Powerball

Get news of the latest Powerball winners, and game updates. It may be one of the toughest games in the world to win, but it’s still much loved. Read more about the US Lottery and Powerball here.

Powerball Caught In Crazy Sledging Caper [video]

December 6th, 2013

With thanks to the Oklahoma Lottery for capturing this secret footage of Mr. Powerball during his off-time…

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I’ve already watched this like 6 times, and it still makes me laugh.

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Category: Funny/Crazy Lottery Stories

Powerball Winner Pays For Maine School Repairs

November 29th, 2013

The biggest Powerball Lottery winner ever has made good on a promise to help pay for repairs to her hometown’s high school.  Gloria Mackenzie, who won a record $590 million Powerball jackpot in May this year, sent a check for $1 million to the town officials of East Millinocket, Maine. 

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$16 Million Florida Lottery Ticket Expires

November 27th, 2013

Can one be so lucky and unlucky at the same time?  A lucky bettor bought a ticket that beat odds in excess of 1 in 175 million to  match the winning numbers of 2, 6, 19, 21, 27 and a Powerball number of 25 more than six months ago. 

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Eight Carpenters Share A Million Dollars

November 23rd, 2013

Kennywood crewEight carpenters working for the West Mifflin Amusement Park have received early Christmas presents.  They will share a million dollar Powerball jackpot (about $750,000 after taxes) after the ticket they jointly held managed to match all five white numbers but not the red powerball. 

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Powerball Ticket Sold At Bakery Wins A Lot Of Dough

November 21st, 2013

When you need a lot of dough, where do you go  find it?  At a bakery apparently.  One lottery player has won a $130 million Powerball jackpot from a ticket purchased at the 117 Brighton Beach Bakery and Deli in Brooklyn.

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Ex-Girlfriend Sues Big Powerball Winner

November 12th, 2013

Just last spring, people were envious of an immigrant from the Dominican Republic who won a huge $338 million Powerball jackpot.  There was even more praise for winner Pedro Quezada, who promised to pay for the his neighbors’ rents. 

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Retired Couple Claim $213 Million Jackpot

November 7th, 2013

Two weeks after the draw, the winners of a $213 million Powerball jackpot have come forward.  Retired hospital workers Carl and Lulu Mitchell only took their sweet time so they can have the opportunity to think things over carefully.

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Footage Of Lottery Winner Published

November 6th, 2013

A lucky lottery player bought a Powerball ticket at Whitley Heights Market, located at 1900 North Highland Ave. in Los Angeles way back in May.  The ticket managed to match five of six numbers, but missed the Powerball for the May 22 draw. 

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Hospital Worker Wins $213 Million Powerball Jackpot

November 5th, 2013

The California Lottery announced that a nuclear medicine technician from the Saint Agnes Medical Center has won the $213 million Powerball jackpot in the Oct. 23 draw.

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Coal Miner Strikes Gold

October 12th, 2013

A Rupert coal miner  ‘struck gold’ when a Powerball ticket he had bought earlier matched five numbers drawn, but not the powerball. David Feamster was one of three winners across the US who won million dollar Pwerball second prizes in the October 2 draw.

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