Friday, May 17, 2013
If you draw the Powerball winning numbers in Saturday’s lottery, you could score $550 million, or a $350 million one-time payout.
Powerball results were watched closely Wednesday when the jackpot was $363 million. After no one picked all six winning numbers, the new Powerball prize for the Saturday, May 19 drawing is now $550 million. Return here Saturday night to see the winning numbers The one-time cash payout is estimated at $350.1 million. Tickets are $2 and the game is played in Wisconsin and 42 other states, including Florida, Texas, California and New York. For a full list of lottery agents, click on this link and you can search by community. The largest Powerball Jackpot cash payout to date was $384 million and was won on Nov. 28, 2012, in Arizona and Missouri. Wonder what happens to the folks who hit it big? Browse the Huffington Post’s collection of …
Wednesday, May 15, 2013
What would you do if you won the lottery?
The Powerball jackpot will hit $350 million for Wednesday’s drawing. Though not the largest Powerball cash payout, the jackpot is inching closer to the $384 million that was given out in November 2012 in Arizona and Missouri. We want to know – if you were to win the $350 million jackpot, what is the first thing you would buy with your winnings?
Thursday, November 29, 2012
With a $580 million prize on the line, Rhode Island residents come up empty on the big prize.
A half billion dollars was on the line in the Powerball drawing Wednesday night. The $580 million winning Powerball numbers have been selected and people across Rhode Island were waking up Thursday checking their tickets to see if they were new millionaires. But the winning tickets were actually sold down south and out west according to lottery officials. As of Thursday morning winning tickets were sold in Arizona and Missouri. The winning Powerball numbers for the Nov. 28, 2012 drawing are 5, 16, 22, 23, 29 and a Powerball number of 6. Powerball is held in 42 states, The U.S. Virgin Islands and the District of Columbia. For more on Powerball, visit Powerball.com
Rhode Island is one of 42 states that play Powerball. Did you have any of the winning numbers?
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Thursday, November 29, 2012
5-16-22-23-29-6. If you had all six numbers (and you had the six in the all-important "power ball" spot), then you won all or a share of $579,900,000. Then again, if you won all or part of $579,900,000, you aren't reading this right now. You're shopping for mansions in Portsmouth, driving the Bugatti you bought first thing Thursday morning to get there. There were two grand prize winners Wednesday night, according to the Powerball website. Neither was sold in Rhode Island, but some lucky soul from Massachusetts did win a million-dollar payday by hitting five numbers. Don't tear those tickets up if you missed all six numbers. If you got some combination of numbers, you may be able to recoup some of the money you spent buying the tickets. …
Wednesday, November 28, 2012
Since no one has won Powerball for 16 consecutive tries, the estimated jackpot for Wednesday drawing is $500 million. Tell us in the comments what you would do if you won.
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Wednesday, November 28, 2012
For the last two months, no one has been lucky to win the Powerball lottery. So Wednesday's estimated jackpot is $500 million, and likely to go even higher as a buying frenzy has begun. At $500 million, it would be the largest jackpot in Powerball history. Powerball is pulled Wednesdays and Fridays. The Powerball lottery is played in 42 states, including Massachusetts and all six New England states. According to Powerball, the odds of winning the jackpot is 1 in 175 million. The odds of getting all 5 numbers and not the Powerball, earning $1 million, is 1 in 5 million.
Thursday, March 8, 2012
Wednesday night's jackpot was worth $60 million.
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Thursday, March 8, 2012
Just two days after Newport resident Louise White came forward to claim her $336 million Powerball prize, Powerball officials have announced that another Ocean State Powerball player has won the game. Powerball officials have announced that Wednesday night's $60 million winning ticket was purchased in Rhode Island. The winning numbers are 12 35 45 46 47 with Powerball 12. It has yet to be announced where the ticket was purchased, but Ocean State residents will surely wait with wonder to find out, just as they did with the $336 million prize. Newport's White took a few weeks to come forward to claim the 3rd largest Powerball jackpot in the history of the game. Purchased at the Stop & Shop in Newport, White said on Tuesday that it all …
Wednesday, February 22, 2012
Share you thoughts about what happened to that $336 million ticket.
It’s been more than a week since Rhode Island Lottery officials confirmed the winning ticket for the $336 million Powerball was sold at Stop & Shop on Bellevue Avenue. Rumors swirled that Sid Abruzzi of Water Bros. had the winning ticket. Then it was talk that several Shop & Shop employees were going to split the winnings, and that a Salve Regina University student had been set for life. Still, no one has stepped forward. Is the winner biding his or her time, waiting for the frenzy to die down? Or could it be the ultimate nightmare, and maybe the golden ticket has been lost?
Wednesday, February 15, 2012
What would you have done with the prize money?
Okay, so it's a little anti-climactic when you hear that a Rhode Island ticket took home the big prize and you realize it wasn't you. But what if it was? According to a tweet from @RILottery, the $336.4 million winning ticket was purchased from the Stop & Shop located at 250 Bellevue Ave. Officials say the ticket holder has yet to come forward. With the winning ticket so close to home, it has made many fantasize about what they might have done with the money had they won. One of our Facebook users said this: I would make sure I took care of my family 1st, then charitable donations and some very special friends..Then I'd take a year long vacation and do everything on my "bucket list" - Linda Petrone So tell us, what would you have done with…
Melanie
11:28 am on Wednesday, May 15, 2013
Pay bills, payback all those who've helped me in one way or another with interest, give to charities, maybe start my own business and more. First I need to play Powerball to win. :) more ›