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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

$425 MILLION: Largest Powerball lottery jackpot in historyNews Story
2nd largest jackpot the world has ever seen By Todd Northrop Let the frenzy begin. For only the 2nd time in the history of United States lotteries or in the history of lotteries around the world a lottery jackpot run-up has exceeded $400 million. It's a prize level never seen by the Powerball multi-state game, and only once seen by the rival Mega Millions game. And millions upon millions of people around the country will be lining up for their chance to claim the historic jackpot Wed
Nov 25, 2012, 12:55 am - Lottery News

$325 MILLION: Powerball lottery jackpot goes through the roofNews Story
12th-largest US jackpot ever; 6th-largest cash value By Todd Northrop For only the 16th time in the history of United States lotteries, a lottery jackpot run-up has crossed into $300 million+ territory. The new high-water mark of $325 million for the current Powerball jackpot was achieved after no winning tickets were sold for Wednesday night's $250 million grand prize. The lump-sum cash payout value of Wednesday's Powerball jackpot is $212.8 million. After-tax cash and annuity prize
Nov 22, 2012, 7:50 am - Lottery News

Vermont family turns losing lottery tickets into cashNews Story
The game's got a new name and some new rules, but when it comes to competing for cash prizes in the Vermont Lottery's second-chance, scratch-off ticket drawing, the money keeps rolling in for the Leamy family of Wilder. Last week, when the $200 winners in the first drawing for the Play It Again game were announced, Joyce Leamy was on the list. It was the 52nd time in six years that someone in the Leamy family has won prizes or cash for submitting a losing scratch-off Vermont Lottery ticket
Nov 6, 2012, 7:30 am - Lottery News

Lottery winner indicted on 31 countsNews Story
Days after a Hampton Falls, New Hampshire, woman sought permission to subpoena Frederick Rick McMenimen's bank records, the former Exeter financial adviser sought Chapter 7 bankruptcy protection, court records show. The bankruptcy claim essentially halted Susan Wagstaff's lawsuit seeking to recoup $900,000 that she claims McMenimen took from her under the ruse that he was investing the money. It also stopped legal action connected to another $1.5 million civil judgment against McMenimen fo
Oct 10, 2012, 7:32 am - Lottery News

$305 MILLION: Powerball lottery jackpot in rare territoryNews Story
15th-largest US jackpot ever; 6th-largest cash value By Todd Northrop For only the 15th time in the history of United States lotteries, a lottery jackpot run-up has crossed into $300 million+ territory. The new high-water mark of $305 million for the current Powerball jackpot was achieved after no winning tickets were sold for Saturday night's $253 million grand prize. The lump-sum cash payout value of Wednesday's Powerball jackpot is $203.3 million. After-tax cash and annuity prize
Aug 12, 2012, 8:26 am - Lottery News

$253 MILLION: Powerball lottery jackpot rolls againNews Story
By Todd Northrop There was no jackpot winner in the Wednesday night drawing of the multi-state Powerball game, causing the grand prize to increase to an estimated $253 million for Saturday's drawing. Wednesday was the 13th consecutive drawing without a jackpot winner. The estimated cash value for the new jackpot is $170.5 Million. After-tax cash and annuity prize amounts are reported state-by-state on the Jackpot Analysis page at USA Mega, a web site devoted to the Powerball and Mega Mi
Aug 9, 2012, 8:36 am - Lottery News

States up the online anteNews Story
The director of the New York State lottery said a few months ago he had cleared hurdles in his quest to sell lottery tickets over the Internet, but now that plan is stalling. When the U.S. Justice Department in December narrowed its interpretation of the 50-year-old Wire Act, saying it banned only sports betting and not other forms of online gambling, the decision sparked hope in state capitals that lotteries could start selling tickets online and lead a charge into online gambling. But th
Apr 30, 2012, 8:00 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

$500 MILLION: Mega Millions sets all-time lottery jackpot recordNews Story
Friday Mega Millions jackpot rewrites the record books as the largest lottery prize the world has ever seen UPDATED 11:50 am: Jackpot revised to $500 million ($359.4 million cash) By Todd Northrop There will be a lot of daydreaming going on this week around America. Dreaming about what it would be like to win a half-billion dollars. That's because Tuesday's Mega Millions drawing did not produce a winner, sending the game into uncharted territory. The new jackpot for Friday, March
Mar 28, 2012, 1:12 am - Lottery News