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$275M Powerball lottery jackpot goes to W. Virginia player
$275M Powerball lottery jackpot goes to W. Virginia playerPosted: 3/16/2008 8:28:25 AM  There is a one in 146 million chance that someone would match all six numbers drawn in a Powerball game. One of the tickets sold in West Virginia for the Powerball game Saturday night beat those astronomical odds to win the $276.3 million jackpot. The game's cash option, should the winner choose it, is worth $139,421,731.
The ticket matched all six numbers drawn, which were: 6, 22, 42, 43, 47 and 16 as the Powerball. The Power Play number was 2. Nearly 2 million other players won prizes totaling more than $12 million. Tickets that match the first five numbers but miss the Powerball win $200,000 each, and there were 12 of those. They were sold in: Arizona, Colorado, Kentucky (2), Louisiana, Minnesota, North Carolina (2), Pennsylvania (3) and Wisconsin. There were two Power Play Match 5 winners: one each in the states of Iowa and North Carolina. The prize goes to an estimated $15 million for Wednesday. For more information about Powerball, including jackpot analysis, how to play, where to play, news, and all past results, go to www.usamega.com. Source: Lottery Post Staff
N-Carolina United States Member #53594 June 24, 2007 372 Posts Offline |
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 WTG, W Va! I had the 6 & 22. Only played 2 bucks during the entire run-up. But I'll get 'er next time.
Hey, Brother...can I get my 2 bucks back (with interest)?  "Game On.......'CAUSE ACE HAS YOUR NUMBER!!" -- (AceKicka '07)
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da bronx,city island,n.y. United States Member #30895 January 17, 2006 107 Posts Offline |
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Please dont tell me jack whitaker hit again.........................lol
congrats to the winner
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United States Member #10921 January 23, 2005 688 Posts Offline |
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I hope my friend in WV won. Although so far no excited phone call unless they didn't check tickets yet. I better contact them! They didn't say where it was sold. Jack Whittaker did indeed win $10K in Powerball on of all days, my birthday last January! When he won in 2002, I had been visiting WV the weekend before and had played Powerball of course so was temporarily very excited hearing the next morning 1 winner in WV. Since JW still plays 100 tkts/drawing he has a better chance than I.
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Gurnee, Illinois United States Member #50189 February 12, 2007 234 Posts Offline |
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Please dont tell me jack whitaker hit again.........................lol
congrats to the winner You beat me to the punch...my sentiments exactly! Forget the formulas...you only win when you're lucky!
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New Member morgantown United States Member #59921 March 16, 2008 1 Posts Offline |
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Just got word that 8 or 9 women from the Monongalia County Courthouse tax office won-Way to go!
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United States Member #56982 November 21, 2007 856 Posts Offline |
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Just got word that 8 or 9 women from the Monongalia County Courthouse tax office won-Way to go! If that's true. Cool. I think a group winning this size of jackpot would be nice. Veni, Vidi, Bibi: "I came, I saw, I drank."
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Wisconsin United States Member #1327 March 27, 2003 1413 Posts Offline |
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Like I have said, the odds mean nothing, because somebody is going to win the jackpot. Life is short. So PAY ATTENTION !
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mn United States Member #59524 March 4, 2008 236 Posts Offline |
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Good news is that if we win on wednesday drawing nobody will care because this person(s) won such a large amount and the previous winner from january hasnt claimed yet.
That's the good news haha,
Bad news is, we didnt win
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