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Powerball 'Ultimate Tailgate Party' promotion launched in 18 statesNews Story
Includes video report By Todd Northrop As part of an effort to promote the multi-state Powerball game on a national level, 18 states are participating in a new promotion to send lottery players to a special NFL fan festival attended by several players in the NFL Hall of Fame. Winners in the Powerball Pro Football Hall of Fame trip will be treated to a 5 day/4 night trip to Cleveland, Ohio for the Ultimate Tailgate Party and Pro Football Hall of Fame's Fan Festival. The event will oc
Nov 16, 2013, 12:44 pm - Todd - Lottery News

One ticket wins massive $232M Powerball lottery jackpotNews Story
Update 1: May 28, 2009, 10:51 a.m. Update 2: May 28, 2009, 11:22 a.m. Someone is South Dakota has the one winning ticket in Wednesday night's $232.1 million Powerball jackpot. The prize, originally estimated at $222 million, came in higher than expected due to heavy sales around the country. Wednesday's winning Powerball numbers were 5, 6, 12, 16 and 21. The Powerball was 7 and the Power Play multiplier was 3. This is an absolute thrill, said Norm Lingle, executive director of th
May 28, 2009, 7:59 am - Todd - Lottery News

$447.8 million winning Powerball lottery ticket sold in CaliforniaReply
Powerball came to CA in 2013 Fellini. MOST POWERBALL JACKPOTS WON Pennsylvania 16 Indiana 11 Louisiana 8 Florida 7 Missouri 7 Iowa 6 Minnesota 6 South Carolina 6 Arizona 5 Connecticut 5 Kentucky 5 Wisconsin 5 New York 4 Oklahoma 4 West Virginia 4 Delaware 3 Georgia 3 Kansas 3 New Hampshire 3 New Jersey 3 New Mexico 3 North Carolina 3 South Dakota 3 Rhode Island 3 Compiled by The Star-Ledger Source: Multi-State Lott
Jun 12, 2017, 12:34 am - noise-gate - Lottery News

World's biggest lottery jackpot won by three ticketsNews Story
Winning Mega Millions lottery tickets sold in Illinois, Kansas, Maryland Final jackpot total of $656 million will be split three ways How would you react if you won? By Todd Northrop The largest lottery jackpot the world has ever seen has been won Friday night by three tickets sold in Illinois, Kansas, and Maryland. Since early Wednesday morning, the Mega Millions lottery jackpot was raised three times in as many days, and by the time all the sales were totalled at draw time, the
Mar 31, 2012, 8:56 am - Todd - Lottery News

States look for winning formulas to spur lottery salesNews Story
Buy a scratch lottery ticket in Georgia, and you can win music downloads or a seat at an Atlanta Falcons game. In New York, one of the top sellers is an all-black ticket as sleek as an Armani suit. And in Texas, where they brag that everything is bigger, a single ticket goes for $50. With state budgets in crisis and lottery-financed programs like prekindergarten being considered for cuts, the pressure is on to make lottery tickets more attractive to casual scratchers and people who may have n
Dec 23, 2010, 7:37 pm - Todd - Lottery News

Video gambling a cash cow even for smaller statesNews Story
Surveying West Virginia's rural neighborhoods, where most people lack broadband access to the Internet, you would never guess the state is a lottery cash cow. That is until you drove by the racetracks that dot major population centers. There you would see crowds of people shoving streams of dollars into buzzing and blinking video lottery terminals the reason this small state, with one of the country's lowest per-capita incomes is home to one of the most lucrative lotteries in the natio
Jan 30, 2007, 8:09 pm - Todd - Lottery News