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%.
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.
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.
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.
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.
As new rules and game features in the Powerball Lottery are being implemented this week, one state is already having upgrade issues. Idaho Lottery Officials have announced that a number of error tickets were printed after they performed the necessary upgrades on their own system:
“During the upgrade of Idaho’s Powerball game, operator error resulted in a small number of Powerball tickets being printed in error during a short period of time,” said Zeke Chemodurow, Idaho General Manager for Intralot, Inc., the Idaho Lottery’s lotto-systems provider. “The ticket information and the locations where they were printed at have been identified and that information has been provided to the lottery.”
Now the question is, did any other states make errors as a result of the upgrade?
CA Lottery Officials have announced that someone that bought a Mega Millions Lottery ticket at a Pacific Beach 7-Eleven store beat the 1 in 175,000,000 odds and has won the $45 million jackpot. No Winners have stepped forward. Double check your tickets.
The winning ticket had the numbers 2, 11, 19, 21, and 34, as well Mega number 38.
Lottery officials are estimating Sunday’s Powerball Jackpot to be roughtly $90mil after there were no winners for Wednesday’s $80mil Powerball drawing. There is a chance this jackpot could go parabolic after Florida residents can legally buy powerball tickets in their own state starting next week. A perfect storm is brewing as the mega jackpot reaches a frenzy level, and the largest state thus far joins the Powerball in the same week.
Virginia Lottery’s annual raffle, the New year’s Millionare Raffle, took place on Wednesday and created 4 new millionaires. In total there were almost 500,000 tickets available. Along with the four top jackpots of $1 million, other payouts included 4 winners of $50,000 and 400 winners of $500.
$1Mil Winning #’s: 074874 290601 307612 321990
Delware Lottery Officials have drawn the winning numbers for this year’s New Year’s Eve Raffle. This year marks Delaware Lottery’s third annual Raffle game. Odds 1 : 191
Grand Prize winning number ($250,000) is 00012370.
$25,000 prizes are 00006502, 00018933, 00043080, 00071835, and 00075141.
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.
