Powerball may be rolling in to Massachusetts Oct 11, 2009
State Treasurer Tim Cahill announced today that Massachusetts has reached an agreement in principle to join the multi-state Powerball lottery game. The state is part of a larger agreement allowing 45 lotteries across the nation, including Massachusetts, to offer both the popular Mega Millions and Powerball games. (Allston Brighton TAB, MA)
Lottery jackpot grows to $333 million Aug 29, 2009
Two Powerball lottery drawings were also larger; a $365 million drawing in February 2006 and a $340 million drawing in October 2005 ... Thirty other states participate in Powerball lottery drawings. (Dayton Business Journal, OH)
Fargo store sold $200K lottery ticket Aug 4, 2009
LOADING Aug 04, 2009 - 04:05:21 CDT A Fargo grocery store sold a Powerball lottery ticket that's worth $200,000. North Dakota's lottery office says the winner has not yet come forward. (Bismarck Tribune, ND)
Melbourne man's $40m lottery win Jul 31, 2009
Melbourne man's $40m Powerball lottery win. You are here. (Sydney Morning Herald -- Australia)
Sotomayor Still Standing After Testimony Jul 17, 2009
Taking a stand before an issue is presented is idiocy, because unless you know what the next powerball lottery number is, you cannot know what aspect of any case will be the subject of ruling until it comes up, and "what ifs" are the hypotheses of cowards. by skyk-2009 July 16, 2009 2:34 PM EDT. (CBS News)
N.C. Lottery boss to head Powerball group Jul 9, 2009
Executive Director Tom Shaheen has been elected to the top position of the association that offers the Powerball lottery game. Shaheen was elected president of the s board of directors. (Raleigh Triangle Business Journal, NC)
Family hit hard times, then hit jackpot Jun 6, 2009
Neal Wanless, 23, claims a $232 million Powerball lottery prize. - AP PHOTO BY CHET BROKAW. (News & Observer)
S.D. rancher wins $232.1 million Powerball Jun 6, 2009
Neal Wanless, 23, accepts a ceremonial check for winning a $232 million Powerball lottery jackpot, Friday in Pierre, S.D. He'll take home $88. 5 million in a lump-sum payment after taxes are deducted. (MSNBC -- International)
Lottery to introduce Powerball winner Jun 5, 2009
The winning ticket from the May 27 drawing was purchased in the town of Winner, which has two Powerball lottery outlets. It's the ninth-largest Powerball jackpot ever won and the biggest ever paid out in South Dakota. (Sioux City Journal, IO)
$232M lottery ticket sold to winner in Winner, S.D. May 29, 2009
Shawn Ulmer, manager of the Ampride convenience store in Winner, S.D., talks to reporters on Thursday, May 28, 2009, as she waits to find out who won a Powerball lottery jackpot worth 232 million. (The Associated Press). (Sierra Vista Herald, AZ)
Beacon Hill Roll Call: May 18-22 May 23, 2009
5 percent in Boston) local hotel/motel tax by up to 2 percent; allowing Massachusetts to join the multi-state Powerball Lottery game in the hope of generating an estimated $25 million annually and allowing cities and towns to impose local property taxes on currently tax-exempt, above-ground poles, wires and switching equipment owned by telecommunications companies. Under current law, their poles and wires are exempt from local property taxes while electric companies and wireless companies are... (Hamilton Wenham Chronicle, MA)
Lucky locals split state jackpot win May 13, 2009
The employees Janet Black, Cheryl Pace, Diane Claice, Michelle Kaiser, Dave Bruce, Ed McGee and Carl Teague threw in 2 to buy state and Powerball lottery tickets. Sunday, Black realized something huge: They d hit the state jackpot of 5. (Montrose Daily Press, CO)
How NBA should deal with flareups May 8, 2009
Steve Aschburner: I think what the NBA playoffs need more of is me winning the Powerball lottery. c'mon, it's worth a try. (SportsIllustrated.CNN)
Lottery Winners to Claim Prize, Remain Anonymous May 2, 2009
WASHINGTON - The public may never know the identity of a D.C. couple who won Washington's largest Powerball lottery jackpot. The couple, who won $142 million in a drawing more than three weeks ago, are considering ways to stay anonymous. (ABC 7 News, DC)
McCarthy one of six making Derby debut May 1, 2009
No doubt about it, the odds of McCarthy making the Derby with a one-horse stable after decades of obscurity can't be much shorter than hitting the Powerball lottery. Yet McCarthy is just one of six trainers whose Derby debut will come Saturday at Churchill Downs. (ESPN -- Horse Racing)
Is Powerball Coming to New York? Apr 17, 2009
The New York Lottery is hoping to join the Powerball lottery as a way to increase state revenue. The move is expected to get the go-ahead through a provision in the 2009-2010 state budget that allows the state to enter more than one multi-jurisdictional lottery. (WCAX.com, VT)
Why Are User Interfaces Programmed so Poorly? Apr 16, 2009
Instead of a counter ticking down the time with nanosecond precision, though, it is not unusual to see random digits popping up on the screen like balls floating in the cage of a Powerball lottery drawing. The counter may start at 60 seconds, and after 15 seconds it shows 80 seconds followed by 98 seconds and 74 seconds and 86 seconds. (Datamation)
You'll never look at Chinese food the same Mar 12, 2009
In fact, the book centers around Lees quest to discover the origins of the fortune cookie a quest sparked by, of all the things, the Powerball lottery. On March 30, 2005, the interstate Powerball lottery had 110 confirmed winners. (Carlisle Sentinel, PA)
No small task in Big East tournament for many teams Mar 11, 2009
In a league labeled by some as one of the toughest in the history of college basketball, playing the Powerball lottery would seem to have better odds for Cincinnati, DePaul, Seton Hall, South Florida, Rutgers, Notre Dame, St. John's, and Georgetown, the eight teams that drew the extra workload with the decision to invite all 16 teams (instead of 12) to New York. How tough is the Big East. (Boston Globe)
Proposed lottery bill would raise $11M annually Feb 8, 2009
He said he would sign a clean bill to join the multistate Powerball lottery, however. Wyoming residents now must leave the state to buy lottery tickets. (Gillette News-Record, WY)
