mega millions

There is good news all the way around for Powerball players.

Someone in Texas won big money on the latest Mega Millions drawing, but a one dollar decision cost that player $2 million.

That makes 5 new multi-millionaires in Texas in just the past 7 days.

The Mega Millions game has produced a multi-millionaire in this Texas city

You've gotta play to win big!

The Mega Millions Jackpot produced a $1 million winner in Texas and a $1.35 billion winner.

Two Texas residents are in danger of losing $1 million.

People are hype for the Mega Millions drawing including the Raising Cane's founder.

If you win the Mega Millions jackpot, you could easily afford this 721-acre island in the Bahamas, with an asking price of around $15 million.

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.

With a Mega Millions jackpot so huge, you might have hoped that 15 winners would share that insane amount of money, but it turns out one winner gets $540 million after Friday's drawing.  And the winning ticket didn't come from Texas. But here's why that's a good thing.

The Mega Millions jackpot is now up to a lottery world record payout of $540 million!! Even if you took the cash payout, which most all winners do, that would be a lump sum of over $390 million. Let's take a look at what that could buy.