Record Powerball jackpot won by 1 ticket
Single winning Powerball lottery ticket sold in Florida
Final jackpot total of $590.5 million is largest prize won by a single ticket
How would you react if you won?
Updated 8:33 am with winning location and other details
By Todd Northrop
The largest Powerball lottery jackpot in game history has been won Saturday night by a single ticket sold in the state of Florida.
The record $590.5 million Powerball jackpot, which is the second-largest of any lottery game in history, started ...
Today, 1:18 am - Lottery News forum
2 tickets win Mega Millions jackpot worth $190M
A Mega Millions jackpot advertised at $190 million has been won by two tickets, one sold in New Jersey, the other in Virginia.
They matched all the numbers drawn Friday night: 11, 15, 35, 43 and 49, with Mega Ball number 41. The Megaplier was 4.
Winners usually take the cash payout, which in this case would be $70 million each. Before taxes, of course.
Seventeen tickets missed only the Mega Ball and won second worth $250,000: 1 from Colorado, 1 from Iowa, 1 from Maryland, 3 from Michiga ...
Yesterday, 1:05 pm - Lottery News forum
One ticket wins historic Jersey Cash 5 jackpot
Second-largest Jersey Cash 5 jackpot in game history
One winning Jersey Cash 5 ticket worth $1,930,747 was sold in Middlesex County, New Jersey, for the Monday, April 22 drawing.
The Middlesex County winning ticket was bought at In Out Convenience Store, 187 North Avenue, Dunellen. This is the second largest jackpot in the game's history.
Jersey Cash 5 was introduced to New Jersey players back in September 1992 and remains a very popular player favorite. The largest Jersey Cash 5 jackpo ...
Apr 23, 2013, 3:10 pm - Lottery News forum
Liquor store in Passaic, NJ, sold winning Powerball ticket
Rumors were wrong
Update: complete raw video of press conference added
By Todd Northrop
Contrary to rumors swirling in the media and on Web sites this morning, the New Jersey Lottery announced this morning at a press conference that the winning Powerball ticket for Saturday's $338.3 million jackpot was sold at a liquor store in Passaic.
New Jersey Lottery Executive Director Carole Hedinger announced Monday morning at a 10:00 am press conference that Eagle Liquors, located at 126 Pass ...
Mar 25, 2013, 10:18 am - Lottery News forum
Powerball ticket worth $338 million sold in N.J.
Someone in New Jersey this morning could be holding a tiny piece of paper worth a massive amount of money: $338.3 million.
One winning ticket was sold for Saturday night's huge Powerball jackpot, and it was purchased somewhere in the Garden State.
Which county, which town and which store remains a mystery and the New Jersey Lottery will release details on Monday, the Associated Press reports.
One lottery player in Iowa won $2 million in Saturday's drawing, and lottery players in 11 othe ...
Mar 24, 2013, 8:15 am - Lottery News forum
Winning $217M Powerball ticket sold in Virginia
By Todd Northrop
Someone who bought a Powerball ticket in the Richmond, Va. airport for Wednesday night's drawing will wake up a multimillionaire.
The Virginia Lottery said the ticket sold for Wednesday's $217 million drawing matched all five numbers plus the Powerball.
The winning numbers were 5, 27, 36, 38, and 41, with Powerball number 12.
In addition to the jackpot winner, 7 lucky players matched the first 5 numbers for a $1,000,000 prize: 1 from Arizona, 1 from Connecticut, 1 fr ...
Feb 8, 2013, 8:58 am - Lottery News forum
El Gordo jackpot brings lottery joy to thousands in Spain
Spaniards facing yet another year of economic misery found relief in the world's biggest lottery payout on Saturday, the traditional Christmas Gordo, or Fat One, which spread 2.52 billion (US$3.3 billion) in prize money around the country.
Champagne corks popped in towns, cities and villages across Spain as tens of thousands of winners took home enough money to keep their families going through the dark days of 2013 and beyond.
Yesterday we were both on the dole, but today we are winners, ...
Dec 24, 2012, 8:33 am - Lottery News forum
Record $587.5 million Powerball jackpot won by 2 tickets
Winning Powerball lottery tickets sold in Arizona, Missouri
Final jackpot total of $587.5 million will be split 2 ways
How would you react if you won?
By Todd Northrop
The largest Powerball lottery jackpot the world has ever seen has been won Wednesday night by two tickets sold in Arizona and Missouri.
The stage was set for the massive prize early Sunday morning, when lottery officials set the new Powerball lottery jackpot at an estimated $425 million. Over the next few days, extr ...
Nov 29, 2012, 1:27 am - Lottery News forum
$202M Powerball ticket sold at suburban Des Moines convenience store
A winning $202 million Powerball ticket was purchased at an Iowa convenience store in the suburban Des Moines city of Bondurant, but nobody had claimed it by midday Thursday.
Iowa lottery officials encourage people to consult with an attorney or financial planner before stepping forward, so some delay in naming a winner isn't surprising.
This amount, $200 million, is a life-changing amount of money, and we want to make sure the winner is prepared for what will come, Iowa Lottery spokeswom ...
Sep 27, 2012, 8:01 pm - Lottery News forum
98 Florida Lottery players share Fantasy 5 win
Perfect set of odd-numbered results drawn
If you woke up this morning and discovered you were a Florida Fantasy 5 winner, you have plenty of company.
There were 98 players last night who picked the pedestrian numbers of 1-3-5-7-9, so they'll all share from the Fantasy 5 pool. Their take? $1,995.32 each.
The Florida Lottery's Shelly Safford notes that of the 98 winners, only one was a quick pick.
Obviously, a lot of players pick those numbers, she said.
Nobody has exact stats, but ...
Aug 29, 2012, 12:27 pm - Lottery News forum
