All posts tagged "Powerball"

  • Florida Lottery Secretary Tom Delacenserie, left, presents Maureen Smith and David Kaltschmidt with their one-third share of the Jan. 13, world record Powerball jackpot Wednesday, Feb. 17, 2016, in Tallahassee, Fla. John and Lisa Robertson of Munford, Tenn., cashed in their ticket last month, also taking the lump sum. The winners in California have not publicly come forward yet. (AP Photo/Steve Cannon)
    Florida couple claims share of $1.6B Powerball jackpot

    TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (AP) — After cashing in a winning Powerball ticket for $327.8 million, a Florida couple has modest goals for their first purchases: a new car and a massage. David Kaltschmidt and Maureen Smith of Melbourne...

    • Posted February 17, 2016
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    Should lottery winners’ names be secret? States debate issue

    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...

    • Posted January 15, 2016
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  • Rebecca Hargrove, second from right, president and CEO of the Tennessee Lottery, presents a ceremonial check to John Robinson, right; his wife, Lisa, second from left; and their daughter, Tiffany, left; after the Robinson's winning Powerball ticket was authenticated at the Tennessee Lottery headquarters Friday, Jan. 15, 2016, in Nashville, Tenn. The ticket was one of three winning tickets in the $1.6 billion jackpot drawing. (AP Photo/Mark Humphrey)
    Warehouse worker takes third of $1.6 billion Powerball pot

    NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — A small town warehouse supervisor turned in one of three tickets splitting the world-record $1.6 billion Powerball jackpot on Friday, and swiftly announced that he would take his money now, giving up hundreds...

    • Posted January 15, 2016
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  • 7-Eleven store clerk M. Faroqui celebrates with customers after learning the store sold a winning Powerball ticket on Wednesday, Jan. 13, 2016 in Chino Hills, Calif. One winning ticket was sold at the store located in suburban Los Angeles said Alex Traverso, a spokesman for California lottery. The identity of the winner is not yet known. (Will Lester/The Sun via AP)
    $1.6 billion Powerball jackpot also created 81 millionaires

    (AP) — 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...

    • Posted January 14, 2016
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  • 7-Eleven store clerk M. Faroqui celebrates with customers after learning the store sold a winning Powerball ticket on Wednesday, Jan. 13, 2016 in Chino Hills, Calif. One winning ticket was sold at the store located in suburban Los Angeles said Alex Traverso, a spokesman for California lottery. The identity of the winner is not yet known. (Will Lester/The Sun via AP)
    $1.6 billion Powerball jackpot split 3 ways, in CA, FL & TN

    MUNFORD, Tenn. (AP) — An eye-popping, unprecedented $1.6 billion Powerball jackpot that became a national fascination will be split three ways, by mystery winners in Florida, Tennessee and California. The lucky trio did not immediately identify themselves...

    • Posted January 14, 2016
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  • Patrons line up to buy Powerball lottery tickets outside the Primm Valley Casino Resorts Lotto Store just inside the California border Tuesday, Jan. 12, 2016, near Primm, Nev. The Powerball jackpot has grown to over $1 billion dollars for the next drawing on Wednesday. (AP Photo/John Locher)
    Lottery players go to great lengths for Powerball tickets

    NIPTON, Calif. (AP) — Lottery ticket buyers have to suspend their belief in math to drop $2 on an infinitesimal chance to win the Powerball jackpot, but in Nevada, they also have to drive across the desert...

    • Posted January 12, 2016
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  • Customers wait in line at the Blue Bird Liquor Store to buy Powerball lottery tickets in Hawthorne, Calif. on Saturday, Jan. 9, 2016. Ticket sales for the multi-state Powerball lottery soared Saturday, in the largest jackpot in U.S. history which grew to $900 million just hours before Saturday night's drawing. (AP Photo/Richard Vogel)
    With no weekend winner, Powerball jackpot swells to $1.3B

    OMAHA, Neb. (AP) — Disappointed you didn’t win the Powerball jackpot this weekend? Don’t be. Lottery officials say the prize has swelled to an estimated $1.3 billion — the world’s largest. Ever. “Biggest jackpot in the history...

    • Posted January 11, 2016
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