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Winning Powerball lottery ticket sold in OklahomaNews Story
Oklahoma has its first Powerball jackpot winner since it joined the multistate lottery game earlier this year. No one came forward Sunday to claim the $101.8 million jackpot. The winning numbers drawn Saturday were 10, 20, 22, 39, 48 and the Powerball was 25. Oklahoma Lottery executive director Jim Scroggins urged players to check their numbers closely and contact his office. There are significant considerations with a prize of this amount and the lottery would like to offer any ass
Jun 19, 2006, 3:30 pm - Lottery News

Oklahoma Lottery announces new Pick 5-style gameNews Story
Oklahoma lottery officials announced a new game will start that's similar to Powerball , although the game appears to have much more in common with Pick 5-style games. The game requires players to match five numbered balls and those that do will win $35,211, or $25,000 after taxes. Lottery officials are hoping the new game will prevent a drop-off in sales after the first full year of the lottery. The Lottery Commission is estimating sales and other earnings will bring in more than $400
May 18, 2006, 8:00 am - Lottery News

Powerball lottery jackpot raised to $114 millionNews Story
Release of Saturday winner information and start of Sunday sales delayed to due systems problems Powerball winner results were delayed for the drawing on Saturday, May 13, 2006. Strict balancing and processing requirements for the game required all systems to delay the start of ticket cashing for the game on Sunday morning. Once all systems were confirmed to be in balance, at 6:55 a.m. Eastern, sales and cashing were authorized for all retailers across the country. The Powerball
May 15, 2006, 11:12 am - Lottery News

Powerball Jackpot Raised to $85 MillionNews Story
The multi-state Powerball jackpot continues growing. No one hit the jackpot Saturday, but 4 winning tickets in Colorado (1), DC (1), New Hampshire (1), and Oklahoma (1) each won $400,000 with the Power Play option. In total, 517,049 players across the nation won more than $5.0 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 $85 million. The cash option for the Wednesday, May 3rd drawing w
May 9, 2006, 9:09 am - Lottery News

Oklahoma bans some businesses from selling lottery ticketsNews Story
A bill to prohibit pawn shops, payday lenders and check-cashing businesses from selling Oklahoma lottery tickets has won final legislative approval. The bill by Senator Kathleen Wilcoxson passed the Senate yesterday and now goes to the governor. The state Lottery Commission voted last year to prohibit those businesses from selling lottery tickets but Wilcoxson says the law will prevent future Lottery Commissions from reversing the decision. The commission had initially agreed to allow l
May 9, 2006, 7:57 am - Lottery News

Oklahoma Lottery adds new claims centersNews Story
Winners of up to five-thousand dollars in the Oklahoma Lottery will be able to cash in their tickets at some Homeland grocery stores beginning today. The Oklahoma Lottery authorized a Homeland store on north May in Oklahoma City and another on west Reno in Yukon as lottery claims center for prizes of up to five-thousand dollars. Players winning up to $600 or less can continue to claim prizes at any authorized lottery location. Prizes of more than $5,000 still must be claimed at the lott
May 1, 2006, 8:36 am - Lottery News

Powerball lottery jackpot soars to $195 millionNews Story
The Powerball jackpot continues to climb. Even though the grand prize was not hit Wednesday evening, 853,497 players across the nation won a total of more than $7.5 million in prizes in America's Game . Because no one correctly matched all six numbers the jackpot will grow to an estimated $195 million for Saturday night's drawing. The cash option for the Saturday, April 8th drawing will be an estimated $91 million. The numbers drawn Wednesday were 3, 9, 24, 29, 39 and the Powerball w
Apr 6, 2006, 12:18 pm - Lottery News

Police warn of foreign lottery schemeNews Story
A new twist on an old scam has bilked some Enid, Oklahoma, residents out of $2,500 to $8,500, police said. Enid Police Department Detective Mike Riley said he's received three or four calls a day for the last couple of weeks concerning this particular scam. Some are notified by mail they have won a foreign lottery, such as the Australian, Canadian, Portuguese or United Kingdom lotteries, and are told someone will stop by to collect money to cover insurance and handling costs, Riley said. T
Apr 6, 2006, 10:15 am - Lottery News

Powerball lottery jackpot raised to $174 millionNews Story
No one hit the Powerball lottery jackpot Saturday, but 800,964 players across the nation won a total of more than $7.6 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 $174 million. The cash option for the Wednesday, April 5th drawing will be an estimated $80.4 million. The numbers drawn Saturday were 1, 10, 23, 50, 55, and the Powerball was 29. The Power Play multiplier was 3. Eigh
Apr 3, 2006, 11:36 am - Lottery News

Powerball jackpot jumps to $135 millionNews Story
The Powerball jackpot continues to grow. No one hit the jackpot Saturday, but 686,572 players across the nation won a total of more than $7.5 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 $135 million. The cash option for the Wednesday, March 29th drawing will be an estimated $63.8 million. The numbers drawn Saturday were 20, 34, 37, 39, 45, and the Powerball was 32. The Power Pl
Mar 27, 2006, 6:25 pm - Lottery News