Lottery News and Stories
Powerball increases to $154 million
Thursday, September 18, 2008 posted 09:45 AM EDT
Wall Street's not the only place where fortunes are made and lost these days.
One fortune will be up for grabs on Saturday, when Powerball has $154 millon on the line.
Two other fortunes have gone unclaimed for weeks in the other major multistate lottery, Mega Millions.
On July 22, a ticket purchased at a Newark, N.J., supermarket hit a $126 million windfall, but the winner has yet to step
forward.
On Aug. 29, somebody who bought a ticket at a Georgia convenience store scored $133 million, but has yet to make a claim.
Powerball's jackpot rose because no one hit all the numbers drawn last night. They were: 12, 23, 26, 32 and 44, with a Powerball
of 20.
Pennsylvania sold one of 12 tickets that won $200,000 for having the first five numbers, but not the Powerball.
Two other tickets, in North Carolina and Oklahoma, won $1 million each for having the same five numbers plus the Power Play
multiplier option of 5.
Mega Millions will have a $12 million jackpot tomorrow, because an Ohio ticket won the $15 million top prize in Tuesday's
drawing.
The numbers drawn were 13, 24, 39, 51 and 52 with a Mega Ball of 44.
The previous Tuesday, a Maryland woman won $24 million playing Mega Millions.
Powerball is played in Pennsylvania, Delaware and 28 other states.
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