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Powerball Rolls to $25 Million; Mega Millions Up to $17 Million

There were no jackpot winners in either the Powerball or Mega Millions games so their respective jackpots rolled upwards to $25 million (on Nov.18) and $17 million (on Nov. 17, Mega Millions). The Nov. 14 Powerball winning numbers are 19,30,32,48,57 and Powerball 14. The Power Play multiplier is 5. 5 tickets matched 5 of 6, [...]

Retired Kansas Truck Driver Hits $96 Million Powerball Jackpot

Sometimes….actually more times than you might think… good things happen to good people. I repeatedly point that out in my lottery book (see book to right). But here is another instance. Donald Damon, a 70 year old retired trucker, hit for $96 million playing Powerball. He told lottery officials on Friday the 13th (not an [...]

Winners Everywhere: Kansas Ticketholder Wins $96 Million Powerball Jackpot; 2 Tickets (Ca. and N.J.) Share Mega Millions’ $77 Million Jackpot

Lots of good vibrations out there for someone. If you believe in things like that. I do. There was one Powerball winner in the Nov. 11 game and two winners in the Mega Millions Nov. 10 game. Those jackpots now revert to $20 million (Powerball) and $12 million (Mega Millions). The winning Powerball numbers for [...]

A National Indian Lottery in the Works; Jackpots Projected to Start at $50 Million

This sounds pretty cool. Even as Powerball and the Mega Millions states scramble to work together (is a national lottery far behind…I think now)…the Indian nations are already there. A small northern Idaho Indian tribe has announced what might be the most audacious venture yet in the rapidly expanding world of Indian gaming: a weekly [...]

Date Night Leads to $450,000 Louisiana Lotto Jackpot for Arkansas Couple

Wayne and Betty Breazeale proudly display their check after claiming the $450,000 Lotto jackpot from the Oct. 31 drawing. Betty and Wayne Breazeale of Hampton, Ark., love to play tricks on one another, so when Betty woke Wayne up early Sunday morning screaming that they won the $450,000 Louisiana Lotto jackpot, he was not convinced. [...]

Two Winning Tickets Share 91 Million Euros ($135 million in U.S. Dollars) Euro Millions Jackpot; Mega Millions Rolls to $77 Million; Powerball at $80 Million

There were two winning Euro Millions ticket for the Nov. 6 draw and the winners will split a pretty hefty jackpot of 91 million euros, or $135 million in USD. The jackpot resets at 15 million euros on Nov. 13. There was NO big winner in the Nov. 6 Mega Millions game, so that jackpot [...]

Keep on Truckin’: Virginia Driver Takes Home $500,000 Lottery Scratcher Prize

When Maurice Hairston of Martinsville, Va. walked in to the Virginia Lottery’s customer service center in Roanoke, he had barely slept in two days. He handed over a top-prize-winning ticket in the $500,000 Jackpot game. “Now I can get some sleep!” he later told Lottery officials. Hairston won the half-million-dollar prize with a ticket he [...]

$5 Million New York Lotto Ticket Bought on a Whim (Don’tcha Know)

OK, how is this for a story? Woman walks into a Deli in Queens, New York (I’ve probably been to all of them when I was a kid growing up on Long Island)… walks out with $5 million. Right, you’re probably saying. Sure. Well, it happens in the world of lotteries. Mi Hyun Moon, a [...]

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