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Powerball fever spreads as jackpot reaches $177 millionNews Story
At Gold Mart, a small convenience store near the Rhode Island border, dreams cost exactly $1When no one came up with Saturdays winning Powerball ticket, an already sweet pot got a whole lot sweeter. Before the low-stakes gambling public knew what hit them, $177 million was at stake for tonights drawing.Until 9 p.m., Powerball veterans and fortune hunters from as far away as Boston will descend on convenience stores like Gold Mart, buying one, two, even 40 chances to hit it big.Gold Mart manager
Oct 6, 2004, 8:25 am - Lottery News

Powerball Jackpot Climbs to $177 MillionNews Story
There were no Powerball jackpot winners Saturday but an incredible 1,051,504 prizes were paid out for a total of more than $8.5 million worth of winnings in America's Game.Because no one correctly matched all six numbers in Saturday's drawing the jackpot will grow to an estimated $177 million.The cash option for the Wednesday, October 6 drawing will be an estimated $96.8 million.The numbers drawn were: 2, 13, 29, 32, 35 and the Powerball was 4. The Power Play multiplier was 4.Thirteen players co
Oct 4, 2004, 3:48 pm - Lottery News

$151 million: Powerball jackpot highest in four monthsNews Story
Eleven lottery players across the nation were just one ball shy of winning the country's largest current lottery jackpot Wednesday night. The ball those players were missing was the Powerball.There were no Powerball jackpot winners Wednesday but 839,378 prizes were paid out across the nation for a total of more than $6.6 million worth of winnings in America's Game.Because no one correctly matched all six numbers in Wednesday's drawing the jackpot will grow to an estimated $151 million.The cash
Oct 1, 2004, 8:44 am - Lottery News

Powerball jackpot winner diesNews Story
Melvin Rhodes who won a big Powerball lottery jackpot four years ago has died in Maryville, Tennessee at 78.Rhodes was a part-time biscuit maker at a McDonald's in Clinton, Tennessee in April 2000 when he won the $80 million dollar jackpot on a ticket he bought in Kentucky.He lived his latter years in a mountaintop home overlooking Norris Lake.Melvin's son, Michael Rhodes, remembers the day of the big win. He come out there and said he'd won and I said, 'You're crazy, dad. You better go and che
Sep 29, 2004, 9:09 am - Lottery News

Iowa woman to plead guilty for lottery ticket theftNews Story
A Fonda, Iowa, woman has agreed to plead guilty to claiming a lottery pool's prize as her own.In a plea agreement filed Monday in Buena Vista County District Court, Mary Farrell, 54, agreed to plead guilty to first-degree theft. District Judge John P. Duffy scheduled sentencing for Nov. 8.Farrell presented a Powerball ticket matching five numbers from the Dec. 31 drawing to claim a $100,000 prize. A group of Albert City, Iowa, residents contacted the Buena Vista County Sheriff's Office in Januar
Sep 29, 2004, 9:01 am - Lottery News

Powerball jackpot soars to $128 millionNews Story
Powerball is up for grabs again offering a jackpot of $128 million for next Wednesday's draw. There were no Powerball jackpot winners Saturday evening, but 774,200 players across the nation won a total of more than $6 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 $128 million with a cash option value of $70.7 million! That's currently the largest lottery jackpot in the world.This is only the sdvent
Sep 27, 2004, 8:05 am - Lottery News

Powerball Jackpot Leaps to $110 MillionNews Story
There were no Powerball jackpot winners Wednesday but 631,607 players across the nation won a total of more than $6.4 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 $110 million.The cash option for the Saturday, September 25 drawing will be an estimated $60.3 million.The numbers drawn were: 6, 14, 34, 37, 40 and the Powerball was 7. The Power Play multiplier was 5.Nine players correctly matched the
Sep 23, 2004, 10:31 am - Lottery News

Record Powerball lottery winner's house burglarizedNews Story
Three men burglarized the home of Jack Whittaker, winner of the biggest lottery jackpot in U.S. history, as an acquaintance of Whittaker's lay dead inside, police said Tuesday.Whittaker was not home at the time, and Chief Deputy John Dailey said the death of Jesse Joe Tribble, 18, was not related to the burglary and was not a homicide. It may have been drug-related, Dailey said. We're pretty sure they knew he was dead. That's why they went inside and took the stuff, Dailey said.The break-in too
Sep 22, 2004, 8:17 am - Lottery News

Man stops for a soda and wins a $100,000 Powerball prizeNews Story
For V. Godinez of Carlsbad, winning the latest $100,000 Powerball prize in New Mexico resulted from merely stopping for a soda after his work shift.Godinez covers the southeast region of New Mexico employed as an audio/visual technician for a Texas company. When he finished his work in Roswell, Godinez stopped at an Allsups Convenience Store for a soda. While making his purchase he noticed the photos of New Mexico Lottery winners posted in the store. Thats when Godinez decided to use the extr
Sep 20, 2004, 4:25 pm - Lottery News

Powerball lottery jackpot nears $100 million markNews Story
The jackpot in America's favorite lottery game is nearing the $100 million mark. There were no Powerball jackpot winners Saturday but 557,188 players across the nation won a total of more than $5.2 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 $95 million. That's the largest current lottery jackpot in the country.The cash option for the Wednesday, September 22 drawing will be an estimated $52.3 mil
Sep 20, 2004, 8:56 am - Lottery News