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Powerball multi-state lottery to raise prices, jackpotsNews Story
By Todd Northrop, with AP wire sources Powerball lottery organizers are betting that bigger jackpots will entice more people to play, but gamblers are going to have to dig deeper into their wallets to try their luck. Game changes that have been in the works for months perhaps years are finally going into effect this month. (See Changes coming to Powerball multi-state lottery game in January, Lottery Post, Jun. 27, 2011.) Tickets for the multi-state game are doubling in price to $2 be
Jan 3, 2012, 9:40 am - Todd - Lottery News

N.Y. Lottery to launch new ad sloganNews Story
The lottery that contributed Hey, you never know to the lengthy list of memorable advertising catch phrases vernacular is hoping to do it again, with a new slogan for its scratch-off games. The slogan is the centerpiece of a campaign that formally begins this week for the New York Lottery. The campaign, by DDB New York, carries the theme Be ready not to be confused, presumably, with hit songs like Get Ready or People Get Ready or the Boy Scout motto, Be prepared. The message of Be ready i
May 10, 2011, 8:04 am - Todd - Lottery News

$868 MILLION: Mega lottery jackpot set for FridayReply
Some other history for both PB and MM. Powerball History Years Matrix Power Play Price Jackpot Annuity Minimum Jackpot Maximum Jackpot 1992-04-22 to 1997-11-01 5/45 and 1/45 none $1.00 20 Year $2,000,000 $111,240,463 1997-11-05 to 2001-03-03 5/49 and 1/42 none $1.00 25 Year $10,000,000 $295,700,000 2001-03-07 to 2002-10-05 5/49 and 1/42 BDN x1 - x5 $1.00 25 Year
Oct 17, 2018, 12:17 pm - JADELottery - Lottery News

Powerball lottery spreads the wealth in Wednesday's drawingNews Story
Birthdays and playing the spread likely behind higher-than-anticipated winners By Todd Northrop What a night for Powerball players around the United States! In Wednesday evening's Powerball multi-state lottery drawing, 34 players hit the match-5 $200,000 prize level, including nine winners who also purchased Power Play and will walk away with $1 million, and one player won the entire jackpot of $95.3 million. The cash value of the jackpot is $49.8 million. One lucky ticket sold in
Dec 2, 2010, 8:30 pm - Todd - Lottery News