Ball of 19.

The Missouri ticket won $1 million by matching the first five numbers while having the Megaplier option, which was 4. That quadrupled the regular second-place prize.

Winning $250,000 apiece were tickets sold in New Jersey, New York and Michigan. None of those states offers the Megaplier.

In Powerball, five tickets each won $200,000 each on Saturday night by matching the first five numbers - 10, 15, 31, 52 and 59 - while missing the Powerball of 4.

Louisiana sold two, while New York, Georgia and Minnesota each had one.

Both lotteries are played in Pennsylvania, New Jersey, Delaware, 32 other states and Washington, D.C. Two states - California and Ohio - offer only Mega Millions, while six, including Florida, offer only Powerball.

For more, go to www.philly.com/philly/news/lottery, www.powerball.com or www.megamillions.com.