WKYT - Richmond - Headlines  Mega Millions jackpot climbs again
to $540 million  By: Melissa Etezadi Email By: Melissa Etezadi
Email  The jackpot for the Friday, March 30, 2012, Mega Millions
drawing has increased again to an estimated $540 million. That's
the largest jackpot ever, breaking the old record of $390
million, which was set in the March 6, 2007, Mega Millions
drawing.  The cash option for this drawing will be another
record-breaking $389.8 million.  This number shatters the record
for the largest jackpot ever up for grabs in Kentucky, which
prior to this run was a $380 million Mega Millions jackpot in
January of last year. The largest win in the Commonwealth came
from Powerball, when Rob Anderson of Georgetown won $128.6
million in December 2009.  "Winning the lottery will change your
life," explains lottery expert Don McNay, "I always advise
people to get a financial planner when dealing with that amount
of money, It is a whole different world when you're handling
sums of money like that so it's