Powerball Jackpot Soars To $535 Million
At $535 million, the drawing would be the eighth largest lottery jackpot.
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At $535 million, the drawing would be the eighth largest lottery jackpot.
After Wednesday night's Powerball drawing yielded no jackpot winners, the prize climbed from $430 million to a gargantuan $510 million.
There was yet again no Powerball winner after a drawing Saturday night, so the jackpot will roll over to the next drawing on Wednesday night.
In the seven years since all U.S. lotteries began selling both Powerball and Mega Millions tickets, both games have never offered prizes so large at the same time.
Just in case you need to double check those tickets, Friday's winning Mega Millions numbers were 25, 17, 71, 9, 63 and the Mega Ball being 4.
A winning $100,000 Powerball ticket was sold in Philadelphia earlier this week.
A winning Powerball ticket worth $1 million was sold in Philadelphia this weekend.
At least one lucky person in California had all the winning numbers drawn on Saturday's Powerball drawing, lottery officials said.
The winning numbers for the Powerball jackpot are in and an Indiana ticketholder won the $435.3 million prize.
The ticket matched all five white balls drawn – three, seven, nine, 31 and 33, but not the Powerball.
It's not a record jackpot, but someone broke the bank in Saturday night's Powerball lottery drawing.
The Powerball jackpot is on the upswing again, growing to more than $400 million on the Thanksgiving holiday.
Powerball officials say one ticket sold in New Hampshire matches all six numbers in the Powerball drawing worth $487 million.
Saturday's $487 million jackpot is the nation's eighth-largest lottery jackpot
The amount is number 11 on the list of biggest lottery prizes in history.
Eight family members people share the winning ticket.
The winner of the $429.6 million Powerball jackpot has yet to come forward to claim the prize,
"This is so exciting'!" said clerk Luis Sandoval.
Someone is holding onto the sole winning Powerball ticket that was sold in New Jersey and is worth $429.6 million, lottery officials said Sunday.
This pot has been growing since March 2, after a 67-year-old man in Florida claimed the previous Powerball jackpot of $291.4 million. Powerball numbers are drawn each week on Wednesday and tonight's.
The Powerball jackpot has climbed to $415 million, making Saturday night's prize the largest since a record $1.6 billion payout in January.
Powerball says the odds of winning the top prize are one in more than 292 million.
With no big winner in Saturday night's Powerball drawing, the jackpot now stands at $348 million.
The current jackpot for the national lottery has reached $314 million after going weeks without a winner. The next drawing is Saturday night. If a winner isn't drawn, the pot will grow even bigger. The last jackpot to reach this level eventually grew to become the largest in U.S. history -- $1.5 billion.
One winning Powerball ticket worth $1 million from the Saturday's drawing was sold at Hometown Deli along the 800 block of Durham Road in Newtown.
Kyle Schwarber became the first MLB player to reach 40 home runs this season, and Jesús Luzardo struck out nine in the Phillies' 6-0 win over the Mariners on Wednesday.
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Jeffrey Lurie is being added to the Eagles Hall of Fame for his "legacy and relentless dedication" to the team, Ron Jaworski said.
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Kyle Schwarber became the first MLB player to reach 40 home runs this season, and Jesús Luzardo struck out nine in the Phillies' 6-0 win over the Mariners on Wednesday.
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A Philadelphia police officer taking daraxonrasib for pancreatic cancer says the drug is giving her hope.
A Philadelphia police officer taking daraxonrasib for pancreatic cancer says the drug is giving her hope.
Jeffrey Lurie is being added to the Eagles Hall of Fame for his "legacy and relentless dedication" to the team, Ron Jaworski said.
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Interactive exhibits and some artifacts dating back more than 100 years help detail the transformation of the Mother African Union Church.
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Spectacular start to the work week with low humidity, bright sunshine, and comfortable highs in the low 80s.
A Philadelphia police officer taking daraxonrasib for pancreatic cancer says the drug is giving her hope.
Pennsylvania has recorded its first two deaths connected to measles in 35 years.
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A Chester County teenager is getting ready to go back to school after recovering from a special kind of brain surgery.
New Jersey floral designer Alisha Simone Bell said she puts her "whole heart" into every arrangement and every detail.
On Tuesday, Pennsylvania took a major step in the fight against the negative impacts of social media, particularly on children.
Thieves are smashing windows and targeting trading card stores looking for valuable Pokémon cards, police in South Jersey say.
Customers lined up to support Somerdale Cold Cuts as it reopened after a copper theft.
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A deadly crash in Warminster is under investigation Sunday, police said.
PennDOT is advising drivers about an overnight closure on the Schuylkill Expressway westbound in West Philadelphia between 30th Street and the interchange with I-676 East.
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A group of East Norriton eighth graders took what started as an Earth Day project and made a whole initiative.
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