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Multiple increases yield massive $610 million Powerball jackpotNews Story
Higher-than-predicted lottery sales boost both major multi-state jackpots By Kate Northrop Today, multiple state lotteries announced increases for both the Mega Millions and Powerball jackpots driven by higher-than-normal lottery ticket sales. Thanks to the excitement around the Powerball jackpot that continues to swell with each consecutive rollover, the jackpot amount for the Wed., Jan 5, 2022 Powerball drawing has grown to a whopping $610 million. The last time a Powerball j
Jan 4, 2022, 3:21 pm - Lottery News

Powerball and Mega Millions bundle promotion returns to ArkansasNews Story
Arkansas Lottery brings back popular 5-Buck Bundle for multi-state game lovers By Kate Northrop Multi-state lottery game lovers in Arkansas are in for a New Year's surprise with the return of the Arkansas Lottery's 5-Buck Bundle starting back up this month. The Arkansas Lottery is kicking off 2022 by bringing back a promotion that awards a free lottery ticket with the purchase of a $3 Powerball ticket with Power Play and a $2 Mega Millions ticket. Players who buy a $3 Powerball
Jan 2, 2022, 1:43 pm - Lottery News

Washington man finds winning lottery ticket worth $2 million in his car windowNews Story
Unsuspecting winner finds the right kind of ticket sitting on his dashboard By Kate Northrop While many loathe the thought of discovering a ticket sitting on the car windshield, a forgotten lottery ticket worth $2 million sitting on his dashboard turned out to be an early holiday present for one Washington man. A winning lottery ticket worth $2 million went unnoticed for a month as it sat undisturbed on a Granite Falls man's dashboard until he decided to clean out his car. The
Dec 14, 2021, 1:57 pm - Lottery News

$699.8 million Powerball winner from California steps forward to claim jackpotNews Story
The winner of the seventh-largest lottery prize in U.S. history now has a name Includes audio report By Kate Northrop The California Lottery announced on Thursday that the winner of the largest jackpot ever won in the state was finally claimed by a winning ticketholder from Morro Bay. Just a few months ago in October, the nearly $700 million Powerball jackpot had lottery players across the country on the edge of their seats. Now, there is finally a name to the winner of the fif
Dec 12, 2021, 3:27 pm - Lottery News

16 Missouri coworkers split $1 million Powerball lottery prizeNews Story
Drilling company employees almost hit the jackpot By Kate Northrop A group of 16 coworkers from a drilling company in Missouri hit all five numbers in the Powerball drawing on Nov. 8, just one number shy of the $150 million jackpot. 16 employees at Pense Brothers Drilling Company in Fredericktown are sharing the luck and the wealth after winning a $1 million lottery prize in a Powerball drawing one month ago. At first, the group would play the lottery together every time the ja
Dec 10, 2021, 12:00 pm - Lottery News

$699.8 million Powerball lottery jackpot won by single ticket sold in CaliforniaNews Story
By Todd Northrop One Powerball lottery ticket sold in California won the seventh-largest lottery prize in U.S. history on Monday night. The lucky numbers for the $699.8 million jackpot were 12, 22, 54, 66, and 69, with Powerball number 15. The Power Play multiplier was 2. The top prize was adjusted upwards from the initial estimate of $685 million after all proceeds were counted Monday night. The lump sum payout for the single winning ticket is a jaw-dropping $496 million. The winnin
Oct 5, 2021, 6:21 am - Lottery News

$620 MILLION: Powerball lottery jackpot rolls againNews Story
10th-largest lottery jackpot in US 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 $620 million. If you feel like it's been a long time since Powerball last had a jackpot winner you'd be right. The 39 consecutive drawings since the last winner on June 5 is the longest stretch without a jackpot winner in the game's histo
Sep 30, 2021, 9:26 am - Lottery News

Maryland Lottery sells nation's first $10 million Powerball Double Play ticketNews Story
Lottery prepares to greet historic winner while thousands of players scooped up prizes last night By Kate Northrop Someone in Maryland just became the first Powerball player in the United States to win the multi-state game's $10 million Double Play top prize. Last night, a Maryland Lottery player made history when they bought a Powerball ticket with the new Double Play option for the drawing on Mon., Sept. 27 and won the very first $10 million top prize from the add-on feature's ex
Sep 28, 2021, 11:44 am - Lottery News

$545 MILLION: Powerball lottery jackpot rolls a record 37 timesNews Story
14th-largest US lottery jackpot in history By Todd Northrop After a record 37th-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 $528.8 million grand prize, the Powerball jackpot increased to a whopping $545 million for Monday's drawing the 14th-largest US lottery jackpot of all time. But since most winners choose t
Sep 26, 2021, 4:22 pm - Lottery News

Mega Millions and Powerball offer nearly $1 billion in combined lottery jackpotsNews Story
Chance to win nearly half a billion dollars tonight By Kate Northrop Lottery players are eyeing up the two nearly identical multi-state jackpots that have reached almost a combined $1 billion this week. That means that someone could go to sleep tonight a half billion dollars richer. According to leading multi-state lottery website USA Mega , the Mega Millions jackpot sits at an estimated $432 million with a cash value of $312.8 million, while tonight's Powerball drawing offers
Sep 20, 2021, 2:38 pm - Lottery News