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Powerball lottery jackpot rises to $212MNews Story
by Todd Northrop The multi-state Powerball lottery drawing happened last night once again without any jackpot winners, causing the new jackpot for Saturday's drawing to grow to an estimated $212 million, with a cash option of $101.9 million. Wednesday night was the 9th consecutive drawing without a jackpot winner. Even though there were no jackpot winners, 11 lucky tickets matched the first five numbers for a $200,000 second-place prize: 2 from Idaho, 1 from Illinois, 1 from Louisiana,
Apr 15, 2010, 8:05 am - Todd - Lottery News

Multi-state lottery jackpots offer multiple $100M+ chancesNews Story
This weekend the two biggest USA multi-state lottery games remained unbeaten, with their jackpots continuing to rise. Now that most states offer tickets for both games, players around the country have the opportunity to play two lottery games, each offering a jackpot of greater than $100 million. Powerball's annuity jackpot is currently the world's largest jackpot, at $175 million, and Mega Millions has the world's second-largest jackpot, at $105 million. The lump-sum cash values of the
Apr 12, 2010, 8:41 am - Todd - Lottery News

One ticket sold in California wins $1.08 billion Powerball jackpotReply
Some people on here are complaining that someone in California has won the jackpot again. California has more lottery vending machine in more locations: Walmarts, corner stores, mini marts, CVS/Drug stores/grocery stores, etc. than any other state in the U.S. In my state, our local Walmart just got a lottery vending machine last year or so. California is not even the top state that has won the most Powerball jackpots. It is actually #10 on the list. Here is the list of states with the most P
Jul 20, 2023, 5:16 pm - winterhug - Lottery News

Iowa couple misses deadline to cash $100,000 Powerball ticketReply
A good time to review the PowerBall Claim Period: State Claim Period Arizona 180 days Arkansas 180 days California 1 year Colorado 180 days Connecticut 180 days Delaware 1 year Florida 180 days Georgia 180 days Idaho 180 days Illinois 1 year Indiana 180 days Iowa 1 year Kansas 1 year Kentucky 180 days Louisiana 180 days Maine 1 year Maryland 182 days Massachusetts 1 year Michigan 1 year Minnesota 1 year Mississippi 180 days
Jun 17, 2021, 4:13 pm - Raven62 - Lottery News

Lottery Post's guide to 2020 holiday rafflesNews Story
By Kate Northrop For many lottery players, the upcoming holiday season represents the return of raffle games, many of which offer their best odds of winning $1 million or more. At Lottery Post, we've always held pride in our detailed lottery results reporting, even for special drawings like raffles that are often overlooked. In 2020 we continue that tradition, and we'll publish the winning raffle numbers in each state and country conducting a raffle drawing this year. Back in 2005, when
Nov 11, 2020, 8:05 pm - Todd - Lottery News

Iowa lottery lawsuit granted class action, affecting 7.2 million tickets in 19 statesNews Story
By Jason Clayworth A judge has granted class-action status in a lawsuit that claims people who purchased at least 7.2 million lottery tickets in 19 states were scammed by a former national lottery IT director who worked in Iowa. Eddie Tipton, the former IT director for the Multi-State Lottery Association in Urbandale, added a secret code to random number-generating computer software in 2005 that allowed him to narrow the drawing's winning odds from as great as 5 million to 1 down to 200 to
Jan 28, 2019, 10:24 am - Todd - Lottery News

$218 MILLION: Powerball lottery jackpot increasedReply
Your mentioning FL's population ranking sparked my interest. Here's all 50: 1. California - 36,457,549 2. Texas - 23,507,783 3. New York - 19,306,183 4. Florida - 18,089,888 5. Illinois - 12,831,970 6. Pennsylvania - 12,440,621 7. Ohio - 11,478,006 8. Michigan - 10,095,643 9. Georgia - 9,363,941 10. North Carolina - 8,856,505 11. New Jersey - 8,724,560 12. Virginia - 7,642,884 13. Massachusetts - 6,437,193 14. Washington - 6,395,798 15. Indian
Apr 7, 2011, 6:37 pm - rdgrnr - Lottery News

Here's how much the average person spends on the lottery in every stateNews Story
Millions of Americans willingly spend their hard-earned money for a chance at an early retirement, lifelong financial security, and the extravagant lifestyle that a single lucky lottery ticket could provide. Americans spent a staggering $71.8 billion on lottery tickets in 2017 or about $285 per adult. Of course, lottery ticket spending is not the same across all states, and in some parts of the country, Americans appear much more willing to spend in the hopes of hitting the jackpot. Usin
Nov 20, 2019, 4:54 pm - Todd - Lottery News

$750 MILLION: Powerball lottery jackpot surges to 4th-largest everReply
I stumbled across an article listing the # of PB winners from the various states and found this: Statistically speaking, every ticket has the same chance of winning - 292,201,338 to 1 - no matter where it s sold. Ranking the luckiest states for Powerball is a bit complicated. The game made its debut in 1992 in 15 states. At the time, the odds were 55 million to 1 and the jackpots started at $2 million. The initial 15 states included: Delaware, Iowa, Idaho, Hoosier (Indiana), Kansas, Ken
Mar 28, 2019, 12:08 pm - mikeintexas - Lottery News

Mega Millions sets world record with $1.6 billion lottery jackpot for Tuesday drawingReply
State lottery, New Hampshire 1964, this round anyway. Interesting read; https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lotteries_in_the_United_States U.S. lotteries Map showing U.S. lottery jurisdictions (in blue) - States highlighted offer Mega Millions and Powerball as of May 15, 2013; the District of Columbia and the U.S. Virgin Islands each also offer both games ? State or Territory Lottery Year of First Ticket Sales Other Joint Games Alabama No Alaska No A
Oct 21, 2018, 12:55 am - Coin Toss - Lottery News