Posts Tagged ‘US Lottery’
Homeless man wins lottery but doesn’t want home
A vagrant from Indiana has scooped $50,000 on a lottery scratch card but says he has no intention of giving up his tent. Dennis Mahurin has been homeless since around 1978, living in his tent, now he has scooped a $50,000 scratch card win, worth around $35,000 after taxes. He says he’ll buy a new home, his tent is shabby and he wants to replace it, but he has no intention of changing his life for a more conventional one.
Mr Mahurin says he’s ‘as happy as he can be in his nature’ and has no intention of moving up in the world, he’s quite happy living in his tent, even with $35,000 in his pocket.
US Powerball jackpot at $103 million
At any given time a single lottery jackpot will be the biggest in the world and this weekend that honour goes to the US Powerball jackpot, making headlines with a staggering $103 million rollover on offer.
No one has won the Powerball jackpot since one player from Virginia scooped $217 million on February 6th. That’s more than double tonight’s top prize, but who knows what will happen.
US Powerball jackpot climbs to $90 million
We have some big lottery jackpots up for grabs around the world this week and the biggest is these is from the US Powerball Lottery, boasting a staggering $80 million in the midweek draw after a rollover last night. The Powerball jackpot has been climbing for a few draws now, and is now looking like a seriously life-changing sum.
Last night’s Powerball draw, the winning numbers were 2 – 5 – 31 – 39 – 41; Powerball 29 but with no jackpot winners, another rollover takes Wednesday’s jackpot to $90 million!
Weekly roundup of US lottery results up to Saturday 9th February 2013
This week all eyes were on the US lottery results and the Powerball Lotto in particular. Following the rollover draw on Saturday 2nd February, the huge lottery jackpot stood at a mighty $217.2 million for the midweek, Wednesday night draw but this was where the rolling came to an abrupt end. On Wednesday night one lucky ticket holder, who is yet to be named, won the huge Powerball jackpot to them self and who knows, that jackpot winner could be you so check the US Powerball Lotto results below carefully.
All eyes are on the Powerball Lotto jackpot
As many of us here in the UK are heading for our beds, much of the US is eagerly awaiting the outcome of the Powerball Lotto, which boasts the biggest of all current lottery jackpots across the world. The rollover jackpot of the popular multi-state lottery draw has been growing in size since the last jackpot was won by Christopher McGurran from Florida back in December. Since then the top prize has gotten away from everybody.
It’s not been three months since the last monster Powerball Lotto jackpot was won, when two ticket holders – Cindy and Mark Hill from Missouri and Matthew Good of Arizona – shared the massive $587.5 million record Powerball jackpot and here we are again, talking about hundreds of millions of dollars up for grabs.
Weekly roundup of US lottery results up to Saturday 2nd February 2013
As per usual, this week both the US Mega Millions Lottery and the Powerball Lottery had two draws each – Tuesday and Friday night for the Mega Millions and Wednesday and Saturday night for the Powerball but did you buy tickets and, if so, have you checked this week’s US lottery results to see if you’re a winner?
As the $89 million Mega Millions jackpot was won last Saturday by a solitary ticket holder from New Jersey, the Wednesday night draw had a jackpot of $12 million, which is the restart value following a jackpot win.
The US Powerball Lottery jackpot hasn’t been won since the Boxing Day draw, when Christopher McGurran from Florida walked away with the $32,446,463.34 cash option after matching all five main lottery balls plus the Powerball, becoming an instant multimillionaire.
US Powerball Lottery results, Saturday 19th January 2013
Last night the US Powerball Lottery had a huge rollover jackpots to play for and if you bought tickets for this monster draw, we have the numbers for you. As always, there were players from across 44 US states plus international players all battling it out for one of the biggest lottery jackpots in the world.
So, dig out those tickets and see if you were lucky last night. The US Powerball Lottery results for Saturday 19th January 2013 are; 08 – 28 – 29 – 34 – 38; Powerball 35.
US Lottery results, 6th to 12th January 2013
It’s been a busy week of lottery action stateside, with rollover lottery jackpots to play for. The biggest of these rollover lottery jackpots was the Powerball, with $75 million to play for. So, without further ado, let’s take a look at those US lottery results for the second week in January 2013, including the Powerball Lottery, Mega Millions Lottery, Florida Lotto, Hoosier Lotto and California SuperLotto.
Oklahoma gets Powerball luck but jackpot rolls
In last night’s Powerball drawing, one state brought in the biggest winners and saw two millionaires created, and that state was Oklahoma, by far the luckiest in last night’s draw. However, despite the luck no one won the jackpot and it rolls to $80 million for Saturday night!
The lucky numbers last night were 11 – 13 – 20 – 27 – 59; Powerball 26 but no one matched that all important Powerball, creating this big Saturday rollover.
US Powerball jackpot rolls to $70 million
Saturday night is Powerball and last night’s jackpot on the big US multi-state draw was a massive $60 million. The draw went off without a hitch and the winning numbers are 26 – 30 – 49 – 51 – 54 Powerball 25 but news is that no one has matched all the winning numbers so the US Powerball jackpot rolls to $70 million!
There were plenty of winners in last night’s drawing, so don’t throw your Powerball tickets away yet, as even if you have not matched the jackpot there are many prize tiers.
