Tag Archives: Lotteries

[ad_1] It’s hard to imagine what it would be like to win Powerball’s $1.9 billion prize. But the reality almost always falls far short of the fantasy. “The curse of the lottery losers is very real,” said Andrew Stoltmann, a Chicago-based lawyer who has represented several recent lottery winners. One …

[ad_1] CNN  —  The Powerball lottery jackpot is expected to grow to $1.9 billion for Monday’s drawing, according to the California Lottery, making it the largest lotto prize ever offered – just as its organizers intended when they changed the odds in 2015. There were no winning tickets sold for …

[ad_1] New York CNN Business  —  One of the reasons for the record $1.9 billion jackpot for the Powerball drawing Monday night is something you wouldn’t expect — the recent run of steep interest rate hikes from the Federal Reserve. That’s because the size of the advertised $1.9 billion top …

[ad_1] CNN  —  The only thing better than winning the lottery is claiming two lottery prizes in one day. A Delaware woman was in for a once-in-a-lifetime surprise after she claimed two six-figure lottery prizes in one day on October 20, according to a news release from the Delaware Lottery. …

[ad_1] CNN  —  The “world’s largest lotto prize ever offered” – an estimated $1.6 billion jackpot – is now at stake in Saturday’s Powerball drawing, the multi-state game operator said Friday. The jackpot, which has a lump-sum option of an estimated $782.4 million, “breaks the world record for the Largest …

[ad_1] Jonathan Alcorn | Reuters If you manage to beat the odds stacked against hitting the Powerball jackpot, don’t forget you’ll have a silent partner in the win: the taxman. The jackpot for Saturday night’s drawing is now the largest lottery ever at an estimated $1.6 billion — pretax — …

[ad_1] The jackpot for Powerball’s Monday night drawing is a whopping $1 billion. Sort of, anyway. The advertised number represents the pre-tax amount you’d get if you were to receive your windfall as an annuity spread over three decades. Yet most jackpot winners choose the upfront one-time cash payment — …

[ad_1] CNN  —  Winning numbers were drawn Saturday night for the second largest jackpot in Powerball history. The winning numbers are: 19, 31, 40, 46, 57 with a Powerball of 23. Powerball game leaders increased the jackpot estimate to $825 million for Saturday night’s drawing after “strong” ticket sales across …

[ad_1] CNN  —  One North Carolina man’s longtime support of NASCAR legend Dale Earnhardt paid off big-time when he won over $200,000 in the lottery. Luther Dowdy, a 63-year-old grave digger, bought three “Quick Pick” tickets in honor of the No. 3 on Earnhardt’s race car, according to a news …

[ad_1] CNN  —  The winning numbers for Wednesday’s Powerball drawing for an estimated $700 million were 19, 36, 37, 46, 56 with a Powerball of 24. The prize is the fifth-largest Powerball jackpot and eighth-largest US lottery jackpot of all time, according to a Powerball news release. There were 35 …