Thursday, May 16, 2013
The jackpot for this Saturday's drawing is at $475 million, as the $350 million prize for Wednesday's drawing went unclaimed.
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Thursday, May 16
If you thought $350 million was an impressive lottery prize, how about $475 million? With no winner in the Powerball drawing on Wednesday, May 15, the jackpot has soared even higher for the Saturday, May 18 drawing. According to an Associated Press article posted by Fox News, lottery officials expect jackpot totals of this size to continue to climb in shorter amounts of time following a game redesign in January 2012 that increased the odds of winning some kind of prize but also lowered the possible number combinations to win the Powerball. Powerball tickets for each game are $2 and there’s a 1 in 175.2 million chance that any ticket will win the grand prize. If you want to take that chance, purchase your tickets by 10 p.m. Saturday to …
Tuesday, May 14, 2013
There’s a 1 in 175.2 million chance that any ticket will win the grand prize — will you play?
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Tuesday, May 14
Saturday night's $270 million Powerball prize went unclaimed, so the jackpot for selecting the winning numbers in the next drawing on Wednesday climbs to $350 million, the third-highest prize ever for the lottery game. Powerball tickets for each game are $2. There’s a 1 in 175.2 million chance that any ticket will win the grand prize. Get your ticket by 10 p.m. Wednesday to play. The $350 million Powerball jackpot is the seventh highest annuity prize in U.S. history, and the sixth highest cash payout — $222.8 million — of all-time. The biggest Powerball jackpot ever was won Nov. 28, 2012, a $587.5 million prize split between two tickets. The largest U.S. lottery prize ever won was $656 million in the Mega Millions drawing on March 30, …
Wednesday, November 28, 2012
Here's how to buy a lottery ticket for what the Georgia Lottery says is the largest jackpot in the game's history.
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Wednesday, November 28, 2012
The jackpot for Wednesday’s Powerball drawing has grown to $550 million, a record-breaking figure for the multi-state lottery game, according to the Georgia Lottery. WHERE TO PLAY POWERBALL: Click here for a list of Powerball retailers in Athens “The Powerball jackpot has soared to a record amount, which is exciting for players and important for the educational programs we fund,” said Georgia Lottery Corporation President and CEO Debbie D. Alford in a press release. Wednesday’s jackpot has grown to a record pot because no one has matched the winning numbers in 15 straight drawings. The numbers for Saturday’s $325 million drawing were 22, 32, 37, 44, 50 and Powerball 34. Powerball is played in 42 states, including Georgia, as well as the …
Saturday, November 24, 2012
How big a prize do you need before you decide to play the lottery?
Is one-third of a billion dollars enough money for you to go out and buy lottery tickets? Powerball's estimated prize in tonight drawing is $325 million, which is about $40 million off the all-time record, according to Lottery Universe. The cash prize option is $212.8 million. The cost of a ticket is $2. The odds of getting a ticket with the winning numbers is less than 1 in 175 million. Are you a regular player or one of those people who wait until it gets over $200 or $300 million before buying a ticket? And if you were to win, what would you do with all that money?
Monday, August 13, 2012
With nobody winning the Powerball Jackpot in almost two months, the drawing Wednesday to a single winner will be more than $300 million.
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Monday, August 13, 2012
Traditionally, the higher the jackpot payout in a lottery, the more people are prepared to share in the pot. With nobody winning since June 23, the Powerball Jackpot drawing for Wednesay now sits at $305 million, according to the Powerball Lottery website. This has a cash option payout of $203.3 million, before taxes. The drawing will be on Wednesday, Aug. 15 and the cost of a ticket is $2. Will you buy a ticket now that the payout is more than $300 million? With a cash payout to a single winner of $203.5 million, what would you do with the money if you had the lucky ticket?
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