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$700 MILLION: Powerball lottery jackpot raised just hours after initial estimateNews Story
By Todd Northrop Well, that was quick. Less than 12 hours after the initial estimate for Saturday's Powerball jackpot was set early this morning, the already record-breaking grand prize has now increased to an estimated $700 million. The jackpot's estimated cash value has also been increased to $428.4 million. Saturday's jackpot will be the largest jackpot of any U.S. lottery game on record. This is truly exciting and uncharted territory, said Gary Grief, executive director of the T
Jan 7, 2016, 12:01 pm - Lottery News

$675 MILLION: POWERBALL SETS ALL-TIME LOTTERY JACKPOT RECORDNews Story
Saturday Powerball jackpot rewrites the record books with the largest lottery prize the world has ever seen Jackpot of unthinkable size will almost certainly be even bigger by draw time By Todd Northrop It's been four years since the last lottery jackpot record was broken, but Wednesday night it finally happened again. The old record of $656 million, set by the multi-state Mega Millions game in March 2012, was shattered Wednesday when nobody won Powerball's $524.1 million jackpot, an
Jan 7, 2016, 1:04 am - Lottery News

$500 MILLION: Powerball jackpot explodes in ticket-buying frenzyNews Story
Become a half-billionaire! By Todd Northrop For the second time in the last 24 hours, the Multi-State Lottery Association (MUSL) has raised the official Powerball lottery jackpot estimate for Wednesday's drawing when sales for the mega jackpot have vastly outstripped projections. The all-important lump-sum cash value of the jackpot has been raised to a staggering $306 million. The newly-increased annuity and cash value jackpot amounts both remain the 6th-largest ever recorded in Unit
Jan 6, 2016, 12:11 pm - Lottery News

$450 MILLION: Powerball sales bonanza sparks early jackpot increaseNews Story
6th-biggest lottery jackpot in US history By Todd Northrop Due to larger than expected sales volume, the Multi-State Lottery Association (MUSL) has raised the official Powerball lottery jackpot estimate for Wednesday's drawing to $450 million. The all-important lump-sum cash value of the jackpot has been raised to $275.4 million. The newly-increased annuity and cash value jackpot amounts are both the 6th-largest ever recorded in United States lottery history. The top-25 annuity and c
Jan 5, 2016, 12:01 pm - Lottery News

Lottery winner describes his "freak-out" momentNews Story
Includes video report Last Saturday evening, Jacob Christopherson of Meridian, Idaho, had a self-described freak-out moment but in a good way. That's when Christopherson began checking his Idaho $1,000,000 Raffle tickets for winners. And he could not believe what he was seeing. I had been buying tickets around the 25,000th tickets, trying to win one of the $1,000 prizes. I stopped in the Maverik by my mom's house and just bought one to see what the current ticket number was, Christopherso
Jan 5, 2016, 8:06 am - Lottery News

$400 MILLION: Powerball jackpot surges on rolloverNews Story
7th-largest cash value in US history By Todd Northrop This week Powerball will be the hot ticket, featuring a jackpot larger than any other United States lottery drawing in almost a year. 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 $355.8 million grand prize. The lump-sum cash payout value of Wednesday's Powerball jackpot is $244.8 million the 7th-largest ever recorded in United States
Jan 3, 2016, 9:05 am - Lottery News

$334 MILLION: Powerball jackpot rolls into the new yearNews Story
By Todd Northrop This Saturday, lottery players will have the chance to buy tickets for the largest Powerball jackpot of the year. Of course, it's also the first Powerball jackpot of the year. Kidding aside, when nobody won last night's $301.8 million jackpot, the new Powerball jackpot estimate for Sat., Jan. 2, grew to $334 million, which is the largest jackpot for the popular multi-state game since Feb. 2015. The lump-sum cash payout value of Saturday's Powerball jackpot is $205 mi
Dec 31, 2015, 8:24 am - Lottery News

MUSL CHIEF OUSTED OVER JACKPOT-RIGGING SCANDALNews Story
Key industry official has run Powerball from its inception Bret Toyne appointed interim executive director A prominent lottery official who has run the Powerball game since its inception was quietly removed from his 28-year post leading the Multi-State Lottery Association after a jackpot-fixing scandal inside his organization got bigger, according to a document obtained by The Associated Press. Charles Strutt, executive director of the association since its 1987 founding, was stripped o
Dec 23, 2015, 2:39 pm - Lottery News

Winners suing Illinois Lottery try to rope in other statesNews Story
Multi-state lottery groups pushed back on Monday against a move by lottery winners in Illinois to drag dozens of states into a lawsuit against the Illinois Lottery's suspension of payments. Illinois has halted payments on winnings of $600 or more due to the state's ongoing budget impasse. A class action originally filed in September in U.S. District Court in Chicago seeking to force the Illinois Lottery to pay winners was amended last week to add as defendants lottery agencies in 43 states
Nov 9, 2015, 10:14 pm - Lottery News

Gas station employee stole $850 in lottery tickets, police saidNews Story
Security footage caught a Twin Stop Chevron employee scratching Idaho lottery tickets on the job and putting the losing ones back for customers to buy, police said. Kelsee Adams, 20, was arraigned Monday in Twin Falls Magistrate Court on a charge of lottery fraud. During the last couple of weekends Adams scratched a small portion of about 30 tickets to reveal a four digit number, court documents said. Adams would then scan the number to see to see if it won a prize. She would place the
Aug 25, 2015, 8:19 am - Lottery News