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$191 MILLION: Huge Powerball lottery jackpot teed up for Saturday drawingNews 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 $191 million for Saturday's drawing. Saturday was the 9th consecutive Powerball drawing without a jackpot winner. The jackpot run started April 3 as a $40 million jackpot. The estimated cash value for the new jackpot is $124.7 million. After-tax cash and annuity prize amounts are reported state-by-state on the Jackpot
May 2, 2013, 8:30 am - Lottery News

One ticket wins historic Jersey Cash 5 jackpotNews Story
Second-largest Jersey Cash 5 jackpot in game history One winning Jersey Cash 5 ticket worth $1,930,747 was sold in Middlesex County, New Jersey, for the Monday, April 22 drawing. The Middlesex County winning ticket was bought at In Out Convenience Store, 187 North Avenue, Dunellen. This is the second largest jackpot in the game's history. Jersey Cash 5 was introduced to New Jersey players back in September 1992 and remains a very popular player favorite. The largest Jersey Cash 5 jackpo
Apr 23, 2013, 3:10 pm - Lottery News

EuroMillions lottery winners to build unusual homeNews Story
Once you've bought your 100,000 Jaguar XKR-S, paid off Dad's mortgage and given your best friend more than 1 million, how do you start wasting spending the rest of a 45 million lottery win? The answer for Matt and Cassey Topham, a former decorator and supermarket worker from Nottingham who scooped the EuroMillions jackpot last year, is to erect a futuristic mansion on a suburban avenue with all the trappings of a James Bond villain's lair. The couple on Thursday submitted a planning applic
Apr 20, 2013, 1:49 pm - Lottery News

Woman wins $40M, not $40K, sparking wild celebrationsNews Story
Includes video report Let's pretend you just won $40 million. Do you sprint up and down the street like a crazy woman ? Break into a happy dance, while holding your oversized lottery check? Celebrate by chowing down at a Chinese buffet with your family? If you're Maria Carreiro, the answer is all of the above and then some. The 51-year-old grandmother couldn't contain her excitement, when she talked to, sang to and danced for reporters on Monday after her big, big win. Thank you Lor
Apr 10, 2013, 7:35 pm - Lottery News

California family's fight over $51 million lottery jackpot is overNews Story
A year after winning the big $51 million Mega Millions jackpot, Bakersfield resident Etta May Urquhart took her son to court saying he commandeered the money and went on a spending spree. (See Woman accuses son of taking $51 million lottery ticket, Lottery Post, May 6, 2012.) Well, that lawsuit has now been quietly dismissed following a settlement agreement. I checked it twice before I went outside because I couldn't believe it, Urquhart told 17 News in May 2011. Grinning from ear t
Mar 28, 2013, 9:42 am - Lottery News

N.J. man claims $338 million Powerball jackpotNews Story
Includes video report By Todd Northrop The Passaic, New Jersey, man who won the $338 million Powerball lottery says he felt pure joy at winning the huge jackpot, but has no idea yet what he will do with all the money. Dominican immigrant Pedro Quezada appeared at New Jersey lottery headquarters Tuesday to officially claim the prize with his wife, Ines. Both came in jeans. Quezada was asked questions in Spanish and English and answered all the questions in Spanish, with a translat
Mar 26, 2013, 3:32 pm - Lottery News

$338M N.J. Powerball winner says he'll help familyNews Story
The winner of a $338.3 million Powerball jackpot told several media outlets Monday that his first priority will be helping his family. Pedro Quezada, 44, entered Eagle Liquors store, where the ticket was sold, late Monday afternoon. The Passaic store owner ran Quezada's ticket through the lottery machine to validate that it was a winner as a newspaper and television outlets recorded the moment. The New Jersey Lottery confirmed that the winning ticket was validated at the store at 4:30 p.m.
Mar 25, 2013, 9:18 pm - Lottery News

Liquor store in Passaic, NJ, sold winning Powerball ticketNews Story
Rumors were wrong Update: complete raw video of press conference added By Todd Northrop Contrary to rumors swirling in the media and on Web sites this morning, the New Jersey Lottery announced this morning at a press conference that the winning Powerball ticket for Saturday's $338.3 million jackpot was sold at a liquor store in Passaic. New Jersey Lottery Executive Director Carole Hedinger announced Monday morning at a 10:00 am press conference that Eagle Liquors, located at 126 Pass
Mar 25, 2013, 10:18 am - Lottery News

Powerball ticket worth $338 million sold in N.J.News Story
Someone in New Jersey this morning could be holding a tiny piece of paper worth a massive amount of money: $338.3 million. One winning ticket was sold for Saturday night's huge Powerball jackpot, and it was purchased somewhere in the Garden State. Which county, which town and which store remains a mystery and the New Jersey Lottery will release details on Monday, the Associated Press reports. One lottery player in Iowa won $2 million in Saturday's drawing, and lottery players in 11 othe
Mar 24, 2013, 8:15 am - Lottery News

$320 MILLION: Powerball lottery jackpot goes through the roofNews Story
13th-largest US jackpot ever; 9th-largest cash value By Todd Northrop For only the 17th 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 $320 million for the current Powerball jackpot was achieved after no winning tickets were sold for Wednesday night's $260 million grand prize. The lump-sum cash payout value of Wednesday's Powerball jackpot is $198.3 million. After-tax cash and annuity prize
Mar 21, 2013, 1:11 am - Lottery News