Friday, May 17, 2013
Could you be the multi-million dollar winner?
Saturday’s Powerball jackpot has reached $600 million, the highest jackpot in the game’s history. The announcement was made Friday afternoon, just a few days after strong sales prompted lottery officials to bump Saturday’s Powerball jackpot from $475 million to $550 million. Not only is the current $600 million jackpot the largest in Powerball history, it is the second largest jackpot in U.S. history. The Powerball winner can opt to receive 30 graduated payments over 29 years or collect a $376 million cash payout. Powerball tickets are $2.
Thursday, November 29, 2012
Two winning tickets were sold - one in Missouri and one in Arizona.
If you bought a Powerball ticket for the more $550 million jackpot on Nov. 28 in Missouri or Arizona, you should might want to check your ticket. Winning tickets were purchased by two separate people: one in Missouri and one in Arizona, according to the Powerball website. The Powerball winning numbers for the Nov. 28 drawing are 5, 16, 22, 23, 29 and Powerball of 6. While only two people will divide the jackpot, a total of 8,924,125 people won Powerball prizes on Nov. 28, the website notes. ABC News reported lottery officials expected to sell more than 105,000 tickets every minute before the drawing. Despite the long odds for the big jackpot, the overall odds of winning a prize are considerably better at 1 in 55. In an article on the St. …
The winning numbers have been drawn - click here to see if you are the winner.
The winning numbers have been drawn for Wednesday's record-breaking $550 million Powerball jackpot and they are: 5-23-16-22-29, with a Powerball of 6. Don’t miss any Cumming news. Subscribe to Cumming Patch’s free newsletter, like us on Facebook and follow us on Twitter.
Wednesday, November 28, 2012
Georgia Lottery says it's the largest jackpot in the game's history.
UPDATE: 11-28-12, 3:45 p.m. Georgia Lottery officials announced today that strong sales have pushed Wednesday’s Powerball jackpot from $500 million to $550 million. The current jackpot is the largest in the game’s history. Original Article Who wants to be a $500 millionaire? The jackpot for Wednesday’s Powerball drawing is estimated at $500 million, a record-breaking figure for the multi-state lottery game, according to the Georgia Lottery. “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. “Georgia Lottery players have a chance to win big, and the students of Georgia …
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?
Wednesday, November 21, 2012
How big a prize do you need before you decide to play the lottery?
Is a quarter of a billion dollars enough money for you to go out and buy lottery tickets? Powerball's estimated prize in tonight's drawing is $250 million. The cash prize option is "only" $166.8 million. But with the odds of getting a ticket with the winning numbers worse than 1 in 175 million, will you play the game? It costs $2 per ticket. The "Powerball multiplier" adds $1 to the ticket price, but could increase the size of any non-grand prize amount. Friday's MegaMillions jackpot is "only" $41 million. A portion of the ticket sales are used for education funding in Georgia, including the HOPE Scholarship. The Georgia Lottery for Education Act requires that proceeds be used to fund: With Black Friday and Cyber Monday coming up, will …
Monday, August 13, 2012
With nobody winning the Powerball Jackpot in almost two months, the drawing Wednesday to a single winner would be more than $300 million.
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 Wednesday 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? Don’t miss any Cumming news. Subscribe to Cumming Patch’s free newsletter, like us on Facebook and follow us on Twitter.
RedneckInAL
8:47 pm on Wednesday, November 28, 2012
If I were to win, I would praise The Lord. Then me & my husband would buy our homeless mothers a house of their own with maids and buy my mother in law a pit bull dog (cause they are awesome). more ›