Powerball lottery jackpot crosses $300 million boundary

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LOTTOMIKE — Sat, 25 Aug 2007 11:55:23 GMT

i might get a couple tomorrow.

Comment #7

tnlotto1 — Fri, 24 Aug 2007 21:52:50 GMT

well less people play when it is smaller so people who only want the $200-$300million jackpots may wait until its higher to play. the people who play when it is $25million probably play more powerplays because they would be happy with the second or third tier prize multiplied by the powerplay

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LuckyLilly — Fri, 24 Aug 2007 21:43:40 GMT

Do you suppose the ratios change when the jackpot is smaller

Comment #5

tnlotto1 — Fri, 24 Aug 2007 18:24:36 GMT

some people are so focused on winning the jackpot only that they would rather get another ticket instead of the powerplay.

Comment #4

LuckyLilly — Fri, 24 Aug 2007 15:35:01 GMT

Wow, the breakdown of powerplay tickets to non-powerplay tickets is very interesting. 1,332,940 winning tickets without the powerplay, and only 201,673 with the powerplay. I assume the ratio of total tickets purchased is about the same? I really thought more people would be taking Powerplay.

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Comment #3

JimmySand9 — Fri, 24 Aug 2007 14:23:34 GMT

$65 million to go until the bonus goes into effect.

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MissNYC — Fri, 24 Aug 2007 14:19:02 GMT

The jackpot's mine

Comment #1

wreakshavok777 — Fri, 24 Aug 2007 05:54:15 GMT

Is it time for the bonus pool to kick in? or will it start next draw?....probably mute point cause chances of being a winner this draw will be high I would think

Powerball lottery jackpot crosses $300 million boundary

Lottery Post — Fri, 24 Aug 2007 05:47:23 GMT

The Powerball lottery jackpot for next Saturday will be worth an incredible $300 Million.

Even though the grand prize was not hit Wednesday evening, Powerball paid off in big ways. Two lucky tickets in Montana and North Carolina won $800,000 cash with the Power Play option.

In addition, twelve tickets purchased in Arizona (4), Colorado (1), Idaho (1), North Carolina (3), Pennsylvania (2), and West Virginia (1) each won $200,000 for matching all 5 white numbers.

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