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    Mega Millions and Powerball manipulated the odds to create monster jackpots
    They don't buy lottery tickets. Not habitually, anyway. But the jackpot chasers typically emerge when they see the Mega Millions prize tick up...
    business/retailOctober 18, 2018 - 7:08am
    March 8, 2018
    Powerball winner fights to stay anonymous while donating funds to charities
    The mysterious winner of a $560 million lottery ticket in New Hampshire has finally claimed her prize, through her legal team, but she is still...
    news/nationMarch 8, 2018 - 7:41am
    February 6, 2018
    All she has to do to collect a $560 million lotto jackpot is make her name public. She refuses.
    The winning numbers triple-checked and the lottery ticket signed, the New Hampshire woman knew her life was about to change in a very positive way - except for one petrifying thing. As the winner of last month's $560 million Powerball, she would soon be the world's newest owner of...
    news/nationFebruary 6, 2018 - 10:43am
    August 24, 2017
    And the winner is? Winner of second largest jackpot in Powerball history has come forward
    Ladies and gentlemen, we have a winner. Powerball announced that a single ticket sold at a convenience store in Watertown, Massachusetts, was...
    newsAugust 24, 2017 - 3:11pm
    Mavis Wanczyk of Chicopee, Massachusetts, the winner of the $758.7 million Powerball jackpot is pictured in Braintree, Massachusetts, U.S. in this August 24, 2017 handout photo. Massachusetts State Lottery/Handout via REUTERS
    The second largest jackpot in Powerball history has a winner
    Ladies and gentlemen, we have a winner. Mavis Wanczyk won the second-largest lottery prize in U.S. history Wednesday, a $758 million Powerball...
    newsAugust 24, 2017 - 2:35pm
    August 23, 2017
    A woman holds Powerball lottery tickets outside Bluebird Liquor in Hawthorne, Los Angeles, California, United States, January 12, 2016. REUTERS / Lucy Nicholson
    How Powerball manipulated the odds to make another massive jackpot
    At $700 million, Wednesday night's Powerball prize is the second-largest lottery jackpot in its history, and the math is working out in favor...
    newsAugust 23, 2017 - 7:36am
    A sign advertises the U.S. lottery Powerball jackpot outside a store on Lafayette Street in Manhattan, New York, Feb. 22, 2017. Andrew Kelly / Reuters
    Winning Powerball ticket worth $435 million sold in Indiana
    A Powerball ticket sold in Indiana matched the winning numbers of a drawing on Wednesday, Feb. 22, for the game's $435 million jackpot, one of...
    newsFebruary 23, 2017 - 9:30am
    October 10, 2016
    Powerball lottery ticket sold in Watertown worth $100,000
    WATERTOWN (AP) — A Powerball ticket sold in Watertown is worth $100,000 in the latest drawing. Lottery officials say the ticket matched four of five white ball numbers and the Powerball to win the game's $50,000 third prize in Saturday's drawing, and the ticket holder bought...
    newsOctober 10, 2016 - 5:32pm
    June 3, 2016
    Two Mitchell men win $50K Powerball
    For two Mitchell men, buying lottery tickets for the past 20 years has finally paid off. Philip Picha and Mike Hilton are splitting their $50,000 winnings from their Powerball ticket, drawn on Wednesday. The duo matched four of the five white ball numbers and the Powerball to claim...
    newsJune 3, 2016 - 8:45pm
    June 2, 2016
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    $50,000 Powerball ticket sold in Alexandria
    ALEXANDRIA — A $50,000 Powerball ticket was sold in Alexandria, according to the South Dakota Lottery. The owner of the ticket matched four...
    newsJune 2, 2016 - 9:17am
    March 29, 2016
    Custer resident claims $50,000 Powerball prize
    CUSTER, S.D. (AP) — A Custer resident has claimed a $50,000 Powerball prize that he won last week. South Dakota lottery officials say Ray McLaughlin has claimed the winning ticket from Wednesday's drawing. The ticket matched four of five white ball numbers and the Powerball to win...
    newsMarch 29, 2016 - 4:15pm
    January 18, 2016
    2 Powerball tickets worth $50K sold in South Dakota claimed
    PIERRE (AP) — South Dakota's two $50,000 Powerball winners from the world-record $1.6 billion Powerball drawing on Wednesday have claimed their winnings. Lottery officials say Shannon Larson, of Sioux Falls, and Charles Austin, of Rapid City, have redeemed their prices. They both...
    newsJanuary 18, 2016 - 4:41pm
    January 15, 2016
    Powerball tickets worth $50K sold in Rapid City, Sioux Falls
    PIERRE (AP) — No one in South Dakota won the world record $1.6 billion Powerball jackpot, but two tickets worth $50,000 apiece were sold in the state. Lottery officials say one ticket was sold in Rapid City and the other in Sioux Falls. They both matched four of five white ball...
    newsJanuary 15, 2016 - 12:03pm
    November 28, 2015
    Powerball officials want to ensure they could pay for a record jackpot
    PIERRE—South Dakota and other states that offer the Powerball lotto game are changing the rules again. Lottery officials want to be sure they can pay a $1 billion jackpot. The record for Powerball's big prize reached $590.5 million in 2013. This year the jackpot became more...
    newsNovember 28, 2015 - 9:31am
    October 19, 2015
    Powerball ticket sold in Black Hawk worth $150,000
    BLACK HAWK (AP) — A Powerball ticket sold in Black Hawk is worth $150,000. South Dakota lottery officials say the ticket matched four of five white ball numbers and the Powerball in Saturday's drawing to win the game's $50,000 third prize, and an option purchased for an additional...
    newsOctober 19, 2015 - 11:34am
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