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$200 MILLION: Powerball lottery jackpot surgesNews Story
By Todd Northrop There was no jackpot winner in the Saturday night drawing of the multi-state Powerball lottery game, causing the grand prize to increase to an estimated $200 million for Wednesday's drawing. Saturday was the 11th consecutive drawing without a jackpot winner. The jackpot run started August 18 as a $40 million jackpot. The estimated cash value for the new jackpot is $128.5 million. After-tax cash and annuity prize amounts are reported state-by-state on the Jackpot Analysi
Sep 24, 2012, 8:29 am - Lottery News

$174 MILLION: Tomorrow's Powerball lottery jackpot red hotNews Story
By Todd Northrop The multi-state Powerball lottery drawing took place Wednesday night without any jackpot winners, causing the new jackpot for Saturday's drawing to grow to an estimated $174 million, with a cash option of $110 million. Saturday night was the 10th consecutive drawing without a jackpot winner. Even though there were no jackpot winners, 3 lucky players matched the first 5 numbers for a $1,000,000 prize: 1 from Idaho, 1 from Iowa, and 1 from North Carolina. None of the s
Sep 21, 2012, 9:21 am - Lottery News

$337M Powerball winner prowls Internet for a 'big and beautiful' womanNews Story
After winning a whopping $337 million, Donald Lawson might seem like something of a catch, but take a closer look at the Powerball Lottery winner from Michigan and most women might think twice before going on a date with him. The self-confessed 'hillbilly' is single and looking for love on the Internet with the nickname 'Dinodadog' and the promise to 'please a women any way she wants'. On dating websites he claims he is 'stocky' and is seeking a woman who is: 'Big and beautiful, Curvy, Ful
Sep 20, 2012, 9:41 am - Lottery News

California man collects $120M Mega Millions lottery jackpotNews Story
There's no telling what Ronald Willis had in the back of his mind to buy. He wouldn't say. But whatever it is, he can probably afford it. The 55-year-old Rialto man became the state's newest millionaire, parlaying a Mega Millions ticket purchased at a Riverside convenience store into a $120 million lottery win on a draw Tuesday, Sept. 11. He came forward to claim the prize at the California Lottery headquarters in San Bernardino on Friday, Sept. 14, where he faced a line of television came
Sep 17, 2012, 10:30 am - Lottery News

Michigan railroad engineer claims $337M Powerball lottery jackpotNews Story
Includes video report A 44-year-old Michigan railroad engineer said he quit his job and told familly members to do the same when he learned he had won the third-largest winner's share ever for a U.S. lottery drawing. Donald Lawson was accompanied by his two daughters and his mother, whom he jokingly called Mama Warbucks, when he was introduced as the winner of the multi-state Powerball lottery on Friday. I'm a millionaire now, but I'll still eat at McDonald's, Lawson told a news conf
Aug 31, 2012, 3:38 pm - Lottery News

Staten Islander revealed as winner of $85M Mega Millions jackpotNews Story
A Staten Island, New York, woman who bought a lottery ticket while wine shopping can afford champagne now a lot of it. Jin Ok Choi, 54, was introduced at a Manhattan news conference Thursday as the winner an $85 million Mega Millions jackpot. Choi said she bought a quick-pick ticket when she saw how big the jackpot for the July 3 drawing had gotten. I'm still in shock, said Choi, who opted for a lump sum of $64 million and will take home $40 million after taxes. She plans to buy a n
Aug 20, 2012, 7:00 am - Lottery News

UK couple wins massive EuroMillions lottery jackpotNews Story
Lottery winner Adrian Bayford has already been bombarded with requests for cash following his huge 148 million (US$232.5 million) win despite being away on vacation with his family. The tiny shop which he jointly runs with his best friend in the Suffolk town of Haverhill has seen dozens of letters pour through its doors since he went public with his huge win on Tuesday. His best friend and business partner Richard Hudspith who is keeping the Suffolk Music Centre running said the requests f
Aug 20, 2012, 6:18 am - Lottery News

Iowa officials trying to solve lotto mystery, may release surveillance videoNews Story
Investigators in Iowa may release surveillance video of a person who purchased an unclaimed lottery ticket in hopes the public will see something that will help a criminal probe. The investigation, which was launched after the Jan. 27 deadline to claim the $14 million Iowa Hot Lotto jackpot, includes a New York attorney who briefly tried to claim the prize but refused to answer officials' question about how he obtained the winning ticket. There is some point in time when you open it up [t
Aug 19, 2012, 9:34 pm - Lottery News

The Lottery Office is closed until Monday but speculation in Lapeer rages onNews Story
Michigan is suddenly a richer place this weekend, first with all that Olympic gold coming in from London, and now with the wining ticket to the Powerball Lottery purchased by someone at a Michigan gas station. Local residents may be hoping it wasn't someone passing through to Toledo or Indianpolis. In the meantime in the town of Lapeer in Michigan's thumb the wait continues for the ticket purchaser to surface. It just happens to be Lapeer Days their three day summer festival in the sleepy tow
Aug 18, 2012, 11:06 pm - Lottery News

$337 million Powerball jackpot ticket sold at gas station in small Michigan cityNews Story
Includes video report Update: Cash value was second-highest ever for any US lottery game Update 2: Cash value reported by MUSL was wrong! Actually $224.6 million By Todd Northrop, with wire reports A gas station in a small Michigan city is buzzing with excitement after the state lottery announced Thursday that a $337 million jackpot-winning Powerball ticket was sold there. The Michigan Lottery said the ticket was sold in Lapeer, about 45 miles north of Detroit. There wasn't
Aug 16, 2012, 3:21 pm - Lottery News