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$825 MILLION: Powerball jackpot raised due to surging ticket sales
Still the 5th-largest lottery jackpot in US history, but cash value now 11th-biggest ever
By Todd Northrop
Due to larger than expected sales volume, the Multi-State Lottery Association (MUSL) has raised the official Powerball lottery jackpot estimate for Saturday's drawing to $825 million.
The all-important lump-sum cash value of the jackpot has been raised to $410.2 million.
The newly-increased jackpot amount still ranks as the 5th-largest ever recorded in United States lottery
Oct 28, 2022, 11:39 am - Lottery News
$800 MILLION: Powerball lottery jackpot surges on rollover
5th-largest jackpot in US history
By Todd Northrop
This week Powerball is the hot ticket, featuring a massive jackpot that is approaching a billion dollars.
The new high-water mark of $800 million for the current Powerball annuity jackpot estimate was achieved after no winning tickets were sold for Wednesday night's $715.3 million grand prize.
It is the 5th-highest lottery jackpot in history, and the 2nd-largest Powerball jackpot ever.
The lump-sum cash payout value of Satu
Oct 27, 2022, 7:13 am - Lottery News
$680 MILLION: Powerball jackpot now 10th-largest in history
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 $680 million.
If you feel like it's been a long time since Powerball last had a jackpot winner you'd be right. Powerball has seen 35 consecutive drawings since the last winner on August 3 a 3-month stretch.
All those drawings have accumulated a massive pile of cash, ready to provide
Oct 25, 2022, 7:52 am - Lottery News
$610 MILLION: Powerball lottery jackpot largest in ten months
13th-largest US lottery jackpot in history
By Todd Northrop
After a 34th-consecutive drawing without a winner, the Powerball multi-state lottery game now features a jackpot that will provide multi-generational wealth to the lucky player who eventually wins it all.
After nobody won Saturday's $591.3 million grand prize, the Powerball jackpot increased to a staggering $610 million for Monday's drawing the 13th-largest US lottery jackpot of all time.
But since most winners choose th
Oct 23, 2022, 9:43 am - Lottery News
Winning $502 million Mega Millions lottery ticket sold in Florida region pummeled by hurricane
One winner in Fort Myers hits the jackpot weeks after Hurricane Ian ravaged the area
By Kate Northrop
One of the two winning tickets for the $502 million Mega Millions lottery jackpot drawn on Fri., Oct. 14, 2022 was sold in hurricane-ravaged Fort Myers, Florida.
Weeks after Hurricane Ian ripped through the southwestern coast of Florida, someone in Fort Myers bought a winning Mega Millions lottery ticket worth $502 million.
According to the Mega Millions officials, the jackpot is
Oct 17, 2022, 12:48 pm - Lottery News
Kentucky man finds $1 million winning Powerball ticket in old stack of unchecked tickets
He had $1 million sitting under his nose the entire time
By Kate Northrop
Over the past few months, a Kentucky man accumulated a stack of unchecked lottery tickets, but little did he know that there was a $1 million winning Powerball ticket sitting right there the entire time.
An anonymous Kentucky lottery player was not expecting to find a slip of paper worth $1 million tucked away in an old stack of unchecked lottery tickets.
This lottery player has a habit of allowing his lott
Oct 10, 2022, 3:40 pm - Lottery News
Mega Millions and Powerball lottery jackpots both top $300 million
Two near-equal jackpots up for grabs this weekend
By Kate Northrop
This weekend, lottery players will have two equally large jackpots to consider, with both multi-state games Mega Millions and Powerball surpassing the $300 million mark.
In the gold corner... we have Mega Millions at $355 million for the Friday, Sept. 30 drawing at 11:00 pm EST. In the red corner... is Powerball at $322 million for the Saturday, Oct. 1 drawing at 10:59 pm EST.
Joking aside, one of the questions wi
Sep 30, 2022, 5:13 pm - Lottery News
Two Illinois lottery winners in a partnership claim $1.34 billion Mega Millions jackpot
Winners split behemoth win within timeframe to claim cash prize
By Kate Northrop
Two winners in a partnership have come forward to claim the eye-watering $1.34 billion Mega Millions jackpot that was drawn in July 2022.
One single ticket was all it took to win the record $1.34 billion Mega Millions jackpot on July 29, 2022, but two people jointly stepped forward to claim it all.
Today, the Illinois Lottery announced that the prize has officially been claimed, shared by a partnersh
Sep 21, 2022, 3:58 pm - Lottery News
Major claim deadline approaching for Illinois lottery winner of $1.337 billion Mega Millions jackpot
They don't have as much time as it seems
By Kate Northrop
A crucial deadline for claiming the record-breaking $1.337 billion Mega Millions jackpot drawn in July is approaching for the single Illinois-based lottery winner.
The lone Illinois winner of the unimaginable $1.337 billion Mega Millions jackpot is only weeks away from a major deadline that could have a huge impact on the amount of money they get to walk away with.
For a prize of this magnitude, it's not unusual for the wi
Sep 12, 2022, 7:16 am - Lottery News
$1.5 billion Mega Millions winner explains how "Lottery Lawyer" Jason Kurland stole $83 million
Jury convicts conman on wire fraud, money laundering charges
By Kate Northrop
The famous and still anonymous winner of the record $1.4 billion Mega Millions lottery jackpot from South Carolina emerged from her legendary silence to deliver a testimony against New York Lottery Lawyer Jason Jay Kurland that explains how he stole $83 million from her in his schemes.
On July 26, the United States Department of Justice announced that a jury found Kurland, 48, guilty of defrauding his own l
Aug 16, 2022, 7:13 pm - Lottery News