Things To Know About The Growing $450 Million Powerball Jackpot
Players will have a chance Wednesday night at an estimated $450 million Powerball jackpot, making it the biggest lottery prize in nearly a year.
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Players will have a chance Wednesday night at an estimated $450 million Powerball jackpot, making it the biggest lottery prize in nearly a year.
Officials with the Texas Lottery say "you" are to thank for breaking a record. During the fiscal year 2015, the Texas Lottery recorded $4.529 billion in gross sales.
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There's a Powerball winner in North Texas. One of three winning Powerball tickets was sold at a convenience store in the Collin County city of Princeton, lottery officials announced early Thursday.
What would you do with half a Billion dollars? As of right now, the jackpot for tonight Powerball lottery drawing is estimated to be worth $500 Million.
It's been a while, but there's a giant Powerball jackpot that's expected to have a prize of $317 million by Wednesday night's drawing. This is a return to form for the game.
A Dallas, Texas woman has claimed a $202.6 million Powerball jackpot prize after buying the winning ticket at a St. Louis newsstand.
The scores of losing players in last week's $425 million Powerball jackpot did more than take an extremely long shot at getting rich.
A man in San Jose wins the Power Ball, and there's audio from the owner of the store who sold the winning ticket. It turns out he was on hand for other important events in American history.
Each member of the crew explains their methodical plans should they ever win the power ball money.
Did you buy your Powerball ticket in North Texas for Wednesday's drawing? Spoiler alert: you didn't win the jackpot.
Four people in Texas are holding million-dollar Powerball tickets, and one of them is in Arlington.
If you didn't win the big Powerball jackpot Wednesday night, maybe you don't need to pick different numbers, you just need to pick a different store.
Ticketholders aren't the only ones who benefit from a win like the one expected in Wednesday's big Powerball drawing, estimated to be $425 million so far.
In the tiny Texas town of Bells, a $40 million Powerball ticket was sold in last night's drawing.
Americans held there collective breaths Saturday night, hoping they had the winning ticket in a $600 million dollar Powerball drawing. Here are the winning numbers: 22-10-13-14-52 | Powerball number 11 for Saturday, May 18, 2013. Did you win?
A message early Thursday on the multistate lottery's website said the jackpot has soared to $475 million after none of the tickets sold matched all the winning numbers in Wednesday night's drawing.
North Texans are coming down with a double dose of lottery fever this week.
Nobody in Texas won the $580 million dollar Powerball jackpot. But, four people in Texas won a million dollars for getting five of the six numbers right. And, one of those people bought their winning ticket from a convenience store in Dallas.
The richest Powerball jackpot ever _ and the second-largest top prize in U.S. lottery history _ has been won. The question now becomes: Who are the lucky winners waking up to new lives as multimillionaires?
Powerball fever has hit North Texas. The estimated jackpot for Wednesday's drawing has jumped from $425 million to $500 million -- that's half a billion dollars -- making it the second richest lottery jackpot in United States history.
The record Powerball jackpot keeps rising. It now stands at $550 million after officials say brisk sales keep driving up the payout amount. In Texas alone early $7 million worth of Powerball tickets were sold before 1 p.m. on Wednesday.
The historic Powerball jackpot boosted to $500 million on Tuesday was all part of a plan lottery officials put in place early this year to build jackpots faster, drive sales and generate more money for states that run the game.
Plan on digging deeper in your wallet to play the multi-state lottery game Powerball. Beginning yesterday, the price of a Powerball ticket doubled from $1 to $2.
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Mikko Rantanen's final-round score was the only goal of the shootout and Jake Oettinger made 27 saves as the Dallas Stars beat the Pittsburgh Penguins 3-2 on Sunday night.
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American Airlines has announced plans to cut management and support roles, mainly at its headquarters in North Texas.
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