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$218 MILLION: Powerball lottery jackpot increased
Largest Powerball jackpot in 10 months
By Todd Northrop
Just a week after the Mega Millions lottery had players across America scrambling for tickets for a mega jackpot, the Powerball multi-state lottery game is poised to do the same thing.
Saturday night's Powerball drawing was the 10th consectuive drawing without a top prize winner, increasing the next jackpot to $218 million, with a lump-sum cash option of $109.9 million.
The next drawing will take place Wednesday at 11:00 pm East
Apr 3, 2011, 8:03 am - Lottery News
States look for winning formulas to spur lottery sales
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 - Lottery News
Error caused S.D. Lottery to suspend Wild Card validations
The South Dakota Lottery temporarily halted validations for Wild Card 2 lotto tickets for the June 9 drawing to correct an error with the winning numbers.
An incorrect Wild Card was inadvertently entered into the system after the draw. The winning numbers for that drawing were 4, 5, 9, 15 and 21 and the Wild Card King of Diamonds. The Wild Card was initially incorrectly entered as the Jack of Diamonds.
The error was discovered Thursday afternoon by the Lottery, and all validations were sto
Jun 13, 2010, 8:54 am - Lottery News
Powerball lottery jackpot raised to $260M
Largest Powerball jackpot of the year
by Todd Northrop
The multi-state Powerball lottery drawing happened last night once again without any jackpot winners, causing the new jackpot for Wednesday's drawing to grow to an estimated $260 million, with a cash option of $134.2 million.
Saturday night was the 11th consecutive drawing without a jackpot winner.
Even though there were no jackpot winners, 11 lucky tickets matched the first five numbers for a $200,000 second-place prize: 1 from
May 30, 2010, 10:18 am - Lottery News
L.A. TV employee wins $266M Mega Millions lottery jackpot
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
$266 MILLION: Mega Millions lottery jackpot raised again
Biggest jackpot in nine months
Lottery players across the United States are buying their Mega Millions tickets in preparation for Tuesday's massive $266 million drawing.
Even the cash value the holy grail for many jackpot-watchers stands at a staggering $165.2 million.
For comparison, the $258 million Powerball jackpot won by a store clerk in Missouri in April awarded a cash value of $124.9 million.
Tuesday's Mega Millions jackpot is the accumulation of 14 consecutive drawings withou
May 3, 2010, 9:02 am - Lottery News
Mega Millions: $224 million lottery drawing tonight
1:24 p.m. - Updated states that will be added in May
Tonight across the United States, millions of lottery ticket holders will be hoping to match all of the Mega Millions winning numbers to win a $224 million jackpot.
The lump-sum cash value of the massive prize is $138.1 million, eclipsing the $124.8 million Powerball jackpot cash value won last week by a convenience store clerk from Missouri.
Tonight's jackpot is the result of 13 consecutive drawings without a top-prize winner. The cu
Apr 30, 2010, 8:06 am - Lottery News
Mega Millions goes on sale in South Dakota May 16
South Dakota Lottery officials are adding Mega Millions to the state's lineup of lotto games, beginning May 16.
The first Mega Millions drawing in which South Dakota will participate is Tuesday, May 18.
The South Dakota Lottery Commission in late March unanimously approved adding the game. The legislative Rules Review Committee Tuesday approved the administrative rules.
Three multi-state lottery games currently are available in South Dakota: Powerball, Hot Lotto, and Wildcard 2. Dakota
Apr 21, 2010, 7:33 am - Lottery News
Powerball lottery jackpot rises to $212M
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 $212 million, with a cash option of $101.9 million.
Wednesday night was the 9th consecutive drawing without a jackpot winner.
Even though there were no jackpot winners, 11 lucky tickets matched the first five numbers for a $200,000 second-place prize: 2 from Idaho, 1 from Illinois, 1 from Louisiana,
Apr 15, 2010, 8:05 am - Lottery News
Multi-state lottery jackpots offer multiple $100M+ chances
This weekend the two biggest USA multi-state lottery games remained unbeaten, with their jackpots continuing to rise.
Now that most states offer tickets for both games, players around the country have the opportunity to play two lottery games, each offering a jackpot of greater than $100 million.
Powerball's annuity jackpot is currently the world's largest jackpot, at $175 million, and Mega Millions has the world's second-largest jackpot, at $105 million.
The lump-sum cash values of the
Apr 12, 2010, 8:41 am - Lottery News