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$205 MILLION: Powerball lottery jackpot surgesNews Story
By Todd Northrop There was no jackpot winner in the Wednesday night drawing of the multi-state Powerball lottery game, causing the grand prize to increase to an estimated $205 million for Saturday's drawing. Wednesday was the 12th consecutive drawing without a jackpot winner. The jackpot run started April 28 as a $40 million jackpot. The estimated cash value for the new jackpot is $139.6 million. After-tax cash and annuity prize amounts are reported state-by-state on the Jackpot Analysi
Jun 7, 2012, 10:13 am - Todd - Lottery News

$640 MILLION: MEGA MANIA!News Story
Mega Millions buying frenzy sends jackpot beyond highest imagined amount By Todd Northrop Even the state lotteries offering Mega Millions did not imagine a jackpot this large. When Mega Millions last changed its number matrix in June, 2005, the lotteries said that it created the possiblility that could swell the game's jackpots as high as half a billion dollars. (See Odds longer, prizes bigger as California joins Mega Millions, Lottery Post, June 22, 2005.) Could they have imagined t
Mar 30, 2012, 12:21 pm - Todd - Lottery News

$363 MILLION: Mega Millions lottery jackpot raised due to heavy salesNews Story
By Todd Northrop Mega Millions lottery players across the United States are pulling out the stops for the Tuesday evening drawing, which now stands as the largest Mega Millions grand prize in more than a year. The estimated jackpot of the March 27, 2012, Mega Millions drawing was raised Monday from $356 million to $363 million because of heavier than expected sales in all Mega Millions states. Likewise, the lump-sum cash value of the massive grand prize was raised to $259.8 million, an
Mar 26, 2012, 12:56 pm - Todd - Lottery News

Weak Powerball Sales?Reply
How many times are you going to pat yourself on the back for getting lucky on a QP and matching 5+0 five years ago? With all your incredible knowledge, experience and passion for the lottery structure, why is it you haven't won at least one second tier prize? You didn't even know until a couple of days ago that Power Play guaranteed $1 million for matching 5 numbers for the last three years, but you just can't say you're wrong. The odds of matching 5+0 were not the same in 2007 so the ol
Feb 27, 2012, 1:43 pm - Stack47 - Lottery Discussion Forum

$250 MILLION: Powerball lottery jackpot ramps upNews Story
By Todd Northrop There was no jackpot winner in the Saturday night drawing of the multi-state Powerball game, causing the grand prize to increase to an estimated $250 million for Wednesday's drawing. Saturday was the 12th consecutive drawing without a jackpot winner. The estimated cash value for the new jackpot is $156 Million. After-tax cash and annuity prize amounts are reported state-by-state at USA Mega, a web site devoted to the Powerball and Mega Millions multi-state lottery games
Feb 5, 2012, 7:50 am - Todd - Lottery News

$200 MILLION: New Powerball delivers huge lottery jackpotNews 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 $200 million for Saturday's drawing. Wednesday was the 11th consecutive drawing without a jackpot winner the fifth since the game format, prizes, and price changed. The estimated cash value for the new jackpot is $125.1 million. After-tax cash and annuity prize amounts are reported state-by-state at USA Mega, a web site devote
Feb 2, 2012, 7:18 am - Todd - Lottery News

$173 MILLION: Mega Millions lottery jackpot rollsNews Story
By Todd Northrop Will an incredibly lucky lottery player win a life-changing windfall this week, or will the multi-state Mega Millions lottery game enter into the realm of $200+ million jackpots? We'll find out Friday night, when the $173 million Mega Millions drawing takes place. Friday's Mega Millions jackpot is the accumulation of 14 consecutive drawings without a top prize winner. The current jackpot run-up started on Nov. 4 as a $12 million grand prize. The lump-sum cash value s
Dec 21, 2011, 8:37 am - Todd - Lottery News

Another man claims to have lost $254M Powerball ticketNews Story
So close to $254 million and yet so far away. That could be the case for a 21-year-old Danbury customer who said he had the winning ticket for the Nov. 2 Powerball drawing but lost it. The $254 million prize was the biggest Powerball jackpot in Connecticut history and the 12th biggest jackpot in Powerball history. At a 7-Eleven on Mill Plain Road, owner Abu Sayed said a 21-year-old customer claimed to have lost the winning ticket: 12-14-34-39-46, Powerball 36. Sayed is skeptical.
Nov 17, 2011, 8:53 am - Todd - Lottery News

1 ticket sold in Connecticut wins $254.2M Powerball lottery jackpotNews Story
Powerball's biggest cash value in 5 years Powerball's biggest jackpot in 18 months $254.2 million was up for grabs Wednesday night. It was won by a single ticket sold in Connecticut that matched all the numbers drawn: 12, 14, 34, 39, and 46, with Powerball number 36. The Power Play number was 4. The cash prize, about $150 million, was the biggest in five years. Just missing, by failing to match only the Powerball, were tickets in a dozen states. One in Arkansas is worth $1 million fo
Nov 3, 2011, 9:47 am - Todd - Lottery News

$203 MILLION: Powerball lottery jackpot heats upNews Story
By Todd Northrop There was no jackpot winner in the Wednesday drawing of the multi-state Powerball lottery game, causing the grand prize to increase to an estimated $203 million for Saturday's drawing. Wednesday was the 12th consecutive drawing without a jackpot winner. The estimated cash value for the new jackpot is $123.2 Million. After-tax cash and annuity prize amounts are reported state-by-state at USA Mega, a web site devoted to the Powerball and Mega Millions multi-state lottery
Oct 27, 2011, 7:14 am - Todd - Lottery News