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Powerball Jackpot 10th Largest Ever at $171 MillionNews Story
Next Wednesday's Powerball jackpot will be the 10th largest ever in the history of America's favorite game. There were no Powerball jackpot winners Saturday but an incredible 1,021,839 prizes were paid out for a total of more than $10.2 million worth of winnings.Because no one correctly matched all six numbers in Saturday's drawing the jackpot will grow to an estimated $171 million.The cash option for the Wednesday, December 8 drawing will be an estimated $93.3 million.The numbers drawn were: 6,
Dec 6, 2004, 8:29 am - Lottery News

Kentucky man wins $300,000 lottery prizeNews Story
A Hopkinsville, Kentucky man was celebrating his good luck after he purchased a $300,000 Kentucky lottery scratch-off ticket.Mark Baker, 31, of Hopkinsville, purchased the winning ticket on Oct. 8 at the Raceway convenience store on Fort Campbell Boulevard, according to a news release from the Kentucky Lottery.Baker was sitting in a car outside the store with his mother, Vickie, when he scratched the Silver Spectacular ticket and saw that he was a winner. I turned white as a ghost and started sh
Oct 18, 2004, 8:02 am - Lottery News

Powerball Jackpot Rockets to $215 MillionNews Story
Nineteen lottery players across the nation were just one ball shy of winning the world's largest current lottery jackpot Wednesday night. The ball those players were missing was the Powerball.There were no Powerball jackpot winners, but an incredible 1,175,278 prizes were paid out for a total of more than $9.3 million worth of winnings in America's Game.Because no one correctly matched all six numbers in Wednesday's drawing the jackpot will grow to an estimated $215 million.The cash option for t
Oct 7, 2004, 9:38 am - Lottery News

$151 million: Powerball jackpot highest in four monthsNews Story
Eleven lottery players across the nation were just one ball shy of winning the country's largest current lottery jackpot Wednesday night. The ball those players were missing was the Powerball.There were no Powerball jackpot winners Wednesday but 839,378 prizes were paid out across the nation for a total of more than $6.6 million worth of winnings in America's Game.Because no one correctly matched all six numbers in Wednesday's drawing the jackpot will grow to an estimated $151 million.The cash
Oct 1, 2004, 8:44 am - Lottery News

Powerball jackpot winner diesNews Story
Melvin Rhodes who won a big Powerball lottery jackpot four years ago has died in Maryville, Tennessee at 78.Rhodes was a part-time biscuit maker at a McDonald's in Clinton, Tennessee in April 2000 when he won the $80 million dollar jackpot on a ticket he bought in Kentucky.He lived his latter years in a mountaintop home overlooking Norris Lake.Melvin's son, Michael Rhodes, remembers the day of the big win. He come out there and said he'd won and I said, 'You're crazy, dad. You better go and che
Sep 29, 2004, 9:09 am - Lottery News

Crossing the border is good luck for $200,000 lottery winnerNews Story
A Clarksville, Tennessee man's luck turned green earlier this month when he won $200,000 in the Kentucky Cash Ball lottery.David Crowe, 56, told Kentucky lottery officials that even though Tennessee's lottery is up and running, it's the Flash Market store in Oak Grove, Ky., where he always buys his ticket.Crowe has been playing the lottery in Kentucky for 12 years. His wife, Sue, bought the winning ticket for him saying she just happened to be the one who went into the store. It was a quick pick
Sep 21, 2004, 7:04 am - Lottery News

Powerball lottery jackpot nears $100 million markNews Story
The jackpot in America's favorite lottery game is nearing the $100 million mark. There were no Powerball jackpot winners Saturday but 557,188 players across the nation won a total of more than $5.2 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 $95 million. That's the largest current lottery jackpot in the country.The cash option for the Wednesday, September 22 drawing will be an estimated $52.3 mil
Sep 20, 2004, 8:56 am - Lottery News

Powerball Jackpot Jumps to $64 MillionNews Story
The jackpot in America's favorite lottery game is on the way up. There were no Powerball jackpot winners Wednesday but 377,430 players across the nation won a total of more than $3.2 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 $64 million.The cash option for the Saturday, September 11 drawing will be an estimated $34.4 million.The numbers drawn Wednesday night were: 2, 4, 28, 33, 52 and the Powe
Sep 9, 2004, 10:48 am - Lottery News

Kentucky Lottery rolls out new gameNews Story
A kid's game - tic tac toe - is the Kentucky Lottery's newest online offering.Tic Tac Cash debuted Monday, the first game of its kind nationally, lottery officials said. It offers a $25,000 top prize.Concepts for other online games are on the drawing board as the lottery tries to recoup millions being lost across the border to the new state lottery in Tennessee.Kentucky Lottery President and CEO Arch Gleason said the goal is to keep our games fresh and fun. He said Tic Tac Cash fits that descr
Sep 1, 2004, 7:51 am - Lottery News

Powerball Jackpot Reaches $28 MillionNews Story
The jackpot in America's favorite lottery game is on the way up. There were no Powerball jackpot winners Wednesday but 320,334 players across the nation won a total of more than $3.8 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 $28 million.The cash option for the Saturday, August 28 drawing will be an estimated $15.3 million.The numbers drawn were: 1, 30, 32, 37, 50 and the Powerball was 19. The
Aug 26, 2004, 7:45 am - Lottery News