Lottery

The Winning Powerball Numbers are in (11, 34, 41, 49, 55, Powerball was 20, the Power Play multiplier was 2) and a single ticket has taken the mammoth jackpot. The ticket, sold somewhere in Missouri, is worth over $258.2 Million or $124 Million in a one time lump sum payment.

Powerball ticket sales were averaging around $20 million/day for the past 4 days as true lotto hysteria was starting to kick in.

The giant jackpot comes just 5 weeks after Sandra McNeil , a New Jersey resident, won $211.7 Million and now holds the record as New Jersey’s single largest lottery winner.

More mega jackpots this summer? I expect we’ll see a $300 million jackpot soon. Lottery hysteria doesn’t die as quickly when you get two mammoth jackpots back to back with unemployment around 10%.

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Powerball Lottery tickets will go on sale on April 16th for the first time in Ohio’s history. While Ohio lotto players have been able to play the Mega-Millions multi-state lotto for years, many residents have continued buying Powerball tickets from bordering states.

Ohio can now keep this money inside the state as well as take advantage of the huge branding efforts of Powerball. Giant Jackpots have been fueling high volume sales for the past several months (currently the jackpot is above 150 mil for the 2nd time in 4 weeks).

41 other states plus Washington DC & the Virgin Islands already enjoy Powerball.

With more than 80% of the States in the Union playing Powerball, how long before the other 9 jump in and we have a nationwide lotto? Powerball jackpots would likely reach $500 million+ with national participation.

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With no winners Wednesday night, the Powerball Jackpot has now grown to an estimated $150. Lottery players are expected to turn out in huge numbers to purchase tickets for Saturday’s Drawing.

It’s been less than 3 weeks since a New Jersey man claimed over $211 million by matching 6 numbers.

Lottery fever is catching on as more news headlines are given to lottery winners and the economy continues to worsen.

In other Powerball news, a $200,000 winner recently gave the clerk who sold him the ticket $740. I think stories like this are awesome.

Good luck to everyone in Saturday’s Drawing.

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The hunt for the largest Powerball Jackpot winner in Kentucky’s history is over. KY Lottery officials said that late in the week an attorney hired by the winner had contacted them to schedule the cash handoff. The winners name was not released.

The ticket is yet to be validated. Lottery officials said the ticket was sold at ProTravel Marathon in Georgetown, consistent with the anonymous winner’s story.

Prior to this jackpot, the largest Powerball Jackpot ever won in Kentucky was $89.3 million, almost 15 years ago.

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Missouri Lotto officials are looking for the owner of a $2.7 million winning lottery ticket sold at Break Time, 1200 Missouri Blvd in Jefferson City.

The winning ticket was sold earlier in the week for the Dec 16th drawing. The winner has 180 days to come forward with the ticket to claim the prize.

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The 2009 Christmas Raffle season enters it’s final week today as organizations and state lottery associations across the country put marketing efforts into full swing trying to sell the remaining tickets.

We plan to bring you up to the minute coverage of the results as they roll in! I will be posting a schedule and some details about the larger raffles going on this season. There are some really exciting ones!

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Sunday’s multi-state Powerball drawing will be worth an estimated $170 million after no one hit the jackpot during Wednesday’s drawing. This is the second mega jackpot in as many months. It doesn’t take much to spark a steamroller of momentum during hard financial times and recession.

A pryoclastic flow of ticket sales are expected before Sunday’s drawing. A lottery banaza may develop if no one wins midweek.

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A retired South Carolina state employee took home the mega $260 million payout, the largest jackpot ever won by anyone in state. Solomon, who dropped $2.00 on the lottery said he had a “pinch me to see if I’m alive” moment after he realized he held the winning ticket.

Jackson’s chances of winning were 1 in 195 million.

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The Powerball Jackpot will now increase to $245M after no one succeeded in matching all 6 numbers drawn Saturday Night. This marks the highest Powerball jackpot in 17 months. Powerball Hysteria is expected to kick with more states now involved in the game (now up to 30 + DC, Virgin Islands) and more people desperate for cash blinded from the odds.

The winning numbers from Saturday’s Drawing are: 14-15-26-32-36, with Powerball number 12.

The next drawing will take place on Wednesday Night.

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Phillip Brunelle, the 29 year old from Massachusetts who recently gained international exposure for winning a combined $1m dollars after purchasing two winning lottery tickets int the same day, may be more full of crap than gulf shrimp caught after it stuffed itself at dinner.

Local police were the first to cast doubt on Brunelle’s Lottery win.  Shortly after, local media began to talk about Brunelle’s sketchy past.  No one can reach Phillip for comments, but he did apparently cash in a $1000.00 winning ticket.  Will he shock everyone and redeem a $1m winning ticket, or was it all a hoax?

Brunelle, seen here on video, seems quite genuine.  I have a bit of shame that I immediately believed this amazing story as soon as it broke.   People get excited to celebrate out-of-this-world  lucky occurrences, perhaps because they are hoping for one of their own.  His story is somewhat sad (if it’s real).  His mother suffers from cerebral palsy and just last year he was walking down a street and was hit in the head by falling concrete, requiring him to get 4 reconstructive surgeries on his face.

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