Lottery Moments

Here are the top 5 jackpots currently being offered around the world.
1. Powerball, $105 million, next draw: Jan. 7
2. Euro Millions, approximately $73.1 million U.S., next draw: Jan. 9
3. California’s SuperLotto Plus game, $41 million, next draw: Jan. 7
4. Michigan’s Classic Lotto 47, $18.4 million, next draw: Jan. 7
5. Canadian National Super 7, $15 million, [...]

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The numbers drawn for the Jan. 3 Powerball game, which carries a $90 million jackpot, are 17,22,24,38,55 and the Power ball is 24. The Power Play multiplier is 3.
Watch this space for news about whether there was a jackpot winner.
Big changes in store for Powerball, starting with the Wednesday draw. We’ll fill you in.
Florida joins [...]

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If you believe in the power of probability, the idea that eventually, over time, the numbers drawn in a Powerball game will even out, then you likely find the strategy of playing hot and cold numbers, at least intriguing.
I know I do.
I play a combination of cold numbers and lucky numbers.
Keeping in mind that I [...]

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Alaska is not a state with a formal lottery structure. In fact, state officials do not believe the state’s population can support a regular lottery.
But, this coming week, there will be a lottery, because under state law, raffles and lotteries can only operate in Alaska on behalf of a charity, which must get at least [...]

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Rubben Jones, 60, a relief operator at Bridgestone Firestone, likes the Iowa $100,000 Cash Game (a pick 5 of 35 lotto game) so much that he often doesn’t check his ticket nightly.
So he didn’t know he had won big on Dec. 22 until he stopped by the store where he buys his usual set [...]

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It’s my dream (I play Powerball) to be watching the draw where I win the jackpot. I believe it will happen because I believe in the power of positive thinking.
So does Lester Gordon, a truck driver who lives in Virginia.
Gordon of Glen Allen was watching the Mega Millions drawing on Dec. 12 when he saw [...]

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Wondering where the big jackpots are this coming week? Here are the top 10. Plus the name of the game and date of the next draw.
1. $80 Million, Powerball. Wed, Dec 31, 2008
2. 37 Million Euros ($52 Million, U.S.). Euro Millions, Fri, Jan 2, 2009
3. $37 Million, Mega Millions, Tue, Dec 30, [...]

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There were no jackpot winners in the Dec. 27 Powerball draw, so the jackpot will now be $80 million on Wednesday, New Year’s Eve.
The winning numbers were 12,15,26,31,43 and the Power ball was 10. The Power Play multiplier was 5.
Six tickets matched the first five numbers, but not the Power ball, and each ticket won [...]

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There were no jackpot winners on Wednesday, Christmas eve, but at least two people picked the first five numbers for $200,000 wins.
Here are the details.
The jackpot rises to $70 million this Saturday night.
The winning numbers were 2,17,22,32,41 and the Power ball was 8. The Power Play multiplier was 5.
Two tickets, one bought in Maine, the [...]

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December 22, 2009 will be a day remembered by thousands of lottery players around the world, for it was the day that the El Gordo drawing took place in Spain. El Gordo, “The Fat One,” or The Christmas Lottery, the world’s richest lottery handed out about 2.32 billion Euros, or $3.23 billion, U.S. in prizes.
The [...]

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