Minnesota couple to claim $180M Powerball lottery jackpot
Couple could present winning lottery ticket at Lottery HQ today
A middle-aged couple from Waseca County in southern Minnesota is expected to come forward today and claim the largest Powerball prize ever won in the state.
The winners' accountant, Dale Deraad, said his clients are making preparations to appear at state lottery headquarters in Roseville this afternoon to certify the winning ticket worth $180.1 million.
They are just excited, Deraad said. They are just wonderful people.
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May 6, 2008, 9:53 am - - Lottery News forum
Minn. Lottery office hears from $180M Powerball winner
Officials at the Minnesota State Lottery headquarters said today they have heard from someone who claims to be holding the winning Powerball ticket from Saturday's drawing that's worth $180.1 million.
But nothing is official until that person comes forward and presents the ticket for certification at the lottery's Roseville office, a lottery spokeswoman said.
That's not likely to happen today, but it could happen this week. We are eager to find out, she said.
Lottery officials confirm ...
May 5, 2008, 1:54 pm - - Lottery News forum
N.C. man wins $200,000 on his first-ever lottery ticket
Talk about luck.
Herbert Marsh of High Point, North Carolina, won $200,000 the first time he played the lottery.
Going on a feeling something good would happen, Marsh bought a Powerball ticket for the Wednesday drawing that matched all five numbers.
Marsh told the North Carolina Education Lottery he plans to buy a new car with some of the money and put the rest in savings.
He purchased his ticket at the Kangaroo Express on National Highway in Thomasville.
Another Triad resident a ...
Apr 8, 2008, 8:48 am - - Lottery News forum
N.C. Powerball lottery ticket about to expire
Ticket worth $800,000 will expire April 14
The clock is ticking on an unclaimed Powerball ticket worth $800,000.
That ticket, which was purchased for the October 17, 2007, drawing will expire if not claimed by 5 p.m. on April 14.
The ticket that matched the five white balls was purchased at Jai Mataji Inc. at 121 Julian Place in Troutman. The numbers on the white balls for that drawing were 14-15-19-42-46.
The player also purchased the Power Play option for an extra dollar, and sinc ...
Apr 6, 2008, 12:48 pm - - Lottery News forum
Powerball 10x promotion starts Wednesday
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 forum
Anniversary: N.D. Lottery reflects back on last four years
Four years ago today, North Dakota launched it's own lottery.
At the time only Powerball was available for purchase in the state. Since then, three new games have been added.
Each one of the North Dakota Lottery's games are run by the Multi-State Lottery Association (MUSL), which is famous for creating the first nation-wide multi-state lottery game, Powerball (formerly Lotto America). The North Dakota Lottery does not conduct any of the drawings itself.
It's estimated by June 13th of ...
Mar 26, 2008, 12:12 pm - - Lottery News forum
Women win $276M lottery jackpot - and report back to work
If you thought you'd just won a fortune, would you go to work the next day? Eight women who toil in a tax office in Morgantown, West Virginia did just that on Monday, as they anxiously await confirmation that they hold the winning ticket in a $276.3 million lottery jackpot.
But whether they'll be back again this week is another matter. The women claim to be the sole big winners in the Powerball lottery, and if they're right, each stands to be transformed from ordinary civil servants into mul ...
Mar 18, 2008, 2:00 pm - - Lottery News forum
Tax office workers win Powerball lottery jackpot
Eight female employees of the Monongalia County sheriff's tax office in West Virginia won Saturday night's $276.3 million Powerball jackpot, officials said today.
Reportedly, the women will take a lump sum payment amounting to about $17 million each.
All of them showed up for work today at the courthouse in Morgantown, according to MetroNews.
Chief Tax Deputy Linda Famico was bombarded with phone calls from media outlets from the time the office opened at 9 a.m.
Famico told a reporte ...
Mar 17, 2008, 11:35 am - - Lottery News forum
$275M Powerball lottery jackpot goes to W. Virginia player
There is a one in 146 million chance that someone would match all six numbers drawn in a Powerball game.
One of the tickets sold in West Virginia for the Powerball game Saturday night beat those astronomical odds to win the $276.3 million jackpot.
The game's cash option, should the winner choose it, is worth $139,421,731.
The ticket matched all six numbers drawn, which were: 6, 22, 42, 43, 47 and 16 as the Powerball. The Power Play number was 2.
Nearly 2 million other players won ...
Mar 16, 2008, 8:28 am - - Lottery News forum
$275 MILLION: Powerball lottery jackpot raised again
The Powerball jackpot continues to build, now exceeding the level attained by Mega Millions last month before it was won by a Georgia couple.
Because no one correctly matched all six numbers the jackpot grew to an estimated $275 million for Saturday night's drawing, with a cash option of $135.7 million.
It is the largest American jackpot in nearly seven months. The last jackpot to reach this level was a $330 Million Mega Millions jackpot on August 31, 2007. That was right after a $314 mi ...
Mar 13, 2008, 8:21 am - - Lottery News forum
