Powerball drawing grows to $1 billion; here's what you need to know
If you're feeling lucky you might want to consider purchasing a Powerball ticket.
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If you're feeling lucky you might want to consider purchasing a Powerball ticket.
If you're feeling lucky you might want to consider purchasing a Powerball ticket.
Lottery players have another chance to win some serious cash.
The Powerball jackpot is now more than $420 million after Monday night's drawing failed to produce a winner.
No winner has come forward after Wednesday's Powerball drawing, bringing the jackpot up to $625 million.
As the jackpot climbs to $550 million with no winner claiming the Powerball prize, here are the most common numbers drawn.
Tonight's Powerball drawing is worth $448 million.
An Iowa grandmother won half the $687 million Powerball prize and she didn't even know it at first.
In 2013, a group of Indiana hairstylists sued their coworker after that coworker claimed she had purchased a $9.5-million-winning ticket with her own money -- not the pool's money.
When the jackpot grows so large, "it creates this sense of community. It creates this sense of camaraderie. I also think that it creates a potential sense of regret to not be the one playing."
A 53-year-old Massachusetts hospital worker stepped forward Thursday to claim the biggest undivided lottery jackpot in U.S. history and then quit her job.
The head of the Massachusetts lottery says the winner of the $758.7 million Powerball jackpot has come forward to claim the prize.
A mistake by the Massachusetts State Lottery has injected a little extra drama into the massive $758.7 million Powerball drawing.
Lottery players across the U.S. scooped up $2 Powerball tickets in hopes of beating the odds and winning a massive $758.7 million jackpot in Wednesday night's drawing.
Lottery machines across the county are in overdrive as a chance at a $700-million jackpot is at stake in Wednesday night's drawing - the second largest in U.S. history.
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Illinois Lottery players who buy tickets for Powerball and Mega Millions could soon have to cross state lines for a chance at those huge jackpots.
The person that recently bought a lottery ticket in Indiana could have his/her name on the 10th largest lottery jackpot in U.S. history.
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The jackpot for Saturday's Powerball drawing has reached $390 million.
The tickets were sold at a Citgo gas station in Glenview and Newstand in the Woodfield Mall.
An eye-popping and unprecedented Powerball jackpot whose rise to $1.6 billion became a national fascination will be split three ways. The winners' identities remain a mystery, but they bought their tickets in Florida, Tennessee and a Los Angeles suburb.
The winning numbers have been drawn for Wednesday night's record $1.586 billion drawing.
Many of the people buying Powerball tickets for the record $1.5 billion jackpot are taking part in office pools. CBS 2's Marissa Bailey reports they are hoping today was their last day of work.
Keep this in mind when purchasing a Powerball ticket.
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