Saturday, May 18, 2013
Tickets Worth $1M in Match 5 Sold in Georgia, 16 Other States
UPDATE: If you didn't buy your Powerball ticket in Florida, then you aren't the winner of the $600 million jackpot. But check that ticket again, because if you had a "Match 5," you won $1 million. To "Match 5," a lottery player needs to match all five numbers but not the Powerball. Winning numbers on May 18 were: 10, 13, 14, 22, 52 & the Powerball was 11. Original article Powerball results were watched closely Wednesday when the jackpot was $363 million. After no one picked all six winning numbers, the new Powerball prize for the Saturday, May 18, drawing is now $600 million, which makes it the highest Powerball jackpot ever — and the second-highest U.S. lottery jackpot. Return here Saturday night to see the winning numbers The one-time …
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.
Wednesday, November 28, 2012
Georgia Lottery officials say it's the largest jackpot in the game's history.
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Wednesday, November 28, 2012
In this article: Who doesn't want to be $500 million richer? The jackpot for tonight’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 certainly win big with every ticket purchased.” The Georgia Lottery offers a website tool to find the closest lottery retailer to your address. Wednesday’s jackpot has grown to a record pot because no one has matched …
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 …
Tuesday, November 20, 2012
Check out these top Patch headlines from around the region.
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Tuesday, November 20, 2012
Kennesaw Man Arraigned on Child Porn Charges - Kennesaw Patch A Kennesaw man was arraigned in federal court in Atlanta on Monday on charges of production and possession of child pornography. Benjamin Sanders, 55, was indicted by a federal grand jury on Nov. 13. He is being held without bond. “Child pornography victimizes and exploits the most vulnerable and defenseless members of our society," United States Attorney Sally Quillian Yates said. This defendant is charged not only with possessing sexually explicit images of children, but also with creating some of those images.” For more on this story, visit Kennesaw Patch. Roswell Student Wins $250K in Lottery- Roswell Patch One Roswell college student received a jolt of cheer with news of a…
Monday, August 6, 2012
Check out these Patch headlines from communities not far from Alpharetta and Milton.
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Monday, August 6, 2012
Roswell's Sikh Congregation Responds to Sunday Shooting - Roswell Patch The Sikh Educational Welfare Association (SEWA) Gurudwara Sahib congregation in Roswell is thinking and praying for everyone affected by the killing of seven people at the Sikh Temple of Wisconsin in Oak Creek, WI, Sunday. Parvinder Singh, who handles public relations for SEWA, told Roswell Patch local Sikhs are stunned by the news and can "only hope it was random and not an act of hate." According to Oak Creek Patch, several people - including a police officer - were shot at the temple Sunday morning. Oak Creek Police said three bodies were found outside the temple and four, including the lone gunman, were inside the building. See Roswell Patch for more on this story…
Tuesday, April 3, 2012
Controversy surrounds one of the three winners of Friday's largest Mega Millions jackpot.
A Maryland woman, one of three winners in Friday's Mega Millions lottery worth more than $640 million, has no plans to share her earnings with co-workers who say they pooled their cash for tickets. “We had a group plan, but I went and played by myself. The ‘winning’ ticket wasn’t on the group plan,” Mirlande Wilson, 37, told The New York Post. To say the least, her co-workers are furious that they are not part of the $105 million payout (her share after-tax lump sum). Wilson who worked at a Baltimore McDonald's planned to claim her multi-million dollar ticket Monday. But there is speculation over whether or not Wilson is the true winner. Maryland Lottery spokeswoman Carole Everett told USA Today, "I never expected, based on that story…
Friday, March 30, 2012
The chances of winning are so slim you're more likely to get hit by lightning.
Lottery officials report record sales as the Mega Millions jackpot has risen well above a half billion dollars, now at $640 million. (The cash option was "only" $462 million. Expect the feds to try to take about half of that in taxes. Can you settle for $230 million?) There hasn't been a jackpot winner since Jan. 24, and the prize has been growing ever since. The odds of winning the jackpot are the same: approximately one in 176 million. The odds of winning any of the Mega Millions prizes are approximately 1 in 40. Those are the odds, but does it hurt to dream? Some people apparently are serious when they say the lottery is their investment plan–I'm only joking when I say it's my retirement fund. Georgi has been called the state with the …
William Branley
3:18 pm on Thursday, November 22, 2012
It is silly that a lot of people don't buy tickets until the pot is really high. I guess a few million just isn't worth it. http://www.fllottowin.com/ more ›