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S.D. Lottery to introduce Powerball winnerNews Story
The mystery Powerball winner will soon be identified. The South Dakota Lottery plans a ceremony Friday afternoon in Pierre to introduce the winner of last week's $232.1 million jackpot. The winning ticket from the May 27 drawing was purchased in the town of Winner, which has two Powerball lottery outlets. It's the ninth-largest Powerball jackpot ever won and the biggest ever paid out in South Dakota.
Jun 5, 2009, 8:08 am - Todd - Lottery News

Cut Line Causes Lottery ProblemsNews Story
A cut phone line has silenced thousands of telephones in South Dakota. The problems started at 10th and Dakota, in downtown Sioux Falls. Tuesday a worker accidentally cut a main line, knocking out service to 9,700 homes and businesses.The impact of the Qwest cut extends beyond city limits and beyond phone calls. A lot of convenience stores rely on their phone lines to connect them to the South Dakota Lottery. So, a cut quest line put ten Sioux Falls Powerball machines out of service. It also a
Sep 30, 2004, 7:35 am - Todd - Lottery News

Thousands of smaller lottery prizes unclaimed in N.D.News Story
More than $50,000 in small lottery prizes sit unclaimed in North Dakota, a common occurrence in states relatively new to the high-stakes Powerball game.It's the honeymoon period, in which players are unfamiliar with the game, North Dakota Lottery spokeswoman Eileen Walsh said.Nearly a quarter million Powerball tickets are purchased weekly in North Dakota, with thousands of small winners remaining unclaimed.As of June 2, 10,470 winning tickets worth $51,755 had not been turned in for a prize. T
Jun 7, 2004, 10:53 am - Todd - Lottery News

Multi-state lottery shockwave sweeping AmericaNews Story
Lottery Post Exclusive By Todd Northrop Updated: Nov. 6, 2009, 11:28 a.m. Updated: Nov. 10, 2009, 11:21 p.m. In January 2010 the state lines that have been dividing the United States into Powerball states and Mega Millions states will be blurred by a cross-selling arrangement between the two multi-state lottery titans. But it was not an arrangement the country's biggest lotto games entered into easily or even willingly. The lines of division between America's two biggest multi
Nov 5, 2009, 2:27 pm - Todd - Lottery News

Powerball welcomes 2024 with an $810 million New Year's Day jackpotReply
If it's gonna be anyone other than my family or other lottery posters winning on monday night I hope it goes to say North or South Dakota, Nebraska (so long as it isn't warren Buffett) or Oklahoma or Mississippi or some state not named New York , Texas or California or Florida. You know what I mean.
Dec 31, 2023, 9:55 pm - ShagE3 - Lottery News

Texas Lottery pays out largest jackpot in state history with $360 million Mega Millions claimReply
Does anyone know why a trust would be based in South Dakota if the winner won in Texas ? A state you can remain anonymous?
Nov 16, 2023, 3:13 pm - Kandiapple - Lottery News

Texas Lottery pays out largest jackpot in state history with $360 million Mega Millions claimNews Story
South Dakota-based trust claims largest prize ever paid out to a Texas Lottery player By Kate Northrop A trust based in South Dakota made Texas Lottery history when they claimed a $360 million Mega Millions jackpot this week. The Blue Yucca Trust, of Rapid City, South Dakota, came forward to claim a $360 million Mega Millions jackpot and because the biggest lottery winner in the state of Texas, the Texas Lottery announced on Wednesday. On Oct. 6, 2023, one Quick Pick ticket match
Nov 16, 2023, 10:26 am - Todd - Lottery News

Here's how much the average person spends on the lottery in every stateReply
The worst payout ratios ($ prizes per adults / $ spend per adult) belong to Delaware, Oregon, Rhode Island, and South Dakota. People there aren't getting much ROI on their lottery investment.
Nov 22, 2019, 4:51 pm - EdG1955 - Lottery News

$667 MILLION: Biggest Mega Millions jackpot everReply
Why do you think the lottery is rigged. I feel it comes down to probability. Each state has a bank with all the possible ticket combinations. Which means in Cali each ticket has a 1 in 302,000,000 chance at hitting the jackpot. Lets follow this link snip /mm03sales.htm to look at California sells. As you can see California had just over $18 million in sales (no mega plier offered in CA) which means that 9 million tickets were bought. Each ticket has a 1 in 300,000,000 chance at winning the jackp
Oct 16, 2018, 4:47 pm - paymentplan-man - Lottery News

$310 MILLION: Powerball lottery jackpot in rare territoryReply
One of these states will win the powerball..idaho, washington state, iowa, west virginia, south dakota, north dakota, maine, new hampshire, maine, oregon, nebraska, wyoming, vermont. 300 million is a lot of money to fall into the hands of the wrong demographic. If it doesn't hit in one of those states..it will hit in a store that caters to certain demographics.
Feb 9, 2012, 9:55 am - pick4master - Lottery News