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Conn. couple claims $59.5 million Powerball lottery jackpotNews Story
A couple from Seymour, Connecticut has claimed Saturday's $59.5 million Powerball jackpot.Christopher and Lucille Ewen of Seymour were introduced Wednesday at a news conference at lottery headquarters. Their prize is the largest in the 33-year-old history of the Connecticut State Lottery.Christopher Ewen said he was out of town for the weekend and didn't check his lottery tickets until Tuesday. The electronic hardware salesman said he's already told a fishing buddy to sell his small boat because
Jun 29, 2005, 6:51 pm - Lottery News

Winning Powerball lottery ticket sold in Conn.News Story
The only jackpot-winning ticket sold for Saturday night's $59.5 million multistate Powerball drawing was sold in Connecticut, a spokeswoman for the state lottery said.The winner had not come forward and officials were not immediately sure where the ticket was sold, Diane Patterson said.The jackpot is the largest in the 32-year history of the Connecticut State Lottery, Patterson said, and came eight years to the day since the last time a Connecticut resident won the Powerball jackpot.A New Britai
Jun 27, 2005, 2:06 pm - Lottery News

Human error to blame for Powerball delayNews Story
Human error in Iowa was behind a delay in the midweek Powerball drawing, lottery officials said Thursday.Wednesday night's drawing in a Des Moines suburb was delayed 37 minutes the second such delay in a month. The May 25 drawing also missed the time reserved for it to be broadcast to 90 television stations across the nation.Mary Neubauer, a spokeswoman for the Iowa Lottery, said human error was to blame for Wednesday's delay. In this particular case, someone did look at the sales figures but
Jun 24, 2005, 2:21 pm - Lottery News

Iowa woman wins $100K Powerball lottery prizeNews Story
Linda Bauler hasn't been in town too long, but the 50-year-old mother of two said Iowa City has become a favorite spot to host family reunions.That's because she and her family won $100,000 in the May 28 Powerball drawing. It was crazy, Bauler said It was very fun. We didn't believe it at first and then we called to confirm we had the right numbers. About a dozen of Bauler's family members gathered in Iowa City for a family reunion Memorial Day weekend. Someone suggested they pool their money
Jun 21, 2005, 7:09 am - Lottery News

Idaho Lottery insists that Powerball winner reveal identityNews Story
The 33-year-old Idaho man who won a $220.3 million Powerball lottery jackpot Memorial Day weekend came out of hiding Thursday after the Idaho Lottery refused his request for anonymity.Brad Duke, a regional fitness director for a chain of health clubs and and unmarried former Boise State University pole-vaulter whose garage contains five mountain bikes, chose to take a one-time lump sum payment of $125.3 million, rather than the 30 annual installments of $7.4 million. That works out to approximat
Jun 17, 2005, 10:24 am - Lottery News

$220M lottery winner wants to be billionaireNews Story
A man who won a $220.3 million Powerball lottery jackpot - the second-largest single-ticket Powerball winning - plans to invest the money and become a billionaire.Brad Duke, 33, a regional fitness director for a health-club chain, said he hopes to build a $1 billion portfolio within 15 years. What better opportunity to have than me at my age with this money to build a billion-dollar empire to take care of my family and to give opportunities to the people who have given me opportunities, he said
Jun 17, 2005, 9:30 am - Lottery News

Powerball lottery to implement changesNews Story
Sales for a new, enhanced version of the Powerball multi-state lottery game will begin on Sunday, August 28.The new game will feature the country's largest opening jackpot, faster growing jackpots and bigger second-tier prizes that will allow players matching five white ball numbers to win up to $1 million.The Powerball opening jackpot will increase from $10 million to $15 million. Powerball's second-tier prize for matching five white ball numbers (without matching the red Powerball number) will
Jun 1, 2005, 8:12 pm - Lottery News

Boise man claims $220.3 million lottery jackpotNews Story
A Boise man in his thirties who had been playing the same numbers the past four years has come forward with the $220.3 million winning Powerball ticket, a record jackpot for the state.Idaho Lottery Commission Director Roger Simmons said officials were withholding the man's name until he can hire an attorney and financial adviser to help him decide whether to take the jackpot in 30 annual installments of $7.4 million or as a one-time payout of $125.3 million before taxes.Lottery officials estimat
Jun 1, 2005, 2:55 am - Lottery News

One Idaho lottery ticket wins $220.3 million Powerball jackpotNews Story
Someone who bought a Powerball lottery ticket in Boise, Idaho over the weekend has won a $220.3 million jackpot, the 10th-largest jackpot ever awarded by the multistate lottery, officials said yesterday.But if they want to spend any of it over the holiday weekend, they're going to have to borrow it from their buddies. We have not even heard from them, and I'm leaving the office at 4 p.m., Idaho Lottery spokeswoman Patricia Wellman said late yesterday afternoon. But based on what he won, he mig
May 30, 2005, 8:35 am - Lottery News

Technical problems delay sales and drawing of Powerball lottery gameNews Story
Mutliple technology problems yesterday caused problems with both the sales and drawing of the Powerball multi-state lottery game.Getting a Powerball ticket in Nebraska was almost impossible for a short time Wednesday.At about 5:30 p.m., a satellite malfunction shut down all Powerball ticket buying across the Cornhusker state. The problem lasted about 30 minutes.Then, it took up to an hour or more for retailers to log back on.The problems continued for Powerball players later in the night in Iowa
May 26, 2005, 3:27 pm - Lottery News