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VIDEO: Viral video of woman claiming she won the $1.08 billion Powerball jackpot — is it real?News Story
We break down the event and weigh the possibilities By Kate Northrop Last week, a video of a woman who claimed she won the $1.08 billion Powerball jackpot surfaced and went viral among lottery players and non-lottery players alike. Today, Lottery Post published a recap of the video in which we revisit the do-s and don't-s of claiming a huge jackpot. Those who watched the video online and witnesses of the event seem torn about whether the unidentified woman is the real winner, wit
Jul 27, 2023, 4:16 pm - Lottery News

$910 MILLION: Mega Millions lottery jackpot making another historic runNews Story
Cash value worth nearly a half-billion dollars By Todd Northrop Just six months after Mega Millions delivered a $1.35 billion jackpot to one ticket sold in Maine, the multi-state lottery game came roaring back with a jackpot to be drawn Friday that is also nearing the $1 billion mark. When nobody won Tuesday night's $820 million grand prize, the Mega Millions jackpot grew to an estimated $910 million the largest since a January 13, 2023 $1.35 billion Mega Millions jackpot was claimed
Jul 26, 2023, 6:53 am - Lottery News

Woman who went viral after claiming she won the $1.08 billion Powerball jackpot accused of lyingNews Story
Viral video of woman leaving the store that sold the winning ticket shows her in tears, but are they fake? Includes video report By Kate Northrop After a video surfaced of woman claiming she won the $1.08 billion Powerball jackpot drawn last week, some accused her of lying to garner attention. The day after the California Lottery announced that the lone winning ticket for the $1.08 billion Powerball jackpot was purchased at a retailer in Los Angeles , an unidentified woman was c
Jul 24, 2023, 12:34 pm - Lottery News

$820 MILLION: Massive Mega Millions drawing set for TuesdayNews Story
8th-largest lottery jackpot in world history By Todd Northrop The Mega Millions multi-state lottery game continued its jackpot run last night when no tickets matched all six numbers. Last night nobody won the Mega Millions lottery drawing, triggering another jackpot rollover that created a Tuesday jackpot estimated at $820 million with a cash value of $422 million. To get to this massive size, the jackpot has been growing since it started on April 21 as a $20 million prize now 27
Jul 22, 2023, 7:19 am - Lottery News

One ticket sold in California wins $1.08 billion Powerball jackpotNews Story
6th-largest lottery jackpot in history By Todd Northrop For the second time in less than a year, someone in California won a lottery jackpot worth more than $1 billion. After a run of 36 drawings without a jackpot winner, the 37th drawing of the multi-state Powerball game produced a single $1.0798 billion winner last night when one lottery ticket sold in California matched all five numbers plus the Powerball. The whopping jackpot is the sixth-largest the world has ever seen, and
Jul 20, 2023, 7:17 am - Lottery News

VIDEO: July's latest Weekly Roundup in lottery newsNews Story
Two types of prizes that are out-of-this-world in their own unique way By Kate Northrop Today, Lottery Post published a new installment of the Weekly Roundup series featuring some of the latest lottery stories in the month of July. Of course, one big ticket item this week is the swelling Powerball jackpot, which has officially hit the $1 billion mark and is up for grabs in tonight's drawing. (And Mega Millions is not doing too badly either.) However, the big Powerball prize is no
Jul 19, 2023, 6:10 pm - Lottery News

$720 MILLION: Mega Millions jackpot soars after no winner TuesdayNews Story
12th-largest US lottery jackpot in history By Todd Northrop There are going to be a lot of lottery tickets sold this week. For only the 12th time in the history of United States lotteries, a lottery jackpot has exceeded $700 million. The new high-water mark of $720 million for the current Mega Millions jackpot was achieved after no winning tickets were sold for Tuesday night's $640 million grand prize. The lump-sum cash payout value of Friday's Mega Millions jackpot is a st
Jul 19, 2023, 12:31 am - Lottery News

$1 BILLION: Powerball jackpot hits milestone for 3rd timeNews Story
Powerball ticket-buying frenzy this week By Todd Northrop This week lottery players across the United States will be pulling out all the stops to try and win Powerball, featuring one of the largest lottery jackpots in history, worth an estimated $1 billion. The Powerball jackpot has been building for 38 consecutive drawings since the last winner on Apr. 19 , when one ticket from Ohio won a $252.6 million jackpot. The ticket was sold at the Get Go at 265 Highland Road in Macedonia, Oh
Jul 18, 2023, 6:33 am - Lottery News

$900 MILLION: Powerball jackpot rises, but sales miss in last draw makes for small increaseNews Story
By Todd Northrop Powerball lottery players might be wondering this morning why the jackpot only increased by $25 million after nobody won last night's $875 million grand prize. The answer is that the last jackpot was estimated too high. During the live drawing it was announced that after all proceeds were counted, the final jackpot tally came to $829.4 million $45.6 million shy of the expected amount. Likewise, the cash value that was initially estimated to reach $452.2 million only in f
Jul 16, 2023, 6:41 am - Lottery News

Iowa woman buys winning $2 million Powerball lottery ticket right before sales cutoffNews Story
A race against the clock from start to finish By Kate Northrop An Iowa woman bought a Powerball lottery ticket just in the nick of time, which ended up winning her a $2 million prize. To say Megan Balmer's experience with winning the lottery was exciting is an understatement from the moment she bought her ticket to stepping into Iowa Lottery headquarters to claim a $2 million Powerball prize, this win had her running around on fumes. Balmer's win began when she and her boyfriend,
Jul 14, 2023, 11:15 am - Lottery News