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$330 MILLION: Powerball jackpot quickly ramping upNews Story
Saturday jackpot enters top 25 By Todd Northrop Powerball is on a roll. For the 5th time in the past year, a Powerball jackpot run-up has crossed the threshold to the top 25 jackpots of all time. The new high-water mark of $330 million for the current Powerball jackpot was achieved after no winning tickets were sold for Wednesday night's $286.1 million grand prize. The lump-sum cash payout value of Saturday's Powerball jackpot is $189 million. After-tax cash and annuity prize amounts
Feb 13, 2014, 1:03 pm - Todd - Lottery News

$400 MILLION: Powerball lottery jackpot explodesNews Story
5th-largest US jackpot ever; 8th-largest cash value By Todd Northrop For only the 5th time in the history of United States lotteries, a lottery jackpot has grown to $400 million or more. The new high-water mark of $400 million for the current Powerball jackpot was achieved after no winning tickets were sold for Saturday night's $301 million grand prize. The lump-sum cash payout value of Wednesday's Powerball jackpot is $223.6 million. After-tax cash and annuity prize amounts are repo
Sep 15, 2013, 8:56 am - Todd - Lottery News

$400 MILLION: Powerball jackpot skyrocketsNews Story
4th-largest US jackpot ever; 6th-largest cash value By Todd Northrop For only the 4th time in the history of United States lotteries, a lottery jackpot has grown to $400 million or more. The new high-water mark of $400 million for the current Powerball jackpot was achieved after no winning tickets were sold for Saturday night's $307.2 million grand prize. The lump-sum cash payout value of Wednesday's Powerball jackpot is $230.3 million. After-tax cash and annuity prize amounts are re
Aug 4, 2013, 1:28 am - Todd - Lottery News

Mega Millions lottery game's redesign aims at bigger jackpots, better overall oddsNews Story
Megaplier to be expanded The Mega Millions multi-state lottery game is being redesigned to offer bigger starting jackpots and better overall odds beginning Oct. 22. (First reported by Lottery Post in May: Mega Millions multi-state lottery to get harder to win in Oct., May 20, 2013.) The updated Mega Millions game will offer a starting jackpot of $15 million, up from the current $12 million, and will grow by at least $5 million every time the jackpot rolls, said Pennsylvania Lottery Exe
Jul 17, 2013, 6:06 pm - Todd - Lottery News

$425 MILLION: Largest Powerball lottery jackpot in historyNews Story
2nd largest jackpot the world has ever seen By Todd Northrop Let the frenzy begin. For only the 2nd time in the history of United States lotteries or in the history of lotteries around the world a lottery jackpot run-up has exceeded $400 million. It's a prize level never seen by the Powerball multi-state game, and only once seen by the rival Mega Millions game. And millions upon millions of people around the country will be lining up for their chance to claim the historic jackpot Wed
Nov 25, 2012, 12:55 am - Todd - Lottery News

Vermont adds multi-state Hot Lotto gameNews Story
The Vermont lottery is 31 years old this year. Lottery revenues after expenses have grown substantially since its early days. But right now the recession is cutting into those revenues. Back in 1978 the Vermont lottery generated just $1.7 million. That number had grown to $102 million as of last year. But like everything else, lottery revenues are down this year. At The Middle Road Market in Milton, the customers are well familiar with the lottery games. The owners, state representative Ro
Jul 9, 2009, 9:20 am - Todd - Lottery News

Scientific Games wins Pennsylvania Lottery contractReply
Is that sarcasm? Hard to tell reading. But really since Powerball is a Multi State game the MUSL organization decides what happens with the game. There also has to be some agreement between all the states that participate.
May 1, 2008, 11:56 am - murph1226 - Lottery News

$82 Million: California lottery jackpot keeps rollingReply
It just goes to show the introduction of an multi-state game doesn't neccessarily mean the end of the in-state game. Hopefully the same will hold true when Florida joins Powerball (it has to happen eventually). And when your compare the jackpot to the odds, it's a real good deal. The cash value is about $41 million, and the odds are 1 in about 41 million.
Jun 22, 2006, 9:25 pm - JimmySand9 - Lottery News

State, gambling foes argue about California joining Mega MillionsReply
He said he would issue a ruling sometime after March 1.I hope that the ruling forces CA to not play MM. It would be great because CA violated the rules of joining the multi-state game when taking over the Atlanta based game Mega Millions. If that's the case, then people will have to go back to CA SLP. I also have the MM picks in one of my word documents.
Dec 5, 2005, 1:03 pm - Just6ntlc - Lottery News

Powerball lottery states report brisk sales for huge jackpotReply
Isn't it great that Powerball is back in the game? It was no fun with just ONE big multi-state game!Now if Powerball gets hit, Mega Millions is one roll from $100M.
Oct 15, 2005, 10:55 pm - Todd - Lottery News