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The American Lottery game PowerBall is operated by the Multi-State Lottery Association and is part of a consortium
consisting of 29 States situated within the districts of the U.S. Virgin Islands and Columbia. Within this jurisdiction PowerBall has a
licensed monopoly and is the sole provider of the Multi-State lotteries.
Rules
You win the jackpot by matching 5
numbers from 1 to 55 plus a Powerball number from 1 to 42. There are nine ways to match your winning PowerBall Numbers and prize amounts
will vary depending on sales levels and number of winners. One ticket in 37 wins a prize!!
Tickets
Tickets can be purchased online from
TheLotter.com or
TheBigBigLotto
Results
PowerBall Lottery results are directly updated via xml feeds constantly (See right) and are always available
to view within minutes of each draw.
History
Created in 1990 as Lotto America and was later changed to PowerBall on the
19th of April 1992. The format has altered periodically and on the 4th March 2001 an optional multiplier wheel was added. The annual
payment was also changed from 20 to 25 years. The PowerBall Lottery Winning Numbers jackpot is a staggering $300 million and the Powerball
jackpot starts at $15 million dollars, then increases by $5 million per drawing when there is no winner!
Winners
84
year old
James Wilson, a retired electrician and World War II veteran claimed his $254 million PowerBall Jackpot was only bought an
hour before. Mr Wilson requested from the clerk a $5 PowerBall ticket and was informed that there were some “Quick Pick” pre printed
computer generated tickets available. Mr Wilson decided to buy one! And guess what? It was a winning ticket!
Michael Hawes,
an accountant was carrying a PowerBall Jackpot Winning ticket without even realising it. Mr Hawes returned to the store to buy some pop but
while he was there he bought a new PowerBall ticket and asked the clerk to scan some old tickets he had in his wallet, one of them was a
winning ticket! He said “he was shaking” Well, wouldn't anyone!
Jackie Alston purchased a $74.5 million Jackpot winning ticket
from a Shell gas station. The next day! she quit her job. Who'd want to work with $47 million in their bag?
Unclaimed for two
months. PowerBall Lottery prize winner
Ed O'Neill and his wife
Diane, netted $800,000 and he only found out because of an
article in a local newspaper. He purchased the Power Play option that quadrupled his winnings. Nice move!
Another lucky Powerball
winner
(who requested his identity to be withheld) had a double surprise, not only did he pick the winning numbers on one ticket but
also on a second! The two winning tickets were bought within 11 minutes, totalling $400,000! How lucky can you get!!!
Just click
on the link below for your complete ticket buying service...
Buying PowerBall Lottery tickets online with the
Bigbiglotto or
TheLotter.com
Another very popular way of playing the EuroMillions, UK
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The world wide e-Lottery syndicate system from VWD has
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With a 733% increased chance of winning the
UK Lotto,
3,600% increased chance of winning the
European
Lottery
and a guaranteed winner in every
Spanish lottery syndicate,
e-lottery is got to be worth taking a look at!
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