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Kentucky couple hopes to finish house with lottery winningsNews Story
A Kentucky couple who bought five Powerball tickets after celebrating their 12th wedding anniversary got a surprise gift the next day. Dwight and Jeanie Walton of Irvine found out they won $667,142 for matching five numbers but not the Powerball on one ticket during Saturday night's drawing. Dwight Walton, a 35-year-old master electrician, said he realized Sunday morning he was holding a winning ticket. By the time I got to the fifth one, I had busted through the front door and was scr
Feb 21, 2006, 8:32 am - Lottery News

Co-workers split lottery mini-jackpotNews Story
Usually, getting a phone call at 1 a.m. can only mean bad news. But it was great news Sunday morning for a group of 20 laboratory employees at Medical Associates in Clinton, Iowa, who learned they will share a $667,142 prize in Saturday's Powerball drawing. One of the group, Carol Fritz, said they have been pooling money and buying Powerball tickets for three years, winning small amounts here and there. With Saturday's Powerball jackpot up to a record $365 million, the group decided to
Feb 21, 2006, 8:26 am - Lottery News

Record Powerball lottery won by one NebraskanNews Story
Someone, somewhere in Nebraska held the only winning ticket for the record $365 million Powerball jackpot, but likely wasn't in a rush to come forward, lottery officials said Sunday. The only ticket matching the winning numbers drawn Saturday night for the multistate lottery was sold at a a U-Stop convenience store in Lincoln, Nebraska Lottery spokesman Brian Rockey said. It was the biggest jackpot on record for any lottery in the United States. No one had come forward to claim the j
Feb 20, 2006, 6:35 am - Lottery News

Powerball lottery jackpot hits record $365 millionNews Story
Get up and go to work. You didn't win the big one. The multi-state lottery operators in Des Moines, Iowa, reported today that no one won last night's $300 million Powerball jackpot. That means the jackpot will grow to $365 million for Saturday night, if sales continue along their historical patterns. If sales are higher than expected, the jackpot could grow even larger by Saturday. Such a drawing will top the previous record North American lottery jackpot of $363 million. The previous l
Feb 16, 2006, 11:21 am - Lottery News

$420 million of lottery jackpots in two daysNews Story
There're more than 400 million reasons to buy a lottery ticket - or two - this week. No one has won the Mega Millions or the Powerball jackpots since last year, making the combined jackpots swell to a staggering $420 million. The multistate bout of bad luck means it could be a very happy Valentine's Day for Mega players in New York, New Jersey and 10 other states when tonight's jackpot of $120 million is drawn. But the Mega payout pales next to the Powerball top prize, which is now pegg
Feb 14, 2006, 10:43 am - Lottery News

Powerball lottery jackpot reaches $250 millionNews Story
The jackpot in America's favorite lottery game continues to grow to enormous amounts. Even though the grand prize was not awarded Wednesday evening, 1,324,903 players across the nation won a total of more than $14.4 million in prizes. Because no one correctly matched all six numbers in Wednesday's drawing the jackpot will grow to an estimated $250 million. The cash option for the Saturday, February 11th drawing will be an estimated $120.1 million. The numbers drawn Wednesday night w
Feb 9, 2006, 9:57 am - Lottery News

Arkansas Man Wins $200,000 Powerball PrizeNews Story
An Arkansas man was too excited to finish his meal when he learned he won $200,000 with a Powerball ticket purchased in Roland, Oklahoma. But at least Lane Rogers' waitress got a pretty good tip. The 38-year-old Alma, Arkansas, truck driver walked out of the lottery commission office Monday with a giant cardboard check tucked under his arm. He also carried a real check, which he said will help him and his wife build a new house. Rogers' ticket matched five numbers in Saturday's Powerbal
Feb 7, 2006, 8:46 am - Lottery News

$1 Million Lottery Winner Used $8 From Previous WinNews Story
When Barbara Blaul cashed in an $8 Powerball winning ticket last week, she figured investing her earnings in another $8 of Powerball plays would be wise. Her strategy paid off Tuesday when she collected her latest prize of $1 million. We always play the Power Play, and I'm sure glad that's how we've kept playing, said Ms. Blaul, 54, a nurse at Tullahoma's Harton Regional Medical Center. I'm still beside myself. With husband Hans at her side, Ms. Blaul collected her check from CEO and President
Jan 19, 2006, 10:30 am - Lottery News

Powerball lottery sales, starting this morning, going smoothlyNews Story
The wait is over for Oklahomans eager to try their luck playing Powerball or tired of driving to neighboring states to play.Oklahoma joined 27 states, the District of Columbia and the U.S. Virgin Islands today in what has become one of the most popular lottery games in the world, because of the size of its jackpots the jackpot hit an all-time high of $340 million in early November.Tickets went on sale at 4:01 a.m. today for the next drawing on Saturday. A drawing worth an estimated $65 million
Jan 12, 2006, 11:50 am - Lottery News

Oklahoma Lottery gearing up for Powerball FridayNews Story
Bea Padilla had a smile on her face as she walked into Taylor Food Mart.She had good reason.Padilla doubled her $5 investment in an Oklahoma Lottery scratch-off ticket and was putting that $10 bill toward gasoline Friday afternoon. Had she done so a week from now, she might've put millions into her pocket instead.Tickets for the multi-state Powerball will go on sale at more than 1,900 Oklahoma merchants at 4 a.m. Friday, and the prize could reach the $100 million mark before the first drawing fo
Jan 9, 2006, 10:03 am - Lottery News