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Powerball lottery jackpot zooms to $120 millionNews Story
The excitement is rising along with the jackpot in America's favorite lottery game. There were no Powerball jackpot winners Saturday but 694,536 players across the nation won a total of more than $5.7 million in prizes in America's Game. Sixteen of those players were just the Powerball away from winning the jackpot.Because no one correctly matched all six numbers in Saturday's drawing the jackpot will grow to an estimated $120 million. That's currently the largest lottery jackpot in the nation
Apr 26, 2004, 7:07 am - Lottery News

Tenn. stores to receive $25,000 for selling Powerball jackpot ticketNews Story
A Tennessee retailer who sells a Powerball ticket that nets the multimillion-dollar grand prize will receive a reward $25,000.The Tennessee Lottery board set the figure yesterday during its regular meeting.Rebecca Paul, president and chief executive officer of the Tennessee Education Lottery Corp., told the board that a decision is a week or two away on when Powerball tickets will begin selling in late spring.During the meeting, the lottery also introduced two new scratch-off games, continuing t
Mar 30, 2004, 4:30 am - Lottery News

Campus sales of Tennessee Lottery tickets unlikelyNews Story
While colleges are ready to accept tuition payments funded by Tennessee's lottery, that doesn't mean tickets for the games of chance will be sold on state campuses.About 65,000 students are expected to attend state universities this fall on lottery-funded scholarships, and some students see a conflict in no on-campus ticket sales. If it's going to help students get an education, colleges should make an exception for the lottery, said Brendon Cole of Memphis, a freshman at the University of Tenn
Mar 9, 2004, 4:43 am - Lottery News

Powerball Jackpot Leaps to $46 MillionNews Story
The jackpot keeps growing and hundreds of thousands of players keep winning cash prizes in America's favorite lottery game. There were no Powerball jackpot winners Saturday but 394,159 players across the nation won a total of more than $3.7 million in prizes in America's Game.Because no one correctly matched all six numbers in Saturday's drawing the jackpot will grow to an estimated $46 million.The cash option for the Wednesday, January 21 drawing will be an estimated $25 million.The numbers dra
Jan 19, 2004, 7:37 am - Lottery News

Powerball Jackpot Soars to $170 MillionNews Story
The year may be winding down but Powerball is gearing up. That's because no one correctly matched all six numbers in Wednesday's drawing, pushing the jackpot to an estimated $170 million. That's currently the largest lottery jackpot in the world.The $170 million jackpot would rank as the 7th largest Powerball jackpot ever. The cash option for the Saturday, December 27 drawing will be an estimated $92.1 million.There were no jackpot winners Wednesday but 1,282,948 players across the nation won
Dec 26, 2003, 3:59 am - Lottery News

$315M Lottery Winner Shuns AttentionNews Story
$315M Lottery Winner Andrew Whittaker Says He Wishes He'd Been Quieter About Hitting JackpotThe letters never stop. Requests, pleas, hard-luck stories, tales to break your heart: thousands of them, enough to fill hip-high filing cabinets that line three conference-room walls in Andrew Jack Whittaker's new office.They come by the dozens, day after day, though it has been a year since Whittaker won the richest undivided lottery jackpot in U.S. history $314.9 million, payable in an after-tax lum
Dec 26, 2003, 3:50 am - Lottery News

$100 Million Powerball JackpotNews Story
Powerball is on the rise and once again the jackpot has reached the $100 million range. There were no Powerball jackpot winners Saturday but 540,460 players across the nation won a total of more than $3.9 million in prizes in America's Game.Because no one correctly matched all six numbers in Saturday's drawing the jackpot will grow to an estimated $100 million. That's currently the largest lottery jackpot in the world.This is the fourth time this year and the fifth time in the last thirteen mont
Dec 15, 2003, 6:54 am - Lottery News

Powerball Grows to $33 MillionNews Story
The jackpot in America's favorite lottery game is on the way up again.There were no Powerball jackpot winners Wednesday but 298,624 players across the nation won a total of more than $2.2 million in prizes in America's Game. Because no one correctly matched all six numbers in Wednesday's drawing the jackpot will grow to an estimated $33 million.The cash option for the Saturday, November 22 drawing will be an estimated $17.8 million. The numbers drawn were: 16, 26, 36, 42, 47 and the Powerball
Nov 20, 2003, 1:35 pm - Lottery News

GTECH scrutinized in bid for Tennessee lottery contractsNews Story
GTECH Corp., the lottery giant bidding for Tennessee contracts, has been praised for quick startups and leading technology.But the company has also been criticized for aggressive lobbying and a series of missteps in the 1990s that led to the criminal conviction of one employee and culminated in an overhaul of top managers three years ago. I don't think their past record should reflect adversely on ... the present company, although it does require someone to look at them with a little more due di
Nov 20, 2003, 7:00 am - Lottery News

$88 Million Powerball JackpotNews Story
The excitement is growing, the fun is growing, and most importantly, the jackpot is growing in one of America's biggest lottery games. There were no Powerball jackpot winners Saturday but 457,515 players across the nation won a total of more than $3.8 million in prizes. Because no one correctly matched all six numbers in Saturday's drawing the jackpot will grow to an estimated $88 million.The cash option for the Wednesday, October 8 drawing will be an estimated $47.5 million.The numbers drawn w
Oct 5, 2003, 5:47 am - Lottery News