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Powerball $170 Million Drawing TonightNews Story
Players around world are waiting for the numbers to be drawn in the $170 million Powerball drawing, which takes place tonight at 11:00 PM Eastern Daylight Time. Some facts about tonight's drawing: $170 million jackpot would rank as the 8th largest Powerball jackpot ever. It would also rank as the 14th largest lottery jackpot ever. This is the largest current lottery jackpot in the world. The estimated cash option is $90.4 million. The draw on Wednesday night will be the 15th draw of this
May 5, 2004, 7:49 am - Lottery News

Powerball Jackpot Soars to $170 MillionNews Story
Powerball will dominate conversations around the water cooler this week. That's because no one correctly matched all six numbers in Saturday's drawing, pushing the jackpot to an estimated $170 million. That's currently the largest lottery jackpot in the world.The $170 million dollar jackpot would rank as the 8th largest Powerball jackpot ever.The cash option for the Wednesday, May 5 drawing will be an estimated $90.4 million.There were no Powerball jackpot winners Saturday but 964,485 players ac
May 3, 2004, 10:52 am - Lottery News

Powerball Jackpot Reaches $145 MillionNews Story
Five 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 Wednesday but 765,908 players across the nation won a total of more than $4.5 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 $145 million. The cash option for the Saturday,
Apr 29, 2004, 7:52 am - Lottery News

N.D. Powerball lottery sales reach $2 millionNews Story
In the first month since North Dakota joined the Powerball lottery, more than $2 million worth of Powerball tickets have been sold at the state's 400-plus participating retailers, the state lottery director says.The total is nearly one-fifth of the $11 million that organizers had projected North Dakota would sell in the game's first 15 months.Director Chuck Keller said sales broke the $2 million mark on Monday, thanks in part to strong weekend sales. An expected $103 million prize may have helpe
Apr 28, 2004, 7:38 am - Lottery News

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

Powerball Jackpot Rolls to $103 MillionNews Story
America's favorite lottery game is on a roll. There were no Powerball jackpot winners Wednesday but 557,782 players across the nation won a total of more than $4.2 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 $103 million. That's currently the largest lottery jackpot in the country.The cash option for the Saturday, April 24 drawing will be an estimated $54.4 million.The numbers drawn were: 8, 11
Apr 22, 2004, 7:09 am - Lottery News

Powerball lottery sales strong in TennesseeNews Story
Thousands buy chance on $90 million Powerball jackpot, lottery officials sayPowerball is off to a blistering pace.Lured by tomorrow night's $90 million jackpot in the multistate game, thousands of Tennesseans bought a chance to win the big money yesterday on the first day of Powerball sales in this state. By 11:30 (a.m.), we had sales of $200,000 for Powerball tickets, said Rebecca Paul, CEO and president of the Tennessee Lottery.By 5 p.m., that figure had risen to about $500,000, and few glitc
Apr 20, 2004, 7:30 am - Lottery News

Powerball Jackpot Grows To $90 MillionNews Story
Powerball is offering more of everything this week. More winners, more prizes being won; and starting Monday, more people will be able to play America's favorite lottery game.On Monday morning, lottery players in Tennessee will be able to play Powerball for the first time. Including Tennessee, Powerball is now played in 26 states, the District of Columbia, and the U.S. Virgin Islands. Maine will begin selling Powerball tickets this summer.There were no Powerball jackpot winners Saturday but 4
Apr 19, 2004, 6:25 am - Lottery News

Powerball may draw new kind of Tennessee lottery playerNews Story
In the three months since lottery sales began in Tennessee, Paul Cressend has yet to buy a ticket in his home state.Instead, the health insurance salesman tries his luck in Georgia, Florida and Kentucky.That's because all three participate in either Mega Millions or Powerball, multistate games that award jackpots in the hundreds of millions of dollars. Tennessee's highest prize for state-sponsored games is $1 million. If they had big enough jackpots I'd buy lottery tickets in Tennessee, Cressen
Apr 19, 2004, 6:19 am - Lottery News

Powerball Jackpot Soars to $75 MillionNews Story
The largest lottery jackpot in the nation is getting bigger. There were no Powerball jackpot winners Wednesday but 401,176 players across the nation won a total of more than $2.9 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 $75 million.The cash option for the Saturday, April 17 drawing will be an estimated $41.7 million.The numbers drawn were: 1, 6, 20, 22, 38 and the Powerball was 22. The Power
Apr 15, 2004, 5:05 am - Lottery News