Record Mega Millions jackpot creates ticket-buying frenzy

Had never played the lottery until this week when he noticed the $500 million Mega Millions payout.</p

Your luck at winning the record-setting $540 million Mega Millions jackpot? The California Lottery has a list of the luckiest retailers in the state.

Lottery hit $540 million Thursday morning, making it the largest jackpot in world history, state lottery officials said.

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| uzerilli@mlive.com Ursula Zerilli / Kalamazoo GazetteSunny Liquor Store owner Balbinder Singh sells a ticket for the Mega Millions lottery, and its $550 million jackpot, on Thursday.

Millions jackpot hitting $500 million, there are those hoping they can still get lucky with 1 in 176 million odds, following a rumor that Greece has used IMF (that coming from US Taxpayers) bailout cash to buy out.