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What Would You Do If You Won The $550 Million Powerball Jackpot? [Poll]

Terry Morgan — Thu, 16 May 2013 20:01:37 +0000

$550 Million Dollars… That number is kind of hard to fathom. That’s a lot of money. And that’s how much you could win if you hit this Saturday’s (May 18th) Powerball Jackpot. This is the largest Powerball Jackpot in United States history, and it could actually get bigger before Saturday’s drawing! Here’s my question: if [...]

Winning Powerball Tickets Were Sold In Arizona and Missouri

Jackie — Thu, 29 Nov 2012 14:30:11 +0000

So you didn’t win the Powerball last night. If you did, you’d be on a private jet to Bora Bora right now . . . not sitting in traffic, listening to us, and debating whether to stop at Burger King for a Croissan’wich. According to CNNMoney / Powerball the winning tickets for the record $580 [...]

A 19-Year-Old Who Survived Cancer Just Won the Lottery

Jackie — Mon, 01 Oct 2012 13:04:29 +0000

According to the Baltimore Sun 19-year-old Nick Ruth of Towson, Maryland was diagnosed with leukemia eight years ago, and beat it four years ago. His cancer has been in remission ever since. And now . . . he's also WON THE LOTTERY.

Are You Going to Participate in the Office Lottery Pool?

Brad Weiser — Fri, 30 Mar 2012 00:38:06 +0000

There’s always someone at the office that seems to be willing to rally around the lottery, gather up the dollars from everyone in the office and go for the jackpot as a team. I buy in every time. In fact, I’m pretty sure that it’s my rotten luck that’s bringing the group down. Half a [...]

Twin Falls Man Wins $1,000,000

Kelly Klaas — Wed, 22 Feb 2012 12:38:52 +0000

Brothers Bill and Mike Edson were in Boise Tuesday to claim a $1 million prize from the Idaho Lottery. Bill is from Twin Falls, and his brother Mike is from Salt Lake City. Their ticket matched the first five numbers but not the Powerball number itself for Saturday night’s draw. Their winning ticket is the [...]

A Group of Coworkers Wins the Lottery for the Second Time

Jackie — Tue, 10 Jan 2012 13:44:43 +0000

If you’re part of an office pool where you buy lottery tickets every week . . . with the dream that you’ll win and won’t have to be coworkers anymore . . . here’s some bad news. What happened to these people in California will NEVER, EVER happen to you. According to ABC 7 – [...]

A Family in South Carolina Has Won Nearly $16 Million in Three Lottery Jackpots

95.7 KEZJ — Wed, 27 Jul 2011 12:51:26 +0000

This just seems unfair. How can one family POSSIBLY be this lucky? I'm not even lucky enough to find a great parking spot at the grocery store.

Charlotte Observer reported that back in 1991, Amy McCauley of Fort Mill, South Carolina won $15.5 MILLION in the New York lottery. And rather than just call it a day and retire from the lottery, she kept playing.

Janitor Wins $3.4 Million Lottery — and Continues to Be A Janitor [VIDEO]

95.7 KEZJ — Mon, 11 Jul 2011 15:10:41 +0000

Tyrone Curry doesn’t have to wake up at 4 a.m. and mop the floors at Evergreen High School in Seattle. Not after the custodian won the Washington State lottery to the tune of $3.41 million five years ago. Curry stayed on because he was happy with his life. “I’m just Joe Citizen,” he told ‘Today.’ [...]

Mega Million winners sold in Idaho, Washington

Brad Weiser — Wed, 05 Jan 2011 13:54:09 +0000

The holders of two winning tickets sold in Idaho and Washington will be sharing Mega Million’s $355 million jackpot from Tuesday night’s drawing, lottery officials said Wednesday. The two winners will each get $177.5 million. The winning numbers were 4, 8, 15, 25 and 47, with 42 being the Mega Ball number. There were four [...]