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Powerball, Mega Millions explore agreementNews Story
Lottery behemoths Powerball and Mega Millions are discussing a possible arrangement to sell tickets for both games in the 42 states where they now operate alone. The talks, however, do not appear aimed at combining the two lotteries into one super game. Powerball is played in 30 states, including Pennsylvania and Delaware; Mega Millions is offered in New Jersey and 11 other states. We are aware of the discussions between Powerball and Mega Millions, but at this point those discussions
Mar 14, 2009, 9:11 am - Todd - Lottery News

22 postal workers win $10.2M Powerball lottery jackpotNews Story
The 22 postal workers had been playing the lottery together for years, sharing the disappointment of regular failures with the grim resolve of the always hopeful. But now, the 22, who work at the Philadelphia Bulk Mail Center, on Byberry Road near Woodhaven, are sharing the joy of winning the $10.2 million Powerball lottery jackpot on Saturday. The Powerball winners did not want to go on camera and talk about their good fortunes just yet but they call themselves the Lucky 22 . Joseph Ma
Oct 8, 2008, 8:00 pm - Todd - Lottery News

New Year's Eve lottery raffles from around the USANews Story
In addition to celebrating the new year last night, lottery players from around the United States were checking their raffle tickets to see if they would start 2008 as a new millionaire. Raffle-style lottery drawings were held in several states, including Arizona, California, Delaware, Florida, Georgia, Idaho, North Carolina, New Jersey, New Mexico, Ohio, Pennsylvania, South Dakota, and Virginia. (Arizona, Florida, North Carolina, and Pennsylvania drew their raffles a couple days ago.) T
Jan 1, 2008, 10:25 am - Todd - Lottery News

$204 Million: Saturday Powerball JackpotNews Story
Largest lottery jackpot in the world; $164 million more than second-largest jackpot The Powerball jackpot continues to grow to unbelievable heights. The multi-state game's $204 million jackpot is $164 million more than the next-largest worldwide lottery jackpot Florida Lotto's $40 million grand prize. (Both games will conduct their drawings tomorrow at 11:00 PM Eastern Time.) Even though the grand prize was not awarded Wednesday, three lucky tickets in DC, Iowa, and North Carolina ea
Aug 4, 2006, 4:10 pm - Todd - Lottery News

Powerball lottery jackpot raised to $220 millionNews Story
The Powerball jackpot continues to jump higher, as lines at lottery machines are starting to grow. No one hit the jackpot Saturday, but 929,494 players across the nation won a total of more than $10.1 million in prizes in America's Game . Because no one correctly matched all six numbers in Saturday's Powerball drawing the jackpot will grow to an estimated $220 million. The cash option for the Wednesday, April 12th drawing will be an estimated $101 million. The numbers drawn Saturd
Apr 9, 2006, 1:00 pm - Todd - Lottery News

Powerball lottery jackpot soars to $195 millionNews Story
The Powerball jackpot continues to climb. Even though the grand prize was not hit Wednesday evening, 853,497 players across the nation won a total of more than $7.5 million in prizes in America's Game . Because no one correctly matched all six numbers the jackpot will grow to an estimated $195 million for Saturday night's drawing. The cash option for the Saturday, April 8th drawing will be an estimated $91 million. The numbers drawn Wednesday were 3, 9, 24, 29, 39 and the Powerball w
Apr 6, 2006, 12:18 pm - Todd - Lottery News

California lottery struggles with tepid salesNews Story
Though California and its schools are begging for cash, one of the state's supposed gold mines produces roughly half of what it should for education, analysts say.But officials at the languishing state-run lottery say there's hope the operation will be shipping nearly another $1 billion annually to schools.It first, however, must succeed in throwing off woes such as legal restrictions on games, which some say are outdated in this age of widespread Indian gambling, and then generate an excitement
Jul 15, 2004, 9:30 am - Todd - Lottery News

One ticket sold in California wins $1.08 billion Powerball jackpotReply
Dude stop spouting things you know nothing about. The lottery is not a scam. So what California had two big jackpot winners recently. FYI the top 10 winning states for Powerball winners are: California is #10 on the list!!! 1. Indiana -39 2. Missouri-31 3. Minnesota-22 4. Pennsylvania-19 5. Wisconsin-19 6. Kentucky-18 7. Louisiana-17 8. Florida-16 9. Arizona-14 10. CALIFORNIA-13 11. New York-12 12. Kansas -12 13. New Hampshire-11 14. New
Jul 21, 2023, 8:43 am - winterhug - Lottery News

Pandemic continues to batter state lotteries and programsNews Story
While some states see sales increases, others bear the economic brunt By Kate Northrop Unsurprisingly, the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic continues to batter state programs and lotteries as lottery revenue streams take a hit. While some state lotteries saw unprecedented sales increases within the past few months, diminished sales in other states leave others in a realm of uncertainty, looking for ways to make up for the deficits. Sales for nationwide draw games and state lottery games alike
Jul 13, 2020, 5:01 pm - Todd - Lottery News

Winner of $1.5B lottery jackpot donates some winnings to Alabama tornado victimsNews Story
Updated with additional details about the anonymous winner The winner of the largest Mega Millions jackpot in US history $1.5 billion is sharing some of her newfound wealth to help others in need. The lucky South Carolina woman, who has chosen to remain anonymous, is donating to the Alabama Red Cross to aid tornado relief and several South Carolina charities. She decided to donate because she claimed the money when a tornado struck Alabama in early March, her lawyer Jason Kurland said.
Mar 18, 2019, 10:11 am - Todd - Lottery News