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Winning Powerball Ticket Worth $89 Million Sold in Indiana
The people that say lightning doesn't strike in the same place twice haven't spent much time in Indiana. For the fourth time in the last five months, someone from Indiana has won the Powerball jackpot.The winning ticket holder for Saturday night's draw now has a choice to make. They can take the $89 million annuity, which will be paid out in 30 payments over 29 years. Or, they can choose the cash option worth $49.9 million. The ticket holder will have 60 days after the ticket is validated to mak
Mar 15, 2004, 7:15 am - Lottery News

Powerball Jackpot Reaches $90 Million
The jackpot keeps going up and hundreds of thousands of Powerball players keep winning cash prizes in America's favorite lottery game.There were no Powerball jackpot winners Wednesday but 475,355 players across the nation won a total of more than $4.5 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 $90 million.The cash option for the Saturday, March 13 drawing will be an estimated $50.2 million.The
Mar 11, 2004, 5:35 am - Lottery News

Powerball Jackpot Grows To $79 Million
There were no Powerball jackpot winners Saturday but 487,798 players across the nation won a total of more than $4 million in prizes in America's Game.Because no one correctly matched all six numbers in Saturday's drawing the jackpot will grow to an estimated $79 million.The cash option for the Wednesday, March 10 drawing will be an estimated $44 million.The numbers drawn were: 9, 17, 46, 49, 51, and the Powerball was 9. The Power Play multiplier was 5.Six players correctly matched the 5 white n
Mar 8, 2004, 5:05 am - Lottery News

$35 Million Powerball Jackpot
Powerball is on a roll. There were no Powerball jackpot winners Wednesday but 308,146 players across the nation won a total of more than $2.5 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 $35 million.The cash option for the Saturday, February 21 drawing will be an estimated $19.2 million. The numbers drawn were: 4, 24, 36, 44, 50 and the Powerball was 2. The Power Play multiplier was 4.Four player
Feb 19, 2004, 7:39 am - Lottery News

$85.5 Million Powerball Jackpot Won in New Hampshire
America's Game paid off big Wednesday night for one winning ticket sold in New Hampshire. That ticket is worth $85.5 million.The winner will have to decide if they want 29-year annuity or the cash option worth $46.5 million. The ticket holder will have 60 days after the ticket is validated to make that decision.This is the second jackpot win in the state of New Hampshire in the last 5 months. A $135.6 million dollar jackpot was won in the Granite State on August 30, 2003. Wednesday's jackpot is
Feb 5, 2004, 6:37 am - Lottery News

Powerball Jackpot Reaches $29 Million
The temperatures may be cold across the nation but Powerball is hot. There were no Powerball jackpot winners Saturday but 398,598 players across the nation won a total of more than $4.4 million in prizes in America's Game.Because no one correctly matched all six numbers in Saturday's drawing the jackpot will grow to an estimated $29 million.The cash option for the Wednesday, January 14 drawing will be an estimated $15.7 million.The numbers drawn were: 2, 13, 19, 27, 50 and the Powerball was 5.
Jan 12, 2004, 6:44 am - Lottery News

$210 Million Powerball Jackpot up for Grabs on New Year's Eve
Lottery players around the world will have more than 200 million reasons to celebrate New Year's Eve this year. That's because no one correctly matched all six numbers in Saturday's Powerball drawing, pushing the jackpot to an estimated $210 million. That's currently the largest lottery jackpot in the world.The $210 million jackpot would rank as the 5th largest Powerball jackpot ever, and would rank as the 7th largest lottery jackpot all-time. The cash option for the Wednesday, December 31 drawi
Dec 29, 2003, 5:22 am - Lottery News

Powerball Jackpot Rolls To $137 Million
Visions of Powerball tickets will be dancing in the heads of lottery players across the nation this Christmas Eve. That's because no one correctly matched all six numbers in Saturday's drawing, pushing the jackpot to an estimated $137 million. That's currently the largest lottery jackpot in the world.The cash option for the Wednesday, December 24 drawing will be an estimated $74.4 million.There may have been no Powerball jackpot winners Saturday but 770,912 players across the nation won a total
Dec 22, 2003, 6:16 am - Lottery News

State to end televised drawings of lottery
Wisconsin Lottery officials said Monday they will no longer broadcast nightly drawings live on television and will stop producing a weekly game show that had aired for more than a decade.Cancelling the broadcasts reduces expenses for the state lottery. Acting lottery director Michael Edmonds says all lottery profits will be directed toward property tax relief.Edmonds said the broadcasts will stop as of Jan. 1. Drawings will continue to be monitored by Capitol Police and an independent auditing
Dec 9, 2003, 4:58 am - Lottery News

Powerball Jackpot Grows To $76 Million
The excitement is growing along with the jackpot in America's favorite lottery game. There were no Powerball jackpot winners Saturday but 400,553 players across the nation won a total of more than $3.7 million in prizes in America's Game.Because no one correctly matched all six numbers in Saturday's drawing the jackpot will grow to an estimated $76 million. That's the largest current lottery jackpot in the nation.The cash option for the Wednesday, December 10 drawing will be an estimated $40.9 m
Dec 8, 2003, 4:47 am - Lottery News