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Powerball Jackpot Bumps to $37 MillionNews Story
There were no Powerball jackpot winners Wednesday but 322,093 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 $37 million.The cash option for the Saturday, January 8th drawing will be an estimated $20.4 million.The numbers drawn were 4, 7, 10, 30, 37 and the Powerball was 37. The Power Play multiplier was 5.One player from Washington DC matched
Jan 6, 2005, 2:57 pm - Lottery News

Powerball Jackpot Climbs to $28 MillionNews Story
There were no Powerball jackpot winners Saturday but 375,185 players across the nation won a total of more than $4 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 $28 million.The cash option for the Wednesday, January 5th drawing will be an estimated $15.5 million.The numbers drawn were 22, 23, 26, 44, 47 and the Powerball was 12. The Power Play multiplier was 5.Three players correctly matched the 5
Jan 3, 2005, 8:16 am - Lottery News

$21 Million Powerball Jackpot will Ring in the New YearNews Story
There were no Powerball jackpot winners Wednesday but 347,311 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 Wednesday, the jackpot will grow to an estimated $21 million for the New Year's drawing.The cash option for the Saturday, January 1 draw will be an estimated $11.7 million.The numbers drawn Wednesday were 24, 29, 33, 38, 44 and the Powerball was 7. The Power Play multiplier was 5.Two players corr
Dec 30, 2004, 9:06 am - Lottery News

Record Powerball winner's wealth may have contributed to kin's deathNews Story
Sdventeen-year-old Brandi Bragg was laid to rest on Friday, almost two years to the day after her doting grandfather came into the great wealth that some say was Brandi's misfortune.The only granddaughter of Jack Whittaker, winner of the richest undivided lottery jackpot in U.S. history, was found dead earlier this week of what may have been a drug overdose.Whittaker and others say her sudden access to vast wealth had brought new friends and dangerous habits. Since she won the lottery she had to
Dec 24, 2004, 4:37 pm - Lottery News

Details of lottery winner kin's death still sketchyNews Story
The 17-year-old granddaughter of the nation's largest lottery winner was found dead near her boyfriend's home, her body wrapped in a sheet and plastic tarp. Brandi Bragg, who lived in the nearby town of Hurricane, was last seen alive Dec. 4. She was reported missing five days later by Jack Whittaker, who won a $314.9 million jackpot on Christmas Day 2002 but has battled legal and other problems since then.The cause of death was under investigation. Authorities said there were no obvious signs o
Dec 21, 2004, 10:51 am - Lottery News

Record Powerball lottery winner's granddaughter found deadNews Story
The body of record Powerball winner Jack Whittaker's 17-year-old granddaughter was found Monday in a rural area in western West Virginia, State Police said.Brandi Bragg's body was tentatively identified based on tattoos on her neck, said State Police Sgt. Jay Powers. The troopers (at the scene) had talked to her in the past and knew her, Powers said.State Police found the body behind a junked vehicle in a grassy area on Scary Creek Road outside Scott Depot in Putnam County, across the road from
Dec 20, 2004, 5:43 pm - Lottery News

Powerball Jackpot Jumps to $30 MillionNews Story
There were no Powerball jackpot winners Saturday but 406,997 players across the nation won a total of more than $3.4 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 $30 million.The cash option for the Wednesday, December 22 drawing will be an estimated $16.5 million.The numbers drawn were: 1, 25, 29, 30, 45 and the Powerball was 12. The Power Play multiplier was 3.Three players correctly matched the
Dec 20, 2004, 8:42 am - Lottery News

Record Powerball lottery winner's life a mess after big winNews Story
The worlds first glimpse of Jack Whittaker, winner of the richest undivided lottery jackpot in U.S. history, was of a boisterous, happy-go-lucky guy in a big cowboy hat who loved his family, work and God and promised to share his good fortune with the church and the poor.Two years later, the picture the public is seeing now is a mug shot of a haggard, somber Whittaker.Whittaker, 57, has been arrested twice on charges of drunken driving in the past year and has been ordered to go into rehab by Ja
Dec 14, 2004, 1:16 pm - Lottery News

Record Powerball Lottery Winner's Granddaughter MissingNews Story
Record Powerball winner Jack Whittaker has reported his 17-year-old granddaughter missing, police said late Thursday. Family members had not seen or heard from Brandi Lasha Bragg since 9 p.m. Saturday when she was at her Hurricane home, Putnam County Sheriff's Sgt. Lisa Arthur said. At this time we're treating this as an unusual disappearance, Arthur said. Normally someone would see her at least on a daily basis, someone in the family. Arthur said Whittaker reported Bragg missing sometime this
Dec 10, 2004, 10:01 am - Lottery News

Penn. store that sold winning Powerball lottery ticket identifiedNews Story
When Russell DeMatteo got the 3 a.m. call Thursday from New Castle police, he thought his Lawrence County convenience store had been robbed.Instead, he found Pennsylvania Lottery officials at Country Food Mart waiting to tell him that the store had sold the winning $171.4 million Powerball ticket. DeMatteo will collect $100,000 -- once a winner comes forward, or within 90 days. I certainly didn't expect this, said DeMatteo, 23. Lottery (officials) wanted me to come and meet them immediately. I
Dec 10, 2004, 9:59 am - Lottery News