Have you caught Lottery Fever? Remember a few weeks ago, a winning Washington State Lottery Ticket worth an estimated $2.7 Million was sold to someone in Sunnyside? It could happen, even though odds are against it, and it could be you if you buy a ticket...
Marvin Koop of Yakima recently bucked the 18.5 million-to-1 odds and scored a cool million bucks with his winning Mega Millions ticket in Washington's Lottery.
DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — Even a jackpot isn't enough to buy anonymity for many lottery winners, whose names are often made public by state law.
But now it's becoming increasingly possible for big winners to hide their identity, and lottery executives are trying to strike a balance between ensuring privacy and safety while still proving to the public that real people can win.
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Sure, the three winners splitting the record $1.6 billion Powerball jackpot are getting a lot of attention. But more than 26 million tickets won prizes, many of them not too shabby. Some in each of these categories even doubled their winnings by paying an extra dollar for a "Power Play."
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Three tickets will share in Wednesday night's record $1.6 billion Powerball game, lottery officials say.
Florida officials say the winning ticket in the record Powerball jackpot for that state was sold at a grocery store in Melbourne Beach...
Powerball fever is about to strike for the second time in less than a week as Wednesday night's jackpot is already estimated to be at least $1.5 BILLION! That amount of money might be hard to wrap your brain around, but I'm sure that we could all figure out a way to spend it!
No ticket matched all six Powerball numbers following Saturday night's drawing for a record jackpot of nearly $950 million, lottery officials said, boosting the expected payout for the next drawing to a whopping $1.3 billion.
The winning numbers — disclosed live on television and online — were 16-19-32-34-57 and the Powerball number 13...