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Arizona man claims other half of record Powerball jackpotNews Story
Remains anonymous Looming tax increases prompt hasty claim Fallout from the looming fiscal cliff has drifted into the Powerball arena. A man who lottery officials announced Friday has claimed his half of the $587.5 million Powerball jackpot, decided to collect the winnings now and not next year because of the financial uncertainty posed by the nation's ongoing financial impasse. The man, who is in his 30s from a wealthy Phoenix suburb, decided to remain anonymous after he bought $10
Dec 8, 2012, 9:17 am - Lottery News

Georgia construction worker collects $50M Mega Millions winNews Story
By Todd Northrop A 55-year-old Thomasville construction worker is getting ready to build a new life after winning a $50 million Mega Millions lottery jackpot. Honey, we won the lotto! That's what Zippy Vonier, 55, announced to his wife Wednesday morning after discovering that he won $50 million. My wife was brushing her teeth, and I told her to come in and sit down, said Vonier, a Thomasville resident. She was just kind of shocked. Vonier won by matching all of the winning numbers
Dec 2, 2012, 8:23 am - Lottery News

Mechanic and his wife are Missouri winners of $588M Powerball jackpotNews Story
Cindy Hill, a laid-off office manager who lives in a small town in Missouri, called her husband Thursday with urgent news that would change everything: We won the lottery. What? he asked. We won the lottery, she repeated. But Mark Hill, a 52-year-old mechanic who works at a meat processing plant, is the kind of person who carefully checks the prices for everything he buys, and he needed proof. This is the Show-Me State after all. He drove to his mother's house, where his wife was wai
Nov 30, 2012, 5:04 pm - Lottery News

Apparent Arizona winner captured on video the moment he learned of winNews Story
Several store customers and clerk saw winning ticket, verified winning numbers Apparent winner purchased ticket in Arizona but checked ticket in Maryland Includes video report A man, who appeared to be a construction or highway worker, walked into a Prince George's County, Maryland, Exxon Thursday afternoon and according to witnesses walked out a multi-multi-millionaire. Employees and customers at Marlboro Village Exxon are still buzzing from the remarkable scene they witnessed t
Nov 30, 2012, 8:43 am - Lottery News

Winning Powerball ticket in Mo. turned inNews Story
Lottery officials in Missouri say a winning Powerball ticket for the record $588 million drawing has been turned-in and verified. A news conference is expected to be held Friday afternoon. This Friday morning, two small communities are waiting, along with the rest of the country, to find out who bought winning Powerball tickets at this Missouri convenience store and this food mart in Arizona. Nothing like this has ever happened in Dearborn. Fountain Hills is a pretty small town, a
Nov 30, 2012, 6:55 am - Lottery News

Powerball coming to CaliforniaNews Story
Less than 24 hours after the winning Powerball lottery numbers were announced for the largest Powerball jackpot ever, California's five-member lottery commission voted unanimously on Thursday to bring the Powerball jackpot to the state. We have to continually offer our loyal players a variety of entertaining lottery games, and we firmly believe that Powerball is a right fit for the California Lottery, state lottery director Robert T. O'Neill said in a prepared statement. I expect Powerball t
Nov 29, 2012, 7:11 pm - Lottery News

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

$550 MILLION: Powerball buying frenzy sparks another jackpot increaseNews Story
Powerball fever sweeping the nation UPDATE: Will roll to $900 million if nobody wins tonight By Todd Northrop As if $425 million or $500 million isn't enough, the Multi-State Lottery Association (MUSL) announced today that tonight's Powerball jackpot has been increased again to $550 Million. Lottery Post reported yesterday that Powerball tickets have been selling nationally at a pace of more than 100,000 tickets per minute (see Powerball selling 100,000 tickets per minute, Lottery Po
Nov 28, 2012, 12:32 pm - Lottery News

Big lottery winners offer advice, cautionary tales as $500M Powerball drawing approachesNews Story
So you just won the $500 million Powerball jackpot, the second highest in lottery history. Now what? Perhaps it's time for a tropical vacation or a new car. There are bills to pay, loans to settle, debts to square. Past winners of mega-lottery drawings and financial planners have some more sound advice: Stick to a budget, invest wisely, learn to say no and be prepared to lose friends while riding an emotional roller-coaster of joy, anxiety, guilt and distrust. I had to adapt to this ne
Nov 28, 2012, 9:08 am - Lottery News

Powerball selling 100,000 tickets per minuteNews Story
Half-billion dollar jackpot generating unprecedented sales MUSL also expects to award $70 million in non-jackpot cash prizes Wednesday By Todd Northrop Player enthusiasm nationwide for Wednesday night's Powerball jackpot, the largest in Powerball history, has resulted in record sales leading to an increase today in the estimated jackpot amount to $500 million currently the largest in the world, and the second largest jackpot in U.S. lottery history. Besides the jackpot, Powerball is
Nov 27, 2012, 7:03 pm - Lottery News