Most players in the USA will now be aware that the 2012 changes to the Powerball have been put in place. The marketing has been telling us all how the Powerball is now easier to win, because that’s what we wanted. And of course that the minimum grand prize has been increased from $20 Million [...]

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The US Powerball is a very hard game to win. The odds are a pretty horrendous 1 in 195,249,054. Let’s call it 1 in 195 Million for ease of thinking. Pretty poor when you consider a more regular 6 balls from 49 draw has odds of 1 in 13 Million. That means you have to [...]

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The USA must have the craziest and most restrictive lottery laws around. Other countries have been allowing players to buy lottery tickets online for many years. Other countries allow their residents to play in whatever lottery games around the world that they like. But the USA severely clamped down on it’s citizens freedoms a few [...]

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It could easily have gone the wrong way and ended up being one of those crazy US court cases where everybody sues anybody. Instead Kathy Scruggs, 44, walked away $25 Million richer. Kathy, who lives in Georgia, went to buy a ticket for Mega Millions. She asked for a Mega Millions quick pick, but the [...]

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That $108.8 Million Powerball jackpot has been claimed. It has gone to a couple from Abingdon, Maryland. Apparently the couple are undecided if to go public about their win, but so far have chosen to remain anonymous whilst they consider options. Maryland is one of the few states in the USA where lottery winners are [...]

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An unnamed couple just collected $10 Million on the Australian Powerball. They knew pretty quickly they had won on checking the numbers – as they’d been playing the same numbers for over 36 years! The couple said the win would be completely life changing for them, particularly as they had been struggling to get by [...]

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Retirement was not looking promising when they met their financial advisor last week. But now the latest Minnesota Powerball winners, Thomas and Kathleen Morris, have a new appointment with their advisor. To discuss whether they should take the annuity or lump sum option for their $228.9 Million Powerball jackpot. Thomas has already decided he will [...]

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Lotery syndicates are very thin on the ground in the USA. Most of those that did exist got scared and closed down when the US Government introduced a bill designed to clamp down on online gambling. Syndicates were never the target, they just ended up as collateral damage! You can see the few that still [...]

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Remember lottery winner Randy Smith? He was the guy who won a $44 Million lump sum on the Powerball, and has been very generous with his charitable donations – including buying fire engines and ambulances! Well, you’re going to get to know Randy Smith a whole lot better. For 3 days The Learning Channel (TLC) [...]

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The Powerball is one of the most popular lottery games in the USA, and is coming up to celebrating it’s 20th birthday in January 2012. But there are some controversial changes scheduled to take place on it’s birthday, 15th January 2012. Here’s a quick summary of the Powerball lottery changes:- The base jackpot will double [...]

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