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Louisiana ticket wins $191 million Powerball lottery jackpotNews Story
Updated with store that sold the winning ticket and additional details By Todd Northrop A single ticket sold in Louisiana has won the $191.1 million Powerball jackpot in Wednesday's drawing, lottery officials announced early Thursday. The winning ticket in Wednesday's drawing was sold at Brownie's, located at 150 West Maple in Eunice, a small town in Cajun country that straddles Acadia and St. Landry parishes. The store will receive a bonus of $25,000 or 1 percent of Louisiana's con
Oct 26, 2017, 8:41 am - Lottery News

Multi-state lottery jackpots grow to combined $738 millionNews Story
UPDATE: Mega Millions raised to $393 million, new combined total is $749 million First time Powerball and Mega Millions jackpots simultaneously more than $300 million Both are top 25 US lottery jackpots by Todd Northrop Multi-state lottery tickets are pumping out of state lottery ticket machines throughout the United States this week, as both Powerball and Mega Millions have simultaneously reached astronomic heights. After nobody won Mega Millions on Tuesday and Powerball on Wedne
Aug 10, 2017, 12:26 pm - Lottery News

$650 million in lottery jackpots up for grabs this weekNews Story
Powerball, Mega Millions each worth more than $300 million Includes video report By Todd Northrop The USA's two powerhouse multi-state lottery games have been steadily growing their jackpots over the past several weeks, and this week they offer a combined $650 million to lottery players who will take a chance to beat the odds. Up first is Tuesday's Mega Millions drawing, featuring a whopping $346 million grand prize the largest jackpot that game has seen in more than a year. It has b
Aug 7, 2017, 1:10 pm - Lottery News

Army soldier wins $5 million lottery jackpotNews Story
An Army soldier based in Fort Drum has won a $5 million New York Lottery jackpot. The state lottery announced Tuesday that 36 year old Jesse Vonderhorst bought the winning scratch-off ticket at the Sunoco on Factory Street in Watertown. Lottery officials said there will be no formal check presentation because Vonderhorst is deploying from Fort Drum on Wednesday. They didn't know where he was going. Fort Drum denied that Vonderhorst was being deployed. Officials said he was taking part i
May 10, 2017, 8:04 am - Lottery News

NJ lottery winners quickly claim $5.2M Pick 6 jackpotNews Story
The shock is wearing off and a sweet new reality is setting in for Sam and Kathy who won Monday's Pick Six jackpot of $5.2 million. I played each of the Grandkids' birthdays, which I have 5 and she said we need another number. So we got 5 grand kids so we make it 5, says Sam, whose last name we are not giving out. The winning numbers were 05, 09, 10, 18, 21, and 26. The XTRA Multiplier was 3. He came back from the VFW and somebody said there was as winning ticket so he looked at the n
Feb 16, 2017, 12:09 pm - Lottery News

S.C. man wins lottery jackpot twiceNews Story
By Todd Northrop A South Carolina man became a two-time lottery winner in a single day when he cashed in a pair of tickets worth $100,000 and $200,000. The lucky Darlington resident has been playing the Palmetto Cash 5 daily drawing game for more than a decade, trying out different strategies to win, and yesterday he cashed in two winning tickets worth $100,000 and $200,000. This is life changing, he said. His idea to quick pick five numbers at the Situ LLC on South Main St. and the
Feb 9, 2017, 2:21 pm - Lottery News

Woman finds $100,000 lottery ticket while cleaningNews Story
South Carolina Lottery officials say a Georgia woman found a winning Powerball ticket in a stack of old tickets. The discovery was made while cleaning. The winning ticket was purchased last September in Simpsonville, South Carolina. Officials said in a news release that the woman was visiting family in the Upstate when she bought the winning ticket at Mit Food Mart on West Georgia Road. My New Year's resolution was to not let stuff pile up, she said. The ticket is worth $100,000. Along
Feb 1, 2017, 2:55 pm - Lottery News

One New Jersey lottery player wins $429.6 million Powerball jackpotNews Story
By Todd Northrop It will be a Mother's Day unlike any other for one lucky New Jersey household. One winning ticket purchased in New Jersey matched the numbers drawn on Saturday night for the multi-state Powerball jackpot for a payout estimated at $429.6 million, the eighth-largest U.S. lottery prize in history. The winning numbers selected at 10:59 p.m. EDT were 5, 25, 26, 44, and 66, with Powerball number 9. The Power Play multiplier was 2. According to New Jersey Lottery officials,
May 8, 2016, 8:58 am - Lottery News

Oregon man wins largest Keno 8-Spot prize everNews Story
More than three months after hitting the winning numbers, a Springfield, Oregon, man has claimed a record-breaking Keno win of more than $300,000. Bruce Buckley of Springfield purchased a single $2 Keno ticket on December 11, 2015 after turning in some bottles. That $2 ticket was worth $300,246.50 and was the highest Keno 8-spot win in Oregon Lottery history, Oregon Lottery said Monday. I saw that the Keno 8-Spot jackpot was more than $50,000 and figured I would just buy one ticket, Buckl
Apr 5, 2016, 11:35 am - Lottery News

Friday Mega Millions jackpot raised to $164 millionNews Story
By Todd Northrop Tickets for the Friday night Mega Millions drawing are selling faster than expected, prompting the state lotteries to raise the jackpot estimate to $164 million. The previous estimate for the drawing, established early Wednesday morning, was $159 million. Mega Millions offers two jackpot payment options: the $164 million annuity prize paid out as one immediate payment followed by 29 annual graduated payments, or a lump-sum cash option. USA Mega estimates that Friday's n
Nov 6, 2015, 1:14 pm - Lottery News