According to the Pittsburgh Tribune-Review, within three days, the numbers were tried over 500 times by local players.[6] Likewise, in the same period, over 200 people in Michigan alone used the sequence for the Mega Millions lottery[7] and by October, thousands had tried them for the multi-state Powerball lottery.[8][9] The issue came to attention after a Mega Millions drawing for a near-record US$380,000,000 jackpot on January 4, 2011 drew a series of numbers in which the three lowest numbers (4-8-15) and the mega ball (42) matched four of the five numbers. The #42 is also the "Mega Number" in Hurley's "Mega Lotto" ticket.