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Friday, May 17, 2013

Powerball Jackpot Reaches $600 Million

The drawing will be held Saturday, May 18.

  What would you do with $600 million? That’s the jackpot for this Saturday’s Powerball drawing, which will be the third largest lottery jackpot in U.S. history, and the second largest Powerball jackpot ever, CNN reports. The cash value is $376.9 million. Tickets are $2 and are available at many area convenience stores and online at the Illinois Lottery website. 

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Wednesday, May 15, 2013

Update: No Powerball Winner

The jackpot has now climbed to $475 million.

No one won Wednesday's Powerball game. The jackpot for Saturday has climbed to $475 million. That's a $302.4 million cash payout! Buy tickets online here. The Powerball drawing is held every Wednesday and Saturday at 9:59 p.m. The largest Powerball Jackpot cash payout to date was $384 million and was won on Nov. 28, 2012, in Arizona and Missouri. Tell Us: What's the very first thing you would do upon realizing you won the Powerball jackpot?

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Friday, May 10, 2013

Did You Get a Ticket for Saturday's $270 Million Powerball?

Imagine all you could buy your mom for Mother's Day if you won the Powerball!

  The Powerball jackpot has climbed to $270 million and counting with the next drawing happening Saturday night, May 11. That's a $175.8 million cash payout! Buy tickets online here. The Powerball drawing is held every Wednesday and Saturday at 9:59 p.m. Wednesday's drawing produced no grand prize winner. The largest Powerball Jackpot cash payout to date was $384 million and was won on Nov. 28, 2012 in Arizona and Missouri. Tell Us: If you won, what's the one thing you always wanted to buy your mother?

Tuesday, February 5, 2013

Powerball Soars to $208 Million for Wednesday Drawing

Powerball jackpot has rolled over without any winners.

The big red Powerball has rolled over once again. With no recent winners, the Powerball jackpot has climbed to $208 million for the Wednesday, Feb. 6 drawing, according to Illinois Lottery officials. The winning numbers from this past Saturday night’s drawing were: 11 - 16 - 33 - 40 – 41, and the Powerball was 34. While no one won the Saturday jackpot, more than 38,000 Illinoisans won prizes ranging from $4 to $10,000, lottery officials said.  Quick Powerball Facts: .      

Tuesday, January 29, 2013

Powerball Reaches $151M

The next drawing will be Wednesday night.

  It maybe time to see if Lady Luck is on your side.  The Powerball has reached $151 million with the next drawing occurring on Wednesday night, Jan. 30, according to a Powerball press release.  While the last Powerball drawing on Saturday produced no grand prize Powerball winner, there were over 21,000 Illinois residents who won prizes ranging from $4 to $10,000.  The Powerball drawing is held every Wednesday and Saturday at 9:59 p.m. The largest Powerball Jackpot to date was $384 million and was won on Nov. 28, 2012 in Arizonia and Missouri.  

Wednesday, November 28, 2012

Powerball Winning Numbers

Check out the winning numbers from the Wednesday night Powerball drawing.

Some lucky person might be half a billion dollars richer. The winning numbers are 5, 23, 16, 22, 29, 6. The Powerball lottery drawing took place Wednesday night at 9:59 p.m. CST. Ticket sales closed in Illinois at 9 p.m. Watch the drawing that took place live on Powerball's YouTube channel or on TV stations that featured the live drawing. Each Powerball ticket cost $2. Players choose five numbers plus a sixth Powerball number. Players matching all six numbers can select an annuitized amount paid out over 29 years or a lump sum payment.  ABC News reported that 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 were …

Powerball Hits $500 Million Jackpot

Wednesday’s jackpot could go up higher, lottery officials said.

  Jozefa S. is an Illinois State Lottery winner with a bit of advice on playing the lottery: “you can’t win if you don’t play so go ahead and play.” A lot of people will be plucking down $2 for a Powerball ticket in one of the lottery’s biggest jackpots of the year. The jackpot is now $500 million and may grow larger by Wednesday’s drawing, lottery officials said. “When (the jackpot) is this large, it’s not unusual for the jackpot to go up. I wouldn’t be surprised if it gets pumped up again,” said Chanele Newton, a Northstar Lottery Group spokesman. Northstar runs the Illinois State Lottery. A total of $200,000 tickets were sold in a half-hour span Tuesday in Illinois alone, Newton said. There has been no Powerball winner since Oct. 6, and…

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