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Powerball Jackpot Reaches $162 Million
The biggest current lottery jackpot in the world is getting bigger.There were no Powerball jackpot winners Saturday but 839,469 players across the nation won a total of more than $7.7 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 $162 million. That would rank as the 6th largest Powerball jackpot ever.This is the third time this year and the fourth time in the last eleven months that Powerball has c
Oct 20, 2003, 4:22 am - Lottery News

Mega Millions Jackpot Grows to $22 Million
There is no shortage of winners or excitement in Mega Millions. When the six numbers were drawn in the Friday, October 17, 2003 drawing, they turned 241,442 tickets into winners. However, none of those tickets matched all six numbers to win the estimated $16 million jackpot. So the jackpot grows to an estimated $22 million for the Tuesday, October 21, 2003 drawing.Friday's winning Mega Millions numbers were 14-20-31-46-48 and the Mega Ball number was 18.Two tickets nearly hit the jackpot. The
Oct 20, 2003, 4:20 am - Lottery News

Florida Lotto jackpot rolls over to $10 million
No ticket matched all six Florida Lotto numbers, creating a $10 million jackpot for Wednesday's drawing, lottery officials said Sunday.A total of 63 tickets matched five numbers to win $6,481.50; 3,877 tickets matched four numbers for $85.50; and 83,570 tickets matched three numbers for $5.50.The winning Florida Lotto numbers selected Saturday: 4, 27, 31, 42, 45 and 48.Four winners of the Fantasy 5 game will collect $60,930.88 each, the Florida Lottery said Sunday. The winning tickets were bo
Oct 20, 2003, 4:05 am - Lottery News

Powerball Jackpot Jumps to $140 Million
There were no jackpot winners Wednesday but 722,361 players across the nation won a total of more than $6.5 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 $140 million. That would rank as the 8th largest Powerball jackpot ever.This is the third time this year and the fourth time in the last eleven months that Powerball has crossed over the $100 million mark.The cash option for the Saturday, Octobe
Oct 16, 2003, 5:35 am - Lottery News

Mega Millions jackpot increases to $16 million
The jackpot in the multistate Mega Millions lottery drawing grew to $16 million Wednesday.None of the tickets sold for Tuesday's $12 million drawing matched all five lotto numbers and the Mega Ball. The next drawing will be Friday.There was one second-prize winner from New York in Tuesday night's drawing for $175,000. Seven players matched four of the five lotto numbers, plus the Mega Ball number. Those tickets are each worth $5,000.The winning numbers from Tuesday's drawing were: 18, 19, 21,
Oct 15, 2003, 3:40 am - Lottery News

$117 Million Powerball Jackpot
The excitement is rising along with the jackpot in America's favorite lottery game. There were no jackpot winners Saturday but 668,129 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 Saturday's drawing the jackpot will grow to an estimated $117 million. That's currently the largest lottery jackpot in the world.This is the third time this year and the fourth time in the last eleven months that Powerbal
Oct 13, 2003, 4:07 am - Lottery News

$12 Million: Mega Millions Jackpot Rolls, 260,000+ Tickets Win
With two jackpot winners in the past two weeks, Mega Millions is on the grow once again. A total of 261,778 tickets in ten states won prizes in the Friday, October 10, 2003 drawing. Since no ticket matched all six numbers to win the $10 million jackpot, that jackpot now grows to an estimated $12 million for the Tuesday, October 14, 2003 drawing.Friday's winning Mega Millions numbers were 04-19-36-42-48 and the Mega Ball number was 13.Two tickets, both sold in Ohio, came extremely close to hi
Oct 13, 2003, 4:05 am - Lottery News

Powerball Jackpot Reaches $102 Million
Powerball is on the rise and once again the jackpot has crossed over into the $100 million range. There were no jackpot winners Wednesday but 517,732 players across the nation won a total of more than $6.3 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 $102 million. That's currently the largest lottery jackpot in the world.This is the third time this year and the fourth time in the last eleven mont
Oct 9, 2003, 4:08 am - Lottery News

$88 Million Powerball Jackpot
The excitement is growing, the fun is growing, and most importantly, the jackpot is growing in one of America's biggest lottery games. There were no Powerball jackpot winners Saturday but 457,515 players across the nation won a total of more than $3.8 million in prizes. Because no one correctly matched all six numbers in Saturday's drawing the jackpot will grow to an estimated $88 million.The cash option for the Wednesday, October 8 drawing will be an estimated $47.5 million.The numbers drawn w
Oct 5, 2003, 5:47 am - Lottery News

Jeb Bush Wants Unclaimed $50 Million Lottery Jackpot For Schools
Florida Governor Jeb Bush wants someone's bad luck to be good luck for school kids.A $50 million lottery jackpot went unclaimed last month. The lottery is required put any unclaimed prizes back into the pot - or use the money for lottery promotion.But Bush wants the big bucks to go to Florida schools. While the jackpot was worth $50 million, the actual cash value is a little over $30 million.Jeb Bush is seeking the cooperation of state legislators in redirecting the money. The Legislative Budget
Oct 3, 2003, 2:47 pm - Lottery News