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Record $587.5 million Powerball jackpot won by 2 ticketsNews Story
Winning Powerball lottery tickets sold in Arizona, Missouri Final jackpot total of $587.5 million will be split 2 ways How would you react if you won? By Todd Northrop The largest Powerball lottery jackpot the world has ever seen has been won Wednesday night by two tickets sold in Arizona and Missouri. The stage was set for the massive prize early Sunday morning, when lottery officials set the new Powerball lottery jackpot at an estimated $425 million. Over the next few days, extr
Nov 29, 2012, 1:27 am - Lottery News

$202M Powerball ticket sold at suburban Des Moines convenience storeNews Story
A winning $202 million Powerball ticket was purchased at an Iowa convenience store in the suburban Des Moines city of Bondurant, but nobody had claimed it by midday Thursday. Iowa lottery officials encourage people to consult with an attorney or financial planner before stepping forward, so some delay in naming a winner isn't surprising. This amount, $200 million, is a life-changing amount of money, and we want to make sure the winner is prepared for what will come, Iowa Lottery spokeswom
Sep 27, 2012, 8:01 pm - Lottery News

98 Florida Lottery players share Fantasy 5 winNews Story
Perfect set of odd-numbered results drawn If you woke up this morning and discovered you were a Florida Fantasy 5 winner, you have plenty of company. There were 98 players last night who picked the pedestrian numbers of 1-3-5-7-9, so they'll all share from the Fantasy 5 pool. Their take? $1,995.32 each. The Florida Lottery's Shelly Safford notes that of the 98 winners, only one was a quick pick. Obviously, a lot of players pick those numbers, she said. Nobody has exact stats, but
Aug 29, 2012, 12:27 pm - Lottery News

$337 million Powerball jackpot ticket sold at gas station in small Michigan cityNews Story
Includes video report Update: Cash value was second-highest ever for any US lottery game Update 2: Cash value reported by MUSL was wrong! Actually $224.6 million. By Todd Northrop, with wire reports A gas station in a small Michigan city is buzzing with excitement after the state lottery announced Thursday that a $337 million jackpot-winning Powerball ticket was sold there. The Michigan Lottery said the ticket was sold in Lapeer, about 45 miles north of Detroit. There wasn't immed
Aug 16, 2012, 3:21 pm - Lottery News

S.C. Lottery finally draws quad in Pick 4 Eve drawNews Story
By Todd Northrop For the first time ever, the South Carolina Lottery has drawn a 'quad' combination in its Pick 4 Evening drawing. A quad is a combination where all four digits are the same. Sunday night the lottery drew 2-2-2-2, marking the first time such a combination was drawn in the evening draw. Quads have been drawn three times previously in the Lottery's midday draw, but never in the evening. Lucky winners of Sunday's evening Pick 4 drawing could become anywhere from $2,500 t
Jul 11, 2012, 10:45 am - Lottery News

Connecticut Lottery draws $1M Super Draw raffleNews Story
By Todd Northrop The Connecticut Lottery today held the state's fourth Super Draw raffle drawing, creating one new millionaire and several winners of other cash prizes. A complete list of winning numbers for the drawing can be found at Lottery Post's Connecticut Lottery Results page. The game has a total of 1,311 cash prizes, ranging from $100 to a top prize of $1 million cash. Raffle tickets went on sale April 1, 2012, and cost $10 each. Each ticket sold contains a unique six-digit
Jul 4, 2012, 10:41 pm - Lottery News

$60 million winning lottery ticket sold in CTNews Story
Somebody in Connecticut is $60 million richer and they might not even know it yet. CT Lottery officials announced Monday that a Powerball jackpot winning ticket from the June 23 drawing remains unclaimed. The ticket was sold in New Haven County. The winning numbers on June 23 were 1-3-41-44-53 and a Powerball of 30. Nationwide there were 421,685 winning tickets for the June 23 drawing. Of those, 7,953 were sold in Connecticut. One of those matched all six numbers correctly. This late
Jun 26, 2012, 8:00 am - Lottery News

Four $1M Powerball tickets sold in same county, at same chainNews Story
The odds of winning at least $1 million by matching the first five numbers in a Powerball drawing are 1 in 5.15 million. Four people beat those odds in Florida this week. In the same county. Buying from the same grocery chain. Four tickets bought from a Publix store in separate cities in South Florida's Broward County matched the first five numbers drawn on Wednesday night, said David Bishop, Florida Lottery deputy secretary. Each missed the Powerball digit, but still won a prize of at
Jun 18, 2012, 6:47 am - Lottery News

Powerball lottery jackpot makes Iowa historyNews Story
$241 million Powerball ticket is bought at Cedar Rapids Hy-Vee Winners might be Quaker Oats workers Will the winner or winners of the biggest lottery jackpot in Iowa history please step forward? Cedar Rapids residents were busy speculating Thursday on the identities of possible lucky ticket holders after the Iowa Lottery announced that a single ticket sold at a Hy-Vee grocery store there was the sole winner of a $241 million jackpot in Wednesday night's multi-state Powerball drawing. No
Jun 15, 2012, 8:08 am - Lottery News

World's biggest lottery jackpot won by three ticketsNews Story
Winning Mega Millions lottery tickets sold in Illinois, Kansas, Maryland Final jackpot total of $656 million will be split three ways How would you react if you won? By Todd Northrop The largest lottery jackpot the world has ever seen has been won Friday night by three tickets sold in Illinois, Kansas, and Maryland. Since early Wednesday morning, the Mega Millions lottery jackpot was raised three times in as many days, and by the time all the sales were totalled at draw time, the
Mar 31, 2012, 8:56 am - Lottery News