Friday, May 17, 2013
Grab a Powerball ticket while you're out running errands today and get in on a chance to win $600 million.
Saturday night's Powerball jackpot has climbed to $600 million—the second highest Powerball prize of all time. A winner who matches all five numbers and the red Powerball can get a $350 million cash payout (before taxes). The Powerball drawing is held every Wednesday and Saturday at 10:59 p.m. The largest Powerball Jackpot cash payout to date was $384 million and was won in November 2012 in Arizona and Missouri. Here are some local places to buy Powerball tickets: To find other Powerball vendors in your area, plug an address or ZIP code into the Pennsylvania Lottery website's retailer-locator application. Here's How to Play Powerball, according to the PA Lottery:
Monday, January 7, 2013
No one has claimed ticket, which was drawn Saturday, lottery commission says.
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Monday, January 7
Someone in the Easton area -- or at least someone who shops there -- is sitting on a $1 million lottery ticket. The Pennsylvania Lottery says Ike's Exxon station in Wilson sold one of four $1 million tickets from the Jan. 5 drawing. Workers at Ike's said Monday afternoon they had no idea who bought the ticket. The store -- and any retailer who sells a winning $1 million ticket -- gets a $5,000 bonus. Whoever it was who won has a year to claim the prize at Pennsylvania Lottery headquarters in Dauphin County, the lottery said in a news release. The four winning numbers were 00023446, 00075876, 00158528 and 00222718. The other three tickets were sold in Cumberland, Lycoming and Jefferson counties, the lottery said.
Wednesday, November 21, 2012
A $2 ticket could win you $250 million in Wednesday's Powerball drawing.
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Wednesday, November 21, 2012
The Powerball jackpot has climbed to $250 million after no one matched the winning numbers in Saturday night's drawing. The next drawing in the multi-state lottery -- including Pennsylvania -- will take place on Wednesday, Nov. 21. A standard Powerball wager costs $2, but players can select a "Power Play" option for an additional $1 when purchasing the ticket. Power Play increases the cash prize for any winning combination that isn't a jackpot. The Powerball lottery is played in 42 states, Washington, D.C., and the U.S. Virgin Islands. The absence of a winner Saturday increased the jackpot by $36 million. A Lehigh Valley man bought a winning $1 million Pa. Lottery ticket in September and a $2 million Powerball ticket was sold at a local …
Thursday, September 27, 2012
What would you do if you were the lucky winner of the $1 million lottery ticket sold in Lehigh Valley this week?
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Thursday, September 27, 2012
A Cash 5 lottery ticket worth $1 million was sold at Top Star Express on Hamilton Boulevard in Trexlertown, Lehigh County. Winner Ricky Robertson of Upper Macungie Township told WFMZ he plans to buy a new house and invest the rest of his winnings. The winning ticket matched all five balls - 02-13-20-41-42 - drawn Monday night. What would you do if you won $1 million? Tell us in the comments below. Federal tax of 25 percent will be deducted from the winnings. Top Star Express will receive a $5,000 bonus for selling the winning ticket. This marks the second time in two months that a Lehigh Valley lottery player hit it big. An Emmaus man bought a ticket worth $496,018 in August. The Pennsylvania Lottery achieved record-high sales this year. …
Taylor Sandra
4:30 am on Saturday, September 29, 2012
I Would pay all my overdue bills. Take my kids shopping. Fix my car. Start with a clean slate. more ›