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Florida lottery ticket wins $182.1M Powerball jackpotNews Story
By Todd Northrop The winning lottery ticket for Saturday's $182.1 million Powerball jackpot was sold in a Publix store in Kissimmee, Florida, located on a road with a very fitting name. It's at 2340 Fortune Road and someone who bought a Powerball ticket for Saturday night's drawing at that store has won a fortune. The Quick Pick ticket won the $182.1 million jackpot. If the winner wants to take a one-time cash payment, it is $91.2 million. In addition to the big winner, another six l
Feb 28, 2011, 7:10 am - Lottery News

Powerball lottery jackpot increased to $184 millionNews Story
Biggest Powerball jackpot in 8 months By Todd Northrop The multi-state Powerball lottery drawing happened last night once again without any jackpot winners, causing the new jackpot for Saturday's drawing to grow to an estimated $184 million, with a cash option of $90.1 million. Wednesday night was the 9th consecutive drawing without a jackpot winner. Even though there were no jackpot winners, 12 lucky tickets matched the first five numbers for a $200,000 second-place prize: 1 from Ar
Feb 24, 2011, 6:09 pm - Lottery News

Arizona Lottery creates millionaire in latest raffleNews Story
By Todd Northrop The Arizona Lottery conducted its sixth raffle drawing Thursday, awarding more than $3 million in total cash prizes, including one $1 million grand prize. A special Early Bird drawing on Nov. 30 awarded $5,000 each to 20 lucky players. The winning numbers for the raffle draw can be found on Lottery Post's Arizona Lottery Results page. Any ticket that won an Early Bird prize was still eligible to win any of the prizes in the main raffle drawing on Jan. 6. Only 300,
Jan 6, 2011, 8:29 pm - Lottery News

$290 MILLION: Mega Millions lottery rocket-rideNews Story
Biggest jackpot in 16 months By Todd Northrop The Mega Millions rocket ride continues after Friday night's New Year's Eve mega-draw did not produce a jackpot winner. The new jackpot for the Tuesday, Jan. 4, 2011 Mega Millions drawing is a staggering $290 million, with a faint-inducing lump-sum cash value of $182.6 million. The mammoth grand prize is the result of 15 draws without a winner. The run-up started as a $12 million prize on Nov. 12, 2010. The winning numbers for Friday,
Jan 1, 2011, 12:54 am - Lottery News

$237 MILLION: Mega Millions lottery jackpot raised againNews Story
New Year's Eve drawing will be huge By Todd Northrop Will an incredibly lucky lottery player end 2010 with a life-changing windfall, or will the first jackpot of 2011 be more than a quarter billion dollars? We'll find out Friday night, when the $237 million Mega Millions drawing takes place. Friday's Mega Millions jackpot is the accumulation of 14 consecutive drawings without a top prize winner. The current jackpot run-up started on Nov. 12 as a $12 million grand prize. The lump-
Dec 29, 2010, 8:20 am - Lottery News

Arizona teacher claims $95 million Powerball lottery jackpotNews Story
A substitute teacher from Fort Mohave, Arizona, walked into the Arizona Lottery's headquarters Monday and put two weeks of rumors, speculation and excitement to rest, claiming a $95.3 million Powerball prize. Sheila Verke, 64, held the single prize-winning ticket, but her identity had been a mystery since the Dec. 1 drawing. She accepted a jackpot check in person Monday, accompanied by friends and financial advisers. She took the prize as a lump sum of $49.9 million rather than a 30-yea
Dec 14, 2010, 4:29 pm - Lottery News

Michigan gets second multi-state lottery winner in a weekNews Story
First-ever Powerball win in Michigan $128.6 million Powerball win comes just one week after $140 million Mega Millions jackpot won in same state By Todd Northrop The USA's two biggest multi-state lottery games produced $100 million+ jackpot winners within the same week both in the state of Michigan. Mega Millions was the first to turn out a grand prize winner. On Oct. 29, one lucky ticket sold in Michigan's Upper Peninsula region matched the first five numbers plus the Mega Ball numb
Nov 7, 2010, 10:42 am - Lottery News

Businesses near Nevada border popular for lottery playersNews Story
For those heading toward Nevada on this lonely stretch of U.S. Highway 93, Rosie's at the Boulder Inn Cafe is the last chance to gamble in Arizona. For those in Las Vegas, meanwhile, this 77-year-old former truck stop is the closest place to play the Arizona Lottery. When the Powerball jackpot spikes, people flood to Rosie's over Hoover Dam, 35 miles to the north, said general manager Brad Larsen, whose mother is the cafe's namesake. It doesn't even get busy until $100 million, he said
May 25, 2010, 9:09 am - Lottery News

L.A. TV employee wins $266M Mega Millions lottery jackpotNews Story
Winning ticket was sold at a Hawaiian barbecue restaurant His wife wanted KFC. But a Southern California man insisted on barbeque. After Tuesday night's Mega Millions drawing, he can have all the barbeque he wants. It was during Gilbert Cisneros' visit to L L Hawaiian Barbecue at 8760 Washington Blvd. in Pico Rivera that the winner of the estimated $266 million Mega Millions jackpot, bought his ticket. The numbers in Tuesday night's multi-state Mega Millions draw were 9, 21, 31, 36, 43
May 6, 2010, 7:18 am - Lottery News

One Calif. lottery ticket wins $266M Mega Millions jackpotNews Story
A single ticket matched all six numbers in Tuesday night's $266 million Mega Millions drawing, but unless you bought your ticket in California, you can keep on dreaming. That single West Coast player won the largest lottery jackpot in the United States this year after purchasing the jackpot-winning ticket at L L Hawaiian Barbecue in the Los Angeles suburb of Pico Rivera. The winning numbers for the drawing were 9, 21, 31, 36, and 43, with a Mega Ball number of 8. The Megaplier number wa
May 5, 2010, 7:32 am - Lottery News