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Powerball lottery jackpot soars to $116 millionNews Story
Even though the grand prize was not hit in Wednesday evening's drawing, Powerball paid off in multiple other ways. One lucky ticket won $800,000 with the Power Play option in Indiana. In addition, six other lucky tickets won $200,000 for matching 5 white ball numbers in the states of Iowa (1), Louisiana (1), Maine (1), Minnesota (1), Montana (1), and New Mexico (1). The jackpot for the Saturday, July 22nd drawing will be $116 million with the cash option at $52.9 million. The numbers dr
Jul 21, 2006, 1:18 pm - Lottery News

Powerball lottery jackpot reaches $100 millionNews Story
The Powerball jackpot continues to move upward, this time reaching the $100 million-mark. Even though the grand prize was not awarded Saturday, one lucky ticket in Oklahoma won $800,000 with Power Play. A total of 585,154 players across the nation won 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 $100 million. The cash option for the Wednesday, July 19th drawing will be an
Jul 18, 2006, 2:15 pm - Lottery News

Powerball lottery jackpot increased to $86 millionNews Story
Even though the Powerball jackpot was not hit Wednesday evening, one lucky ticket won a $1 million prize with the Power Play option in Pennsylvania. In addition, four other lucky tickets won $200,000 for matching 5 white ball numbers in the states of Arizona, Iowa, Kentucky, and West Virginia. The jackpot for the Saturday, July 15th drawing will be $86 million with a cash option of $38.8 million. The numbers drawn Wednesday evening were 18, 19, 30, 31, 33, and the Powerball was 15. The
Jul 13, 2006, 1:06 pm - Lottery News

Oklahoma lottery winner remains silentNews Story
Let's say you opened your Tulsa World to Page 3, checked your Powerball numbers in the top right-hand corner same as you do every Thursday and Sunday and found you had a perfect, exact match. Let's say that made the ticket worth $101.8 million. Would you run screaming down the street? Call everybody you know and maybe everybody in the phone book? Faint? For the holder of a winning Powerball ticket sold in Broken Arrow about three weeks ago, the answer to at least two of
Jul 4, 2006, 7:48 am - Lottery News

Powerball not hurting N.C. lottery salesNews Story
People have been playing North Carolina's lottery for a few months now, and even though Powerball is less than a month old, the game has paid out more than $2 million to residents so far. Retailers saw a jump in sales last Saturday when the jackpot was worth more than $100 million. Emma, 4, won $1 for her dad on Father's Day, that's why she's his good luck charm. My daughter, she wins almost every time she plays, said her dad, Michael Zylka. She plays the Tic-Tac-Toes, and she loves
Jun 26, 2006, 12:31 pm - Lottery News

Winning Powerball lottery ticket sold in OklahomaNews Story
Oklahoma has its first Powerball jackpot winner since it joined the multistate lottery game earlier this year. No one came forward Sunday to claim the $101.8 million jackpot. The winning numbers drawn Saturday were 10, 20, 22, 39, 48 and the Powerball was 25. Oklahoma Lottery executive director Jim Scroggins urged players to check their numbers closely and contact his office. There are significant considerations with a prize of this amount and the lottery would like to offer any ass
Jun 19, 2006, 3:30 pm - Lottery News

Powerball lottery jackpot powered-up to $100 millionNews Story
Even though the grand prize was not hit in the Wednesday evening Powerball drawing, the game paid off big in multiple ways. There were three tickets that won $600,000 with the Power Play option in North Carolina (1), North Dakota (1), and South Carolina (1). In addition, two other lucky tickets won $200,000 for matching 5 white ball numbers in the states of North Carolina (1), and Nebraska (1). The jackpot for the Saturday, June 17th drawing will be $100 million with the cash option at $
Jun 15, 2006, 2:57 pm - Lottery News

Powerball lottery jackpot increased to $86 millionNews Story
The Powerball lottery jackpot continues to grow. No one hit the top prize Saturday, but 567,870 players across the nation won a total of more than $5 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 $86 million. The cash option for the Wednesday, June 14th drawing will be an estimated $39 million. The numbers drawn Saturday were 16, 24, 26, 36, 54, and the Powerball was 11. The Power Pl
Jun 12, 2006, 10:36 am - Lottery News

Unclaimed $800,000 Powerball Lottery Ticket Expires TodayNews Story
Today is the last day left in the life of an $800,000 Powerball ticket that was sold last December in Memphis, Tennessee. As with all of the Tennessee Lottery's numbers-pick games, players have 180 days from the date of the drawing to claim their prize. Since the ticket was purchased for the Dec. 10, 2005 drawing, the ticket expires on Friday. The Lottery encourages players who purchased a ticket for that drawing to check their pockets, keepsake boxes, mattresses, to be sure their tic
Jun 9, 2006, 9:15 am - Lottery News

No broadcast yet for Powerball lottery in western N.C.News Story
Western North Carolina lottery players may have to turn to a South Carolina television station to watch Powerball drawings. State lottery administrators said this week they're having difficulty finding a television station in the western region to broadcast the drawings. Drawings are at 10:59 p.m. Wednesday and Saturday. Advertisement Stations in Charlotte, Greenville and Raleigh are airing the drawings. The lottery doesn't pay for the airtime, but instead offers to advertise the station
Jun 9, 2006, 8:27 am - Lottery News