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Powerball ticket-buying frenzy fuels $500-million jackpot
Fueled by a frenzy of ticket-buying, the jackpot in Wednesday’s Powerball lottery has been increased to $500 million. News of the increased pot, posted on the lottery’s website, is likely to set up even more buying as players head to the...
Tags: Powerball Lottery, Services and Shopping, Cyber Monday, Lotteries, Washington, DC
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Powerball jackpot hits $500 million
CNNWednesday's Powerball drawing could be one for the history books, with the jackpot rising to a record $500 million. The prize for Saturday night's Powerball was $325 million -- the fourth-largest in the game's history. For the 15th consecutive time, no...Tags: Powerball Lottery, News Agency, Lotteries, Lifestyle and Leisure
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Record Powerball jackpot boosted to $500M
DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) - The record Powerball jackpot is now even bigger. Powerball officials say they've boosted the jackpot for Wednesday's drawing to $500 million from the previously posted $425 million. Huge ticket sales nationally are pushing...
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Powerball estimated jackpot rises to $500M; does it boost economy?
Millions of Americans are buying tickets for Wednesday's $500 million Powerball lottery, and you'd think that would mean a big economic boost for the 43 states participating. That's not a sure bet. Americans spent $65.5 billion on lottery tickets in...
Tags: Economy, Business and Finance, Powerball Lottery, Starbucks Corp., College of the Holy Cross , Services and Shopping
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Millions chase record $425M Powerball jackpot
CHICAGO (AP) — Eight months after a trio of ticket buyers split a $656 million Mega Millions jackpot to set a world lottery record, Powerball is offering up a prize that would be the second highest. The $425 million jackpot, the largest in...
Tags: ConAgra Foods Incorporated, Powerball Lottery, Services and Shopping, Tallahassee (Leon, Florida), Washington, DC
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Update: Powerball's best chance? Here in Florida
The odds are astronomical, but a Floridian has the best chance of winning Wednesday’s Powerball jackpot of approximately $500 million. That’s because we’re No. 1 in Powerball ticket sales. Lottery officials note that since the game...
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Powerball chasing: Buyers cross state borders in droves for tickets
They call La Tienda the home of the "Utah Lottery," but the convenience store is in Idaho, in the border town of Franklin. And as Powerball's jackpot swells to a record $425 million, Utah residents hoping to strike it rich are fleeing their state's...
Tags: Powerball Lottery, Services and Shopping, Los Angeles Times, Lotteries, Lifestyle and Leisure
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Record $425M Powerball jackpot boosts ticket sales
Daily American Staff WriterOn Jan. 9, 2011, a local man won a $1.57 million lottery with a ticket purchased at Rhoads Mini Mart, Somerset. Some Powerball players are hoping that lightning strikes twice in the same place: They were buying Powerball tickets Monday at the...Tags: Powerball Lottery, Services and Shopping, Lotteries, Middletown, Lifestyle and Leisure
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Powerball Jackpot Hits Record $425 Million for Nov. 28 Drawing
As the PowerballŪ jackpot has reached a game-record $425 million annuity value, or a $278.3 million cash prize, for the Wednesday, Nov. 28 drawing, the Pennsylvania Lottery today reminded its customers to play responsibly. Only one U.S. lottery...
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Powerball's $425-million jackpot already has a winner: States
A lot of hopeful eyes are glued on the biggest number in gambling this week -- the record $425-million Powerball jackpot that’s destined to make some lottery ticket buyer somewhere very, very happy. In advance of Wednesday's drawing, some people...
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Miami player misses Powerball by one number, settles for $1M
Someone who bought a ticket in Miami won $1 million in Saturday night's Powerball drawing, but, oh, what might have been. The player, who bought a quick pick ticket, hit all five white balls, but missed on the red Powerball -- which would have...
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Powerball jackpot unclaimed, top prize a record $425 million Wednesday
Nobody won Saturday's $325 million Powerball jackpot Saturday night, setting up a $425 million-plus jackpot for Wednesday night's drawing that has even casual lottery players ready to take the plunge. "I only play when it gets big," Linthicum's Charlie...
Tags: Powerball Lottery, Linthicum, Washington, DC, Lotteries, Lifestyle and Leisure
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