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'Team effort' leads to winning lottery ticketNews Story
Adam and Mandy Clark discovered they had an unplanned $350,000 tax bill on April 15, and they're thrilled. That's because they get to keep the other $650,000 from the $1 million winning lottery ticket they purchased on Tax Day at the Ole's Country Store in East Missoula. The couple validated their ticket in Helena on Friday morning. We're excited to get our first home and put some money aside for our daughter's college, and some for retirement, Adam said on the phone from the Montana Lott
Apr 26, 2009, 12:14 pm - Lottery News

Powerball, Mega Millions explore agreementNews Story
Lottery behemoths Powerball and Mega Millions are discussing a possible arrangement to sell tickets for both games in the 42 states where they now operate alone. The talks, however, do not appear aimed at combining the two lotteries into one super game. Powerball is played in 30 states, including Pennsylvania and Delaware; Mega Millions is offered in New Jersey and 11 other states. We are aware of the discussions between Powerball and Mega Millions, but at this point those discussions
Mar 14, 2009, 9:11 am - Lottery News

Powerball lottery to have larger jackpot, but harder to winNews Story
The Powerball lottery game will be going through some changes beginning in January, including having a larger starting jackpot that is more difficult to win. Starting on Jan. 4, Florida will join the 30 United States lotteries that now offer Powerball, adding a population of 18.8 million to those who have the chance to play the game. The starting jackpot will jump from $15 million to $20 million, the world's largest starting jackpot for a lotto-style game. In addition, the average jackpot
Dec 29, 2008, 11:21 am - Lottery News

Indiana prosecutor wins $50,000 lottery prizeNews Story
Wells County Prosecutor Michael Lautzenheiser of Bluffton won $50,000 in Wednesday night's Powerball drawing, the Hoosier Lottery said Thursday. A second $50,000 ticket sold in Fort Wayne had not been redeemed, the lottery said in a statement. Lautzenheiser bought his winning ticket at Pak A Sak, 904 S. Main St. in Bluffton, according to the lottery's statement. He said he has been playing the lottery for six months. With three children in college and a fourth going soon, I figured it w
Dec 5, 2008, 2:56 pm - Lottery News

Winning Powerball lottery ticket worth $200M sold in N.M.News Story
Largest Powerball prize ever in New Mexico Lottery offers advice to winner The New Mexico Lottery announced Saturday that it sold the winning ticket for the $200 million Powerball jackpot prize drawn earlier that evening. It was the only winning ticket nationwide. The massive jackpot is the largest Powerball prize ever won in New Mexico. The winning numbers were 13, 24, 29, 40, 52 and the red Powerball number was 29. The Power Play number was 4. The numbers were drawn Saturday
Sep 28, 2008, 7:32 pm - Lottery News

Powerball lottery jackpot reaches $102 millionNews Story
N.C. player wins $800,000 Power Play prize The jackpot in America's Game is growing. With no winner of Saturday's $92 million jackpot, the top prize in Wednesday's drawing is now $102 million. Even though the grand prize was not awarded Saturday evening, 1 lucky ticket in North Carolina purchased with the Power Play option matched all 5 white numbers and won an $800,000 cash prize. Four tickets additional tickets from the states of Connecticut, Missouri, Pennsylvania, and Tennessee, pur
Sep 7, 2008, 10:07 am - Lottery News

14 friends split $400,000 Powerball lottery prizeNews Story
Fifteen friends who have been playing New Mexico Lottery games as a pool for six years claimed a $400,000 Powerball prize on Monday. The friends mostly co-workers at Albuquerque Public Schools pooled $28 to buy tickets for the June 7 Powerball drawing. They purchased 14 tickets at $1 each and then spent an additional $1 to add Power Play to each wager. Power Play multiplies non-jackpot prizes between two and five times, depending on the Power Play number drawn. On Sunday morning, the f
Jun 11, 2008, 9:15 am - Lottery News

Powerball 10x promotion starts WednesdayNews Story
Starting Wednesday, April 2, 2008, all Powerball states will be offering Powerball players the chance to multiply non-jackpot prizes by 10. During April, the game's Power Play feature, which multiplies non-jackpot prizes between two and five times, depending on the Power Play number drawn, will include a multiplier of 10. If 10 were drawn as that evening's multiplier, a player holding a $200,000 prize-winning ticket for that specific drawing would win $2 million if the wager includes Powe
Mar 31, 2008, 1:58 pm - Lottery News

Lucky 13 win $600,000 Powerball lottery prizeNews Story
In Tennessee, a pool of 13 lottery players claimed Saturday's $600,000 Powerball prize. The $600,000 Powerball ticket was sold in Hendersonville. The winning ticket matched the first five Powerball numbers drawn Saturday evening, but did not match the Powerball number. Normally a ticket matching 5+0 would win $200,000, but the group had also purchased the Power Play option, which multiplies any non-jackpot prize by 2, 3, 4, or 5 times, depending on the spin of a wheel the happens before
Oct 25, 2007, 9:10 am - Lottery News

Powerball offers 10X multiplier this monthNews Story
Powerball players who purchase the Power Play feature will have a chance to multiply their prizes by 10 during the Power Play 10X promotion running in April. During the month of April, that means a $200,000 second-prize winning ticket could multiply into $2 million if the player purchased Power Play for the winning ticket. For an additional $1, Power Play normally gives Powerball players the opportunity to multiply their non-jackpot prizes two, three, four or five times. A Power Play w
Apr 2, 2007, 5:40 pm - Lottery News