Powerball Jackpot At $750 Million For Wednesday's Drawing
Start saying goodbye to your coworkers, because you might retire with a $750 million-winning lottery ticket tomorrow.
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Start saying goodbye to your coworkers, because you might retire with a $750 million-winning lottery ticket tomorrow.
Lottery officials say the Powerball jackpot for Wednesday's drawing has ballooned to an estimated $750 million , which would be the fourth-largest grand lottery prize in U.S. history.
Tonight's winning Powerball numbers have been announced.
Bad news: No one won Wednesday night's Powerball drawing. Good news: Now you have a chance at an even bigger jackpot.
Fantasies of buying 423 castles or 2,143 Ferraris could become reality this week now that the Powerball jackpot has topped half a billion dollars.
No tickets matched Saturday's Powerball drawing.
Lottery officials say two tickets have won the estimated $750 million Powerball jackpot.
No one has won the big Powerball prize, so the estimated jackpot now grows to $750 million — potentially the fourth-largest lottery jackpot in U.S. history.
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Is this the night someone makes US lottery history?
It's not too late to jump on the lottery train -- there's more than $2 billion up for grabs this week.
The Mega Millions jackpot has climbed to $1 billion Friday morning.
The Mega Millions jackpot is getting closer to $1 billion.
Tonight's MEGA Millions jackpot is now a record $667 million.
So you have your lottery ticket, you've checked the numbers a few hundred times, and sure enough, you are now a multi-millionaire.
Nearly a billion dollars in jackpot money is up for grabs between the MEGA Millions and POWERBALL lotteries.
A judge has ruled that a New Hampshire woman who won a Powerball jackpot worth nearly $560 million can keep her identity private.
Did you win? We've got the numbers for the latest Powerball and Mega Millions lottery tickets.
The likelihood of winning both? Forget about it.
The jackpot jumps to an estimated $550 million for Saturday's drawing. That would make it the nation's 8th largest lottery prize ever.
Lottery players have a chance at winning two giant jackpots that together amount to nearly $800 million.
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