Mega Millions Winning Numbers for Friday, August 31, 2007 were:
MEGA BAL
08 18 22 40 44 11

10:40 am - 4 tickets win $330 million lottery jackpot. The odds of winning the estimated $330 million Mega Millions jackpot were one in 176 million, but lottery officials said early Saturday that four people -- one each in Maryland, New Jersey, Texas and Virginia -- did just that.

3:33 am - Mega Millions Jackpot Winner! There were 4 jackpot winners in the Friday, August 31, 2007 Mega Millions drawing: 1 from Maryland, 1 from New Jersey, 1 from Texas, and 1 from Virginia. The winners will equally share the $330 million jackpot prize. More details to follow after the winners come forward to claim their prizes.

Also, 36 lucky players matched the first 5 numbers for a $250,000 prize: 8 from California, 3 from Georgia, 3 from Illinois, 3 from Michigan, 2 from New Jersey, 8 from New York, 2 from Ohio, 3 from Texas, and 4 from Virginia. For the complete rundown of winners by prize category, a list of the California pari-mutuel prize amounts, the drawing video, and all other data about this drawing, see the Mega Millions Drawing Detail page.

Friday, August 31, 2007

11:19 pm - Mega Millions: The Friday, August 31, 2007 Mega Millions drawing has taken place, and the results are 8-18-22-40-44, and the Mega Ball is 11. To see all the ways your ticket can win a prize, please go to the Ways To Win Mega Millions page, or you can use the Mega Millions Search page to type the numbers on your ticket and have the USA Mega computer search the past results. We will announce the number of big winners in this drawing, the states they came from, and the next jackpot within the next couple of hours, here on USA Mega. Good luck!

8:20 pm - Tenn. Lottery says duplicate numbers drawn were legit; can we be sure?. The Tennessee Lottery's Cash 3 game had the exact same winning number in both the midday and evening drawings Thursday, which comes on the heels of weeks of flawed drawings, in which no doubles or triples had a chance of winning.

7:00 pm - Lucky couple wins second NY Lotto jackpot. A former Bronx, New York, couple has won the New York Lottery's 6-number Lotto game for the second time in 11 years, twice overcoming odds of more than 22 million to 1.

9:40 am - Charges against wife of Powerball lottery winner dropped. A judge on Wednesday dismissed a felony charge against the wife of Powerball jackpot winner David Edwards.