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New Powerball feature coming to some states
By Kate Northrop
The Powerball Product Group announced Monday that a new add-on feature will accompany the game in some states when it launches its third weekly drawing, starting Mon., Aug. 23.
The feature is called Double Play, and it gives players in certain jurisdictions another chance to match their Powerball numbers in a second drawing with a top cash prize of $10 million, a press release says.
America's jackpot game is picking up the pace to keep up with player demand going fr
Aug 5, 2021, 2:55 pm - Lottery News
Powerball ticket price to increase to $3 in Idaho
Every Powerball ticket sold in state will include Power Play option; begins in August
By Kate Northrop
The Idaho Lottery announced on Wednesday that it will be raising the Powerball ticket price to $3 per play beginning this August, by mandating that every ticket sold will include the Power Play multiplier option.
Next month, Powerball fans in Idaho will have to shell out more cash to play the multi-state Powerball game, but there is a catch.
Powerball is the most popular lottery g
Jul 26, 2021, 10:18 am - Lottery News
Florida man finds winning $1 million Powerball ticket while cleaning his house
When was the last time you tidied up? Maybe now is a good time
By Kate Northrop
One lucky Florida man is giving lottery players across the country a huge reason to clean up their home when he found a winning Powerball ticket worth $1 million for a drawing that occurred months ago.
Kenneth Morgan, 54, of Jacksonville got much more than a clean house when he discovered a rogue Powerball ticket worth $1 million from a drawing that happened back in April.
I was cleaning the house o
Jul 15, 2021, 8:07 am - Lottery News
Iowa couple misses deadline to cash $100,000 Powerball ticket
Lottery winners plea with Iowa Lottery for extension
By Kate Northrop
A couple who held a winning Powerball lottery ticket worth $100,000 missed the deadline to claim their prize after discovering the rogue ticket in their car mere months too late.
Having returned from a tour in Afghanistan in a wheelchair, Bradly Hanawalt of Des Moines never thought that luck was on his side. While going through his wife's car, he discovered a lone Powerball ticket worth $100,000 and instantly tho
Jun 17, 2021, 3:25 pm - Lottery News
NC woman misses Powerball drawing, wins $2 million in the next one
Turns out, the timing was right for this lucky winner
By Kate Northrop
It's a common fear among lottery players that your numbers would be picked in a drawing you did not enter, but one North Carolina woman could not have had better timing after missing a Powerball drawing and winning a $2 million prize in the next one.
Elizabeth Johnson of Lucama did not buy her Powerball ticket in time for the drawing on Wed., May 19, 2021, but that fateful error earned her $2 million in the one on Sa
Jun 2, 2021, 1:21 pm - Lottery News
VIDEO: What happens when you win the lottery?
What would you do if you won?
By Kate Northrop
Every time you buy a lottery ticket, you're likely imagining the blissful what if I win? scenario, but let's say you DO win are you really prepared to claim all that cash?
Lottery Post today announced the relaunch of its official YouTube channel. The very first published video features a topic that's relevant for new and seasoned players alike.
It's easy to imagine how easy life would get if you were to suddenly come across million
May 28, 2021, 6:46 pm - Lottery News
$731.1 million Powerball jackpot claimed by anonymous group in Maryland
It's the largest prize in the Maryland Lottery's history
By Kate Northrop
An anonymous group stepped forward to claim a record $731.1 million Powerball jackpot drawn on Jan. 20, 2021, the sixth-largest jackpot in the U.S. and the longest roll in Powerball history with 36 consecutive drawings.
A group of anonymous winners dubbed The Power Pack finally came forward to claim the Maryland Lottery's largest jackpot.
As many would expect, the group chose to take the prize as a one-time lum
May 27, 2021, 11:12 am - Lottery News
Powerball to increase to three drawings a week
By Kate Northrop
This morning, lottery officials announced that the multi-state Powerball lottery game will increase the number of nightly drawings from two to three times a week starting August 2021.
Players will have another shot at that big jackpot prize now that a new Monday drawing is added to the weekly draw schedule.
In addition to the drawings held on Wednesday and Saturday nights at 10:59 EST, Powerball will conduct a drawing on Monday nights at the same time.
Our players r
May 3, 2021, 2:32 pm - Lottery News
Powerball will stay in Idaho
Freedom to play Powerball is restored.
By Kate Northrop
The Idaho Lottery today announced that Powerball, Idaho's longest running and most popular lottery game, will continue to be offered in the state.
The Multi-State Lottery Association (MUSL), the governing body for the Powerball game, informed its members yesterday that international Powerball sales will be delayed until sometime in 2022. As a result, the decision to soon remove Powerball from the Idaho Lottery's game offerings ha
Apr 21, 2021, 2:02 pm - Lottery News
Idaho Lottery says it's working with Legislature on 'alternative path forward' for Powerball
The Idaho Lottery took to Facebook Wednesday after lawmakers killed legislation that would have allowed Powerball to be played in the state.
Today, the Idaho House State Affairs Committee held a bill in committee that would have allowed Idahoans to continue to play the Powerball game, Idaho Lottery wrote. Work continues with the Legislature to determine an alternative path forward to ensure no disruption in service to Idaho's single most popular lottery game, for the benefit of Idaho's publi
Mar 12, 2021, 7:56 am - Lottery News