Tenn. Lottery CEO blames lagging sales on Powerball
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Tennessee officials are hedging their bets on Powerball to lift the lottery out of a sales slump that could hurt revenue projections for education.
Lottery CEO Rebecca Paul Hargrove says lottery sales have been running about $400,000 less per week than last year since the fiscal year began July 1.
She blames Powerball. The jackpot went over $300 million at one point last year but hasn't reached that level yet this year. Bigger jackpots i ...
Nov 18, 2008, 5:27 pm - - Lottery News forum
$58.6M Powerball lottery ticket sold in Pennsylvania
Second jackpot-winning Powerball ticket sold in Pennsylvania this month
Pennsylvania Lottery officials today announced that a York business sold the only winning ticket in the $58.6 million, Oct. 29, Powerball jackpot.
We are pleased to announce that Bookland sold the winning ticket from Wednesday night's drawing, said Ed Trees, executive director of the Pennsylvania Lottery. This is the second jackpot-winning Powerball ticket sold in Pennsylvania this month.
Bookland, 2114 S. Queen S ...
Oct 31, 2008, 12:18 pm - - Lottery News forum
22 postal workers win $10.2M Powerball lottery jackpot
The 22 postal workers had been playing the lottery together for years, sharing the disappointment of regular failures with the grim resolve of the always hopeful.
But now, the 22, who work at the Philadelphia Bulk Mail Center, on Byberry Road near Woodhaven, are sharing the joy of winning the $10.2 million Powerball lottery jackpot on Saturday.
The Powerball winners did not want to go on camera and talk about their good fortunes just yet but they call themselves the Lucky 22 .
Joseph Ma ...
Oct 8, 2008, 8:00 pm - - Lottery News forum
Group of nine claims $207M Powerball lottery jackpot
Nine friends from Roswell came to the New Mexico Lottery today to collect a Powerball jackpot of $206.9 million the New Mexico Lottery's largest prize ever.
The nine winners are Carl and Holly Baldwin, Kevin and Jessica Breedyk, Ron and Cindy Miller, Ryan and Nicole Miller, and Randy Miller. The friends elected to take the prize in a cash payment of $102.9 million rather than the annuity option of 30 payments over 29 years.
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With money chipped in by her friends, a d ...
Oct 3, 2008, 5:25 pm - - Lottery News forum
Winning Powerball lottery ticket worth $200M sold in N.M.
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 forum
UNC Charlotte student wins $1M lottery jackpot
Mary Baker, a UNC Charlotte freshman nursing student, is one of the lucky winners of a scratch-off lottery game with a jackpot of $1 million.
The lucky student paid $20 for two scratch-off tickets at the Bloom grocery store near campus.
On the first ticket she won $10.
But on her second try, the ticket revealed that she was the big winner.
Monday, officials with the North Carolina Lottery presented her with a ceremonial check. Baker will receive 20 annual installments of $50,000.
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Sep 8, 2008, 5:29 pm - - Lottery News forum
Powerball lottery jackpot reaches $102 million
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 forum
Powerball lottery jackpot raised to $92 million
Even though the grand prize was not hit after the Wednesday evening drawing, Powerball generated some big winners.
Four tickets sold in the Wednesday drawing won $200,000 by matching the first 5 white ball numbers: 2 in Minnesota, 1 in Missouri, and 1 in Oregon.
The jackpot for the Saturday, September 6th Powerball drawing is an estimated $92 million with a cash option of $46.3 million.
The numbers drawn Wednesday evening were 38, 40, 46, 49, 50, and the Powerball was 34.
The Power P ...
Sep 6, 2008, 2:33 pm - - Lottery News forum
Powerball lottery jackpot up to $81M for Wed.
The jackpot in America's Game continues to move, as the game itself moves closer to it's eventual overhaul.
In January the Powerball game matrix will be changed to 59 numbers in the primary ball set (up from 55), and 39 numbers for the Powerball (down from 42).
In the same month, Florida will join the Powerball game, to increase the total number of participating states to 30, plus the District of Columbia and U.S. Virgin Islands.
Saturday evening did not witness the awarding of the gran ...
Sep 3, 2008, 12:42 am - - Lottery News forum
Powerball multi-state lottery game to change rules
Changes to coincide with addition of Florida in January; Jackpots to start at $20 million
Powerball, arguably the world's best known jackpot lottery game, will be making changes to the game with the addition of Florida in January.
The multi-state game will add some white ball numbers and will remove some red ball numbers, to accomodate the increase in number of players once Florida joins the game. If the number matrix is not changed, the jackpot would be hit too often, and it would not re ...
Aug 12, 2008, 9:57 pm - - Lottery News forum
