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Yahoo
18 hours ago
- Business
- Yahoo
What were the winning Mega Millions numbers for Friday, May 30? $189 million jackpot
Will a $5 Mega Millions ticket make you a multimillionaire this weekend? It made a very lucky ticketholder rich in April. The April 18 Good Friday drawing was the fourth since Mega Millions ticket prices rose to $5, along with some other big changes to the lottery game. It was the first jackpot win under the lottery's new rules that took effect in April, as a ticket from Ohio matched all five numbers and the Mega Ball to win $112 million. The jackpot has since rolled over more than 10 times, resetting at $50 million instead of $20 million, and now sits at $189 million for this Friday's drawing. Check this story after 11 p.m. ET to see the winning numbers for the Mega Millions tickets start at $5 apiece. Below are some frequently asked questions about the game, when winning tickets expire in Florida (it differs state by state) and lottery odds. Good luck! Mega Millions lottery drawings are at 11 p.m. ET every Tuesday and Friday, including holidays. Check this story after 11 p.m. ET to see the winning numbers for the In case you're wondering, the winning numbers for the drawing on Tuesday, May 27 were 6-28-34-48-62 and the Mega Ball was 9. 'Mega' changes: What we know about new odds, ticket prices Mega Millions drawings are at 11 p.m. ET on Tuesdays and Fridays. The next Mega Millions lottery drawing will be at 11 p.m. ET on Tuesday, June 3, 2025. After less than a month of rolling over, the $112 million Mega Millions lottery jackpot was won on Good Friday, April 18, when a ticket in Ohio matched all five numbers plus the Mega Ball. Below is a recap of lottery drawings for the latest streak. Friday, May 30: $189 million Tuesday, May 27: $173 million Friday, May 23: $154 million Tuesday, May 20: $139 million Friday, May 16: $122 million Tuesday, May 13: $110 million Friday, May 9: $100 million Tuesday, May 6: $90 million Friday, May 2: $80 million Tuesday, April 29: $70 million Friday, April 25: $60 million Earth Day, Tuesday, April 22: $50 million Record-setting win: After $2.04 billion Powerball, Edwin Castro bought 2 multimillion-dollar homes in 2 weeks Prizes for Florida Lottery must be claimed within 180 days (six months) from the date of the drawing. To claim a single-payment cash option, a winner has within the first 60 days after the applicable draw date to claim it. The odds of winning are pretty low. According to the Mega Millions site, players have a 1 in 290,472,336 chance to match all five white balls plus the gold Mega Ball. According to Florida Lottery's website, winners cannot remain anonymous: "Florida law mandates that the Florida Lottery provide records containing information such as the winner's name, city of residence; game won, date won, and amount won to any third party who requests the information." However, the site states, the "names of lottery winners claiming prizes of $250,000 or greater will be temporarily exempt from public disclosure for 90 days from the date the prize is claimed, unless otherwise waived by the winner." Lottery experts and lawyers have said there are ways to remain anonymous if you win. As of May 30, 2025, these are the largest Mega Millions prizes in the history of the game, according to The largest Mega Millions jackpot won on a single ticket was for $1.58 billion for Aug. 8, 2023, drawing. Final sales pushed the grand prize to $1.602 billion. The winning ticket was sold at a Neptune Beach, Florida, Publix. Saltines Holdings LLC of Miami, Florida, claimed the prize. The second-largest Mega Millions jackpot was $1.537 billion, won in South Carolina on Oct. 23, 2018. $1.348 billion won in Maine on Jan. 13, 2023 $1.337 billion won in Illinois on July 29, 2022 $1.22 billion won in California on Dec. 27, 2024 $1.128 billion won in Neptune, New Jersey, on March 26, 2024 $1.050 billion won in Michigan on Jan. 22, 2021 $800 million won in Texas on Sept. 10, 2024 $552 million won in Illinois on June 4, 2024 $543 million won in California on July 24, 2018 As of May 30, 2025, there have been 12 lottery jackpots that have reached or surpassed $1 billion. Only once has a jackpot surpassed $2 billion. These are the biggest lottery jackpots in U.S. history. $2.04 billion Powerball prize, Nov. 7, 2022, Edwin Castro of Altadena, California $1.73 billion Powerball prize, Oct. 11, 2023, Theodorus Struyck of California (ticket purchased at Midway Market in California) $1.586 billion Powerball prize, Jan. 13, 2016, Marvin and Mae Acosta of California, Maureen Smith and David Kaltschmidt of Melbourne Beach, Florida, and John and Lisa Robinson of Munford, Tennessee $1.58 billion Mega Millions prize, Aug. 8, 2023, Saltines Holdings LLC of Miami, Florida $1.537 billion Mega Millions prize, Oct. 23, 2018, won by an anonymous player in South Carolina $1.348 billion Mega Millions prize, Jan. 13, 2023, LaKoma Island Investments, LLC, with the ticket purchased in Lebanon, Maine $1.337 billion Mega Millions prize, July 29, 2022, won by an anonymous partnership with a ticket purchased in Des Plaines, Illinois $1.326 billion Powerball prize, April 6, 2024, Cheng and Duanpen Saephan and Laiza Chao of Oregon $1.269 billion Mega Millions prize, Dec. 27, 2024, Rosemary Casarotti of California $1.128 billion Mega Millions prize, March 26, 2024, won by an anonymous winner in New Jersey with the ticket purchased at ShopRite Liquor No. 781 in Neptune Township, New Jersey $1.08 billion Powerball prize, July 19, 2023, Yanira Alvarez of California $1.050 billion Mega Millions prize, Jan. 22, 2021, won by the Wolverine FLL Club of Oakland County, Michigan (This story will be updated.) This article originally appeared on Fort Myers News-Press: Mega Millions lottery winning numbers for Friday, May 30, $189 million
Wales Online
18 hours ago
- Business
- Wales Online
Full list of remaining Welsh bank holidays with three more in 2025
Full list of remaining Welsh bank holidays with three more in 2025 The Government has confirmed more bank holidays across the UK between now and the end of 2025 but different UK nations have different bank holidays Many people get the day off work if it is a bank holiday (Image: WalesOnline/Rob Browne ) The government has confirmed more bank holidays across the UK from now until the end of 2025. However, it's worth noting that different UK nations often observe different bank holidays. For instance, Easter weekend last month saw two bank holidays on Good Friday, April 18, and Easter Monday, April 21 in England, Wales and Northern Ireland. In Scotland, Good Friday was a bank holiday but Easter Monday was not. In an update last month government officials clarified when and where the remaining bank holidays for this year will occur. Recently there were UK-wide bank holidays on Monday, May 5, as well as Monday, May 26. Bank holidays will also apply to Christmas Day and Boxing Day, which fall on Thursday and Friday, December 25 and 26. Additionally, Monday, July 14, is designated as the Battle of the Boyne bank holiday for Northern Ireland while in Scotland, Monday, August 4, marks the Summer bank holiday. The rest of the UK - England, Wales and Northern Ireland - will celebrate this year's summer bank holiday on Monday, August 25. Furthermore, only Scotland will observe the St Andrew's Day bank holiday on Monday, December 1. Article continues below There had been suggestions for an extra bank holiday this year as Thursday, May 8 commemorated 80 years since VE Day. VE Day is observed annually on the same date, marking the day the Allies formally accepted Germany's surrender in 1945. Last year speculation was rife that Downing Street might declare VE Day an additional bank holiday but this has not happened. A prime minister spokesperson said: "We we will look to use the existing May Day bank holiday for commemorative events. We are committed to commemorating these nationally important occasions appropriately which is why we have announced more than £10m to mark them."
Boston Globe
a day ago
- Politics
- Boston Globe
Former Sinn Fein leader Gerry Adams wins libel case against BBC over claim he sanctioned killing
Advertisement In the BBC program, broadcast in September 2016, an anonymous source claimed the shooting was sanctioned by the political and military leadership of the IRA and that Adams gave 'the final say.' Adams denies involvement and called the allegation a 'grievous smear.' Adams' lawyer, Paul Tweed, said outside the court that his client was 'relieved and satisfied' that jurors had reached 'the unequivocal conclusion that the subject allegation was highly defamatory.' Adams, 76, is one of the most influential figures of Northern Ireland's decades of conflict, and its peace process. He led Sinn Fein, the party linked to the Irish Republican Army, between 1983 and 2018. He has always denied being an IRA member, though former colleagues have said he was one of its leaders. Advertisement Speaking after the ruling, Adams said: 'I've always been satisfied with my reputation. Obviously, like yourself, we all have flaws in our character, but the jury made the decision and let's accept the outcome, and I think let's accept what the jury said.' Adams was able to sue in the Republic of Ireland because people there could watch the BBC Northern Ireland program. Adam Smyth, director of BBC Northern Ireland, said the program had been made with 'careful editorial processes and journalistic diligence.' He said the implications of the jury's verdict were 'profound.' 'As our legal team made clear, if the BBC's case cannot be won under existing Irish defamation law, it is hard to see how anyone's could, and they warned how today's decision would hinder freedom of expression,' Smyth said. Around 3,600 people were killed in 'the Troubles,' Northern Ireland's three decades of violence involving Irish republican and British loyalist militants and U.K. soldiers. The IRA stopped fighting and disarmed after the 1998 Good Friday peace accord largely ended the violence, though small splinter groups opposed to the peace process continued to mount occasional attacks. A splinter group known as the Real IRA claimed responsibility in 2009 for killing Donaldson. An Irish police investigation remains ongoing. Lawyers for the BBC argued that the documentary didn't claim that Adams had sanctioned murder, merely putting that forward as an allegation alongside Adams' denial. They also argued the program didn't harm Adams' reputation, because he was widely considered to have been an IRA commander and so had little reputation to lose.
Yahoo
a day ago
- General
- Yahoo
Former Sinn Fein leader Gerry Adams wins BBC defamation case
May 30 (UPI) -- Former Sinn Fein leader Gerry Adams Friday won $113,486 in a defamation lawsuit against the BBC. Adams claimed in court that the BBC defamed him in a documentary and online article that said Adams had sanctioned the murder of former Sinn Fein official Denis Donaldson. After the courtroom win, Adams said, "The British Broadcasting Corporation upholds the ethos of the British state in Ireland, and in my view it's out of sync in many, many fronts with the Good Friday agreement. It hasn't caught on to where we are on this island as part of the process, the continuing process, of building peace and justice, and harmony, and, hopefully, in the time ahead, unity." The BBC maintained it acted in good faith and the Donaldson death claim was presented as an allegation and not as fact. But attorneys for Adams said it was "reckless journalism" and an "unjustified" attack on a man credited with helping advance the peace process in Ireland. They called the BBC report a "hatchet job" and a "grievous smear." Adams denies any role in Donaldson's murder. Donaldson was killed by a point-blank shotgun blast months after he admitted during a 2005 press conference with Adams that he had been a British intelligence agent with Sinn Fein and the IRA for over 10 years. The BBC said the allegation it reported regarding Donaldson's killing was corroborated by five other sources. But jurors rejected the BBC defense that its reporting of the allegations was "fair, reasonable and in the public interest." BBC Northern Ireland director Adam Smyth said outside court after the verdict, "We are disappointed by this verdict. We believe we supplied extensive evidence to the court of the careful editorial processes and journalistic diligence applied to this program, and to the accompanying online article." Adams led Sinn Fein from 1983-2018 but denies ever belonging to the IRA.
UPI
a day ago
- Politics
- UPI
Former Sinn Fein leader Gerry Adams wins BBC defamation case
Former Sinn Fein leader Gerry Adams (C) Friday won $113,486 in a defamation lawsuit against the BBC. A BBC documentary had reported allegations that Adams had sanctioned the killing of former Sinn Fein official and British intelligence agent Denis Donaldson. File Photo by Roger L. Wollenberg/UPI | License Photo May 30 (UPI) -- Former Sinn Fein leader Gerry Adams Friday won $113,486 in a defamation lawsuit against the BBC. Adams claimed in court that the BBC defamed him in a documentary and online article that said Adams had sanctioned the murder of former Sinn Fein official Denis Donaldson. After the courtroom win, Adams said, "The British Broadcasting Corporation upholds the ethos of the British state in Ireland, and in my view it's out of sync in many, many fronts with the Good Friday agreement. It hasn't caught on to where we are on this island as part of the process, the continuing process, of building peace and justice, and harmony, and, hopefully, in the time ahead, unity." The BBC maintained it acted in good faith and the Donaldson death claim was presented as an allegation and not as fact. But attorneys for Adams said it was "reckless journalism" and an "unjustified" attack on a man credited with helping advance the peace process in Ireland. They called the BBC report a "hatchet job" and a "grievous smear." Adams denies any role in Donaldson's murder. Donaldson was killed by a point-blank shotgun blast months after he admitted during a 2005 press conference with Adams that he had been a British intelligence agent with Sinn Fein and the IRA for over 10 years. The BBC said the allegation it reported regarding Donaldson's killing was corroborated by five other sources. But jurors rejected the BBC defense that its reporting of the allegations was "fair, reasonable and in the public interest." BBC Northern Ireland director Adam Smyth said outside court after the verdict, "We are disappointed by this verdict. We believe we supplied extensive evidence to the court of the careful editorial processes and journalistic diligence applied to this program, and to the accompanying online article." Adams led Sinn Fein from 1983-2018 but denies ever belonging to the IRA.
