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Powerball Jackpot Reaches $43 MillionNews Story
Everything surrounding Powerball is growing; the jackpot, the number of players winning prizes, and the amount of prizes being won. There were no Powerball jackpot winners Wednesday but 322,842 players across the nation won a total of more than $3.5 million in prizes in America's Game.Because no one correctly matched all six numbers in Wednesday's drawing the jackpot will grow to an estimated $43 million.The cash option for the Saturday, September 20 drawing will be an estimated $22.7 million.T
Sep 18, 2003, 6:50 am - Todd - Lottery News

$232 million Powerball lottery winner from South Dakota lists ranch for saleNews Story
Rancher who won jackpot in 2009 will move on from sprawling property he purchased with winnings By Kate Northrop A South Dakota rancher who won a $232 Powerball jackpot in 2009 is selling the sprawling near-50,000 acre property he purchased with his lottery winnings. Neal Wanless, then 23 years old, lived up to his reputation as a young and ambitious cowboy after buying and amassing an extensive working ranch with his Powerball winnings. He originally took home a lump sum prize of $88.5
Sep 4, 2020, 11:18 am - Todd - Lottery News

One ticket wins massive $232M Powerball lottery jackpotNews Story
Update 1: May 28, 2009, 10:51 a.m. Update 2: May 28, 2009, 11:22 a.m. Someone is South Dakota has the one winning ticket in Wednesday night's $232.1 million Powerball jackpot. The prize, originally estimated at $222 million, came in higher than expected due to heavy sales around the country. Wednesday's winning Powerball numbers were 5, 6, 12, 16 and 21. The Powerball was 7 and the Power Play multiplier was 3. This is an absolute thrill, said Norm Lingle, executive director of th
May 28, 2009, 7:59 am - Todd - Lottery News

Powerball multi-state lottery game to change rulesNews Story
Changes to coincide with addition of Florida in January; Jackpots to start at $20 million Powerball, arguably the world's best known jackpot lottery game, will be making changes to the game with the addition of Florida in January. The multi-state game will add some white ball numbers and will remove some red ball numbers, to accomodate the increase in number of players once Florida joins the game. If the number matrix is not changed, the jackpot would be hit too often, and it would not re
Aug 12, 2008, 9:57 pm - Todd - Lottery News

Coronavirus begins to impact lottery industryNews Story
But state lotteries are not doing enough to communicate with players By Todd Northrop Every aspect of life in America has been impacted by the spread of the coronavirus (COVID-19), including the lottery. Although most lotteries continue to operate their drawings normally, some aspects of the games that require people to gather in one place have been shut down. Claim centers are one such area. Illinois and South Carolina claim centers have closed completely, allowing for only claims b
Mar 17, 2020, 9:24 am - Todd - Lottery News

One ticket wins massive $232M Powerball lottery jackpotReply
Hi! Hey, I have no doubt that what you saw was real..... HOWEVER, I do think that the people at the Florida Lottery need a crash course in how to write a press release since that are now hosting the PB drawing from their state..... The press release that is listed below is so misleading just by the way it is written. Everyone knows that Powerball is multi-state game played in mulitple states....but the way this release is written its like its saying Powerball is a Florida game that is a
May 28, 2009, 2:38 pm - Perfecttiming2 - Lottery News

Powerball Lottery Jackpot Grows to New Record of $340 MillionNews Story
Wednesday's Powerball jackpot will be the largest in the game's history. The estimated $340 million jackpot breaks the game's previous record of $314.9 million won on December 25th, 2002.Even though the grand prize was not hit Saturday evening, 2,575,121 players across the nation won a total of more than $19.9 million in prizes.The cash option for the Wednesday, October 19th drawing will be an estimated $164.4 million. The numbers drawn Saturday night were 1, 7, 8, 34, 45 and the Powerball was
Oct 16, 2005, 8:15 am - Todd - Lottery News

Video gambling a cash cow even for smaller statesNews Story
Surveying West Virginia's rural neighborhoods, where most people lack broadband access to the Internet, you would never guess the state is a lottery cash cow. That is until you drove by the racetracks that dot major population centers. There you would see crowds of people shoving streams of dollars into buzzing and blinking video lottery terminals the reason this small state, with one of the country's lowest per-capita incomes is home to one of the most lucrative lotteries in the natio
Jan 30, 2007, 8:09 pm - Todd - Lottery News

S.D. couple claim Powerball lottery jackpotNews Story
Beating 1-in-146 million odds to become South Dakota's latest multimillionaires, Pierre couple Lan Bill Nguyen and his wife, Tina, stepped forward Tuesday with the winning ticket for a nearly $117 million Powerball lottery jackpot. The couple declined to participate in the usual news conference that large jackpot winners attend to answer reporters' questions and be photographed with a blown-up replica of their check. Norm Lingle, executive director of the South Dakota Lottery, said the N
Jun 6, 2006, 6:34 pm - Todd - Lottery News

Texas Lottery pays out largest jackpot in state history with $360 million Mega Millions claimReply
why a trust would be based in South Dakota if the winner won in Texas ? Because SD has some very favorable laws for trusts, and neither state has a state income tax so there are no tax ramifications. It's obviously possible that somebody from SD happened to buy a ticket in TX, but the majority of money in trusts registered in SD comes from out of state.
Nov 17, 2023, 2:42 am - KY Floyd - Lottery News