Friday, May 17, 2013
If you drew the Powerball winning numbers in Saturday’s lottery, you could score $600 million, the largest Powerball jackpot ever.
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 18, drawing is now $600 million, which makes it the highest Powerball jackpot ever — and the second-highest U.S. lottery jackpot. The numbers drawn Saturday night were: 10, 13, 14, 22, 52 and the Powerball was 11. The one-time cash payout is estimated at $376.9 million. Tickets are $2 and the game is played in Wisconsin and 42 other states, including Florida, Texas, California and New York. You can buy tickets until 9 p.m. CST for the 9:59 p.m. drawing. Buy tickets online here, or search for a local retailer. Until Saturday, the largest Powerball jackpot was $587.5 …
Wednesday, March 13, 2013
After nobody won Saturday's Powerball jackpot, the big prize rolled over and the jackpot for Wednesday's drawing was $183 million.
The winning numbers in Wednesday's Powerball jackpot drawing were 5, 9, 28, 32, 38 and the Powerball is 29. The Powerball jackpot for reached $183 million, or a $112.5 million cash payout. There is no word yet on whether anyone won the jackpot. The jackpot rolled over after Saturday's drawing produced no grand prize winner, however, three people matched all five Powerball numbers and each won a $1 million prize. Because one person also selected the Power Play option, that individual received another $1 million. In Wisconsin, nearly 8,000 winning tickets were sold for Saturday's drawing.
Tuesday, November 27, 2012
Grab $2 and a dream and stop by a local retailer to cash in, because even at ridiculous odds, you can't win if you don't play.
Sunday, November 25, 2012
Did you get squeezed out of a deal on Black Friday? It may not matter if you cash in on the largest Powerball jackpot in history on Wednesday
So maybe you didn't get that large screen TV at Walmart because you weren't there early enough or valued your own personal safety to wait until later. It may not matter if you can manage get to local stores to buy a lottery ticket by 8 p.m. Wednesday. The Powerball estimated jackpot was estimated at $425 million, according to the Powerball website, the largest in its history, however the fever of cashing in just before the holidays has driven that number to $500 million as of Tuesday, and now $550 million Wednesday. The previous top windfall was $365 million, and was claimed by eight co-workers in Lincoln, NE, in 2006. The Powerball numbers for Saturday were 22-32-37-44-50, and the Powerball was 34. The lottery claimed more than 2 million …
Wednesday, August 15, 2012
There are as many ideas in how to spend $300 million as there are dollars in this Wednesday's jackpot. Unfortunately, the winner of this week's Powerball wasn't from Muskego.
Updated 7 a.m. Thursday: Looks like we're all going to have to go back to work today as the winning $337 million Powerball ticket was purchased in Lapeer, MI, wherever that is. Original story For only $2, the dream is all yours: winning $300 million, courtesy of Powerball, which is estimating their Wednesday jackpot at $305 million. We asked readers how they'd spend the money if their ship came in as the numbers are read Wednesday night, and answers varied from the impulsive to the profound. "I'd spend every dime!" wrote Jim Jacques. Thinking locally and generously, Lisa Marie Duller said, "First, retire....then pay off my bills and house, do some renovations to my house, finish the basement, donate to my favorite charities, make sure the …
Bob McBride
8:29 am on Sunday, May 19, 2013
2 -1 million dollar winners in WI. 1 ticket purchased in Antigo, another in Milwaukee. more ›