Player in Tennessee wins first Powerball jackpot since game changed in Oct.

Comment #58

dallascowboyfan — Mon, 09 Nov 2015 16:33:22 GMT

+1 I sure do miss him.......

Comment #57

dallascowboyfan — Mon, 09 Nov 2015 16:31:28 GMT

Congratulations to winner/s

Comment #56

rcbbuckeye — Sun, 08 Nov 2015 15:30:36 GMT

It's understood that you are unhappy with Tn Lottery. But....I really don't think, actually I know, your Dragon Lady had nothing to do with the PB winner in Tn. The numbers are drawn elsewhere. Therefore, you should stop playing your state games, and just play MM and PB.

Good luck

Comment #55

TnTicketlosers — Sun, 08 Nov 2015 11:34:13 GMT

Yea the dragon Queen sits down in Nashville on her throne thinking she does the world a favor running the BEST lottery in this country.Instead of coming on down here losing your pipe dreams to a dead end life ,I would keep your comments to yourself....until you live here,play here you have no idea what its like.Now you all can jump on me if you want,I dont care.Its been a scam since day one.Nothing will ever be done about it..States do whatever they want to people,we are suppose to keep our mout... [ More ]

Comment #54

realtorjim — Sun, 08 Nov 2015 02:31:45 GMT

I love it when I see logic come into play

Comment #53

Gopher701 — Sun, 08 Nov 2015 00:37:03 GMT

The tickets sold for this drawing were approximately 6% of the available numbers. I believe, this drawing was the first drawing with a winner and a second place ticket since the October 7th change. Based on the number of tickets sold this was an unusual event.

Comment #52

haymaker — Sat, 07 Nov 2015 14:59:29 GMT

Yup,

Starting JP is fine w/me.

Comment #51

thaencyder — Sat, 07 Nov 2015 14:29:22 GMT

Oh shut up already. The fact that there are many winners IS a good thing that encourages others to plea and maximize profit. The overwhelming majority of people aren't some unsatisfiable greedy players who want to win excessive amount. Most are happy wining even the starting jackpot. This level of greed is actually not healthy and highlights a deeper psychological issue.

Comment #50

haymaker — Fri, 06 Nov 2015 16:14:41 GMT

Golfer1960,

Sounds like a bargain to me and I live in an area called Bargaintown. LOL

$5666 for that property at 13891 Old Hickory Rd. in Antioch TN.is not bad at all,

I'm paying almost $9600 for 3000sq ft 4 bd 2 1/2 ba. on 1/3 acre.

But oddly enough that property you picked is just 6.5 miles from where the winning ticket was sold.

Anyway, thanks for that map, Delaware at #47 is looking better all the time.

Comment #49

noise-gate — Fri, 06 Nov 2015 16:08:16 GMT

Point well taken Drenick1- except you forgetting one thing, with Ridge not being here or confined to his Mountain Retreat- he now has the liberty to roam the vast outdoors. Traveling 3 hours within the State of Tennessee in any direction is a piece of cake.You don't go by the name Ridge runner by sitting on the porch.

...long may you run Ridge

Comment #48

jjtheprince — Fri, 06 Nov 2015 16:00:11 GMT

I think he's referring to the fact that these games are now a joke because it's way too easy for winners to win. Winners are making a mockery of both games and bankrupting them. I guarantee when these winners win and go get their picture taken with their check they are laughing to themselves thinking We just screwed these chumps out of millions!

These games should use my 5 + 1 format with computerized draws and a matrix of 9,999,999,999 white balls and 9,999,999 red/yellow balls. This would... [ More ]

Comment #47

Drenick1 — Fri, 06 Nov 2015 15:36:07 GMT

Would have been nice if it was Ridge but he lives near Knoxville. Antioch according to Google maps is just south of Nashville and is close to 3 hours away from Ridge's area(unless he moved).

Comment #46

Get paid — Fri, 06 Nov 2015 14:26:11 GMT

Congrats to the winner.An no one was struck by lightning.LOL.

Mega tonight lets do this.

Comment #45

zephbe — Fri, 06 Nov 2015 13:48:41 GMT

I would not mind a $million hit myself. Guess useless is relative.

Comment #44

rcbbuckeye — Fri, 06 Nov 2015 13:29:00 GMT

Maybe to you, but I can retire just fine on $24.9 million. Even after taxes.

And it would be perfect now because the attention is on finding out who won Wednesday. No one cares about someone winning $24 million.

Comment #43

Original Bey — Fri, 06 Nov 2015 13:28:58 GMT

Hobson Tobacco and Beer. Noooo. That definitely doesn't seem like an establishment 'The Oracle' would be found anywhere around - lol

Comment #42

psykomo — Fri, 06 Nov 2015 12:14:29 GMT

It was a Quick Pick.........................................

RDGR URD WON

Comment #41

hearsetrax — Fri, 06 Nov 2015 09:51:28 GMT

plenty of curious places if one knows whar to look

Comment #40

maximumfun — Fri, 06 Nov 2015 08:50:05 GMT

As I have aged - my requirements for a 'luxurious' home have gotten simplier. #1 central a/c, #2 a non-leaky roof. That's about it.

Comment #39

Erzulieredeyes — Fri, 06 Nov 2015 07:53:58 GMT

That's more like it! Beautiful house. My taste is still a tad bit richer should I ever hit the big one, but that house is gorgeous.

Comment #38

golfer1960 — Fri, 06 Nov 2015 07:14:49 GMT

I agree redeyes, that house is very underwhelming. You'd have to leave Antioch or build a new home that suits your taste.

I like traditional style homes myself

Comment #37

golfer1960 — Fri, 06 Nov 2015 06:56:03 GMT

Haymaker!!!!! What's up brother?

The listing says the 2014 property taxes were $5,666. I'm not sure if that's a bargain or not.

TN ranks #38 in the nation (relatively low) while NJ ranks #1 (the highest).

Comment #36

maximumfun — Fri, 06 Nov 2015 05:29:38 GMT

Congratulations to the j/p winner

Comment #35

VenomV12 — Fri, 06 Nov 2015 05:28:11 GMT

The Powerball is about useless to play now unless there is a really big jackpot. Just greed. Both the MegaMillions and Poweball are pretty useless now.

Comment #34

ekem6078 — Fri, 06 Nov 2015 02:50:06 GMT

Congrads to the winner, hope it was my friend girl from work, cause I just got laid off today lmao.

Comment #33

MADDOG10 — Fri, 06 Nov 2015 02:36:19 GMT

Somehow , I hope it was Ridge......

Comment #32

sully16 — Fri, 06 Nov 2015 01:22:36 GMT

Congrats to the lucky winner.

Comment #31

sully16 — Fri, 06 Nov 2015 01:22:12 GMT

I miss him

Comment #30

lejardin — Fri, 06 Nov 2015 01:20:32 GMT

I don't believe so. Someone posted that they thought he was called home but nothing confirmed. I so miss him, he was just the funniest guy around here and took no bs from some of the agitators on here. In fact, he took great joy lighting up their posteriors lol. MISS YOU RDGRNR wherever you are.

Comment #29

faber98 — Fri, 06 Nov 2015 01:00:55 GMT

anyone heard from him. haven't seen one of his posts for a couple of years. could it be he went to that final resting place up in the hills. we need a ridge fix on things.

Comment #28

Itsonly$ — Thu, 05 Nov 2015 23:16:50 GMT

I thought they should have made the new matrix 6/59-1/35 instead of the current 5/69-1/26.

A blind man can feel an elephant but, he still does not know what it is.

Comment #27

lejardin — Thu, 05 Nov 2015 23:07:44 GMT

That would be great if it was RDGRNR who won. But then there is no chance we would ever hear from him lol.

Comment #26

lejardin — Thu, 05 Nov 2015 23:05:20 GMT

I am not one of those who doesnt get excited lol. I never pay attention to the fluff amounts, only the net and almost at any point I could live very comfortably on it. TAX FREE, now you are talking but I highly doubt that will EVER happen, not with the political crooks and/or government agencies who have access. Oh and change it back to a buck.

Comment #25

noise-gate — Thu, 05 Nov 2015 22:55:34 GMT

What if, just what if this 2nd jackpot was won by none other than Ridge?

.......

Comment #24

travelintrucker — Thu, 05 Nov 2015 22:39:14 GMT

Tax free.. Sounds like a plan.

Comment #23

Erzulieredeyes — Thu, 05 Nov 2015 22:37:19 GMT

They should have left the games alone and stop tinkering with it. Powerball was much more fun to play when it only cost $1 and I was more likely to spend more money to play multiple tickets when it cost less vs now the $2 where I might only buy one or two for larger jackpots over 150m.

We don't need to see near billion dollar jackpots for powerball/mega million. When those two games get to 200-300 million nobody gets excited anymore. Change the games back to how it originally was.

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Comment #22

travelintrucker — Thu, 05 Nov 2015 22:20:37 GMT

I think they should leave the odds as is and go back down to a dollar per play. Starting jackpots will have to go down as well. We will eventually see at least a $700+ million jackpot.

Comment #21

Erzulieredeyes — Thu, 05 Nov 2015 21:21:25 GMT

Nice house for a non-lottery winner. Too rural looking and dated for my taste though.

Comment #20

Gleno — Thu, 05 Nov 2015 19:48:39 GMT

Congrats to the latest winner of the new power ball game!

See that TN has had some nice jackpot winners.

Anyone there having any good beef BBQ parties

Comment #19

Aaquib — Thu, 05 Nov 2015 18:55:51 GMT

Only quick pick will win u jackpot

Comment #18

haymaker — Thu, 05 Nov 2015 18:24:02 GMT

I believe you are correct.

Comment #17

haymaker — Thu, 05 Nov 2015 18:23:22 GMT

Hey, Golfer1960,

Do you happen to know what the taxes are on that place ?

Likely less than we pay on our houses.

Comment #16

Prob988 — Thu, 05 Nov 2015 18:15:55 GMT

The game is going to undergo a long, slow death.

The troubles began for both MM and PB when the $2 Powerball ticket was introduced. This moderately raised PB revenues (but probably not profit) at the expense of MM revenues. They then made matters worse by reducing the value of MM, and finally they reduced the value of the $2 PB.

They may try other fixes, all of which, as is typical, will be in the wrong direction, but both games will slowly decline despite anything they do.

Comment #15

sandia — Thu, 05 Nov 2015 17:38:55 GMT

Aww, lucky winner(s). I know so many wish that they won instead. However, it is the luck of the draw. I wish I had won the jackpot, times are tough but oh well, keep on pushing. Congratulations to the winner(s), once again.

Comment #14

golfer1960 — Thu, 05 Nov 2015 16:55:06 GMT

The most expensive home on the market in Antioch, TN is this 4bd 6bth, 3586sq ft ranch. It has 11 acres and was built in 1998. Price: $565,000. Definetley affordable.

Congratulations Powerball Winner!! Enjoy your retirement

Comment #13

music* — Thu, 05 Nov 2015 16:31:38 GMT

Now let us see how high Mega Millions can reach.

Power Ball starts again at $40,000,000.00 which is a decent jackpot.

Comment #12

rcbbuckeye — Thu, 05 Nov 2015 16:29:37 GMT

Looks like Dragon Lady sold out to the devil.

Comment #11

Raven62 — Thu, 05 Nov 2015 16:09:24 GMT

The nineth drawing after the matrix change and BANG Jackpot WON

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Raven62 — Thu, 05 Nov 2015 16:04:35 GMT

Comment #9

Original Bey — Thu, 05 Nov 2015 15:58:41 GMT

Ridgerunners marriage to the Dragon Lady is paying off big time.

Comment #8

destinycreation — Thu, 05 Nov 2015 15:50:36 GMT

Surprise !!! Surprise !!! TENNESSEE, the state people claim is hard to win in, finally won something BIG !!!

The Impossible Can happen !!!

Congratulations Tennessee

Comment #7

RedStang — Thu, 05 Nov 2015 15:24:48 GMT

Comment #6

dpoly1 — Thu, 05 Nov 2015 15:14:58 GMT

So much for giant jackpots LOL

Comment #5

RJOh — Thu, 05 Nov 2015 14:42:05 GMT

$259.8 million won in Knoxville, June 2014 $50 million won in Knox County, March 2015 And now $144.1 millions in November 2015

No one ever mentions Tennessee as a winner of PowerBall jackpots like California and New York but that's three jackpots in the last year and a half.

Comment #4

haymaker — Thu, 05 Nov 2015 14:08:16 GMT

I doubt that would be played very frequently if at all,

I won't even play the current version.

Comment #3

jjtheprince — Thu, 05 Nov 2015 14:03:03 GMT

Keep it a 5 + 1 game but make it computerized draws with a matrix of 9,999,999,999 white balls and 9,999,999 red balls.

I doubt that would be won very frequently at all

Comment #2

haymaker — Thu, 05 Nov 2015 13:57:21 GMT

HA- HA,

They tried to make it harder and it blew up in their face.

Now they're chasing MM from way behind. LMAO !

Glad to hear the winner was from TN, a state that has all RNG games except for PB and MM

Probably not RidgeRunner as he was from Appalachia.

Comment #1

jjtheprince — Thu, 05 Nov 2015 13:35:24 GMT

Yeah, so much for Powerball being too hard to win now.

It's still way too easy to win. Why won't they consider my matrix plus computerized draws to save the game from going bankrupt

Player in Tennessee wins first Powerball jackpot since game changed in Oct.

Lottery Post — Thu, 05 Nov 2015 13:23:16 GMT

Update: Location where winning ticket was purchased is now identified

By Todd Northrop

A Tennessee Lottery player who purchased a ticket in Antioch has won the first Powerball jackpot since the game was changed in October.

The lucky ticket-holder won a jackpot of $144.1 million in the drawing held Wednesday, November 4. Of course, no information is known about the winner until the prize is claimed.

The Powerball winning numbers drawn Wednesday night were 2, 12, 17, 20, and 65, with P... [ More ]