Remember our Costco lottery winners that just scooped that enormous Powerball prize of $201.9 Million? The syndicate have now come forward and claimed their prize. 20 giant sized winnings checks were handed out, so they could all have one each. They actually agreed to take the prize as a lump sum, so after taxes will [...]

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Jimmy Freeman bought a quick pick ticket for the Powerball draw on Wednesday 8th June. Jimmy, 58, from Fall River, Massachusetts, then walked into lottery headquarters on Thursday morning to claim his $25,6000,000 winnings. Most players take some time to think things over, generally panic and then consult legal and financial advisors before coming forward. [...]

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A syndicate of 20 workers from the Costco store in Melville, New York are celebrating a huge Powerball lottery win of $201.9 Million. The workers identities have yet to be revealed however. The press conference scheduled for yesterday was cancelled as some of the group could not make it. We do know however that the [...]

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The odds may be a fairly awful 1-in-195 million of winning, but someone always wins eventually. And this time Bill Swanson is the lucky man from Hoosier. Bill, a geo-scientist, was visiting his 81 year old mother for Easter, when he bought the Powerball lottery ticket that scooped the jackpot. He and his mother bought [...]

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Once again this week we find some crazy rollover jackpots for the US Powerball and Mega Millions. It’s exciting. It’s headline grabbing. After all, Powerball is now at $101 Million, and Mega Millions is $244 Million. But before you throw all your lottery budget in their direction, spare a thought for why those jackpots are [...]

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Ines Carvajal from Kissimmee was revealed as the winner of the massive $182.1 MillionPowerball jackpot, drawn on the 26th February. The winning ticket was bought at Publix, 2340 Fortune Road in Kissimmee. It was a Quick Pick ticket (those Quick Picks do win!). Ines wasn’t aware she had won at first. She happened to be [...]

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It just kept rolling on, but finally that great big Powerball jackpot has been won. The winning ticket for the $182.1 Million jackpot was sold in Kissimmee, Florida. The Publix store that sold the ticket is amusingly is located at 2340 Fortune Road! So if you bought a ticket there for Saturday’s big draw, it [...]

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They kept it secret from everyone for over a month. But finally the much talked about winners of the Christmas Day Powerball draw have come forward. Jeffrey and Christine Pintuff, from Wilton in Saratoga County, actually discovered their win on 27th December. But they worked hard to contain their excitement and not reveal their good [...]

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His own house may have burned down last Winter… But this year has been a whole lot luckier for New York City firefighter Stephen Kirwan. On Tuesday Stephen was announced as the big $122 Million Poweball winner from 22nd January. “I sat at the kitchen table on Sunday morning and checked my numbers in the [...]

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The USA is a funny old place. Where else could you have the city of sin (Las Vegas) in a State that doesn’t allow the lottery (Nevada)..! There are currently 7 states in the US where you cannot play the lottery. And I don’t mean they don’t have a state lottery – I mean you [...]

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