http://www.freerepublic.com/tag/powerball/ en-us Fri, 9 May 2008 17:42:22 GMT Focus Forum 15 http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2013657/posts No doubt you felt a surge of Gopher Pride when you learned that a Waseca couple hit the Powerball. The big lottery jackpots always seem to go to people in far-away Cooter County. Bufus! Put down the banjo and git out of the tree, your daddy done won us some Britney-size money!They end up blowing through $150 million in a few years, which isn't surprising: You take an ordinary feller, give him unimaginable wealth, and he will justify building a catapult that throws Ferraris in the air so he can shoot them down with a shoulder-mounted missile launcher. Sure, he'll... Minneapolis Star Tribune http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2013657/posts#comment Fri, 9 May 2008 17:42:22 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2012308/posts ROSEVILLE, Minn. - Paul and Sue Rosenau say they already have everything they need, so their lives won't change that much after winning a $180.1 million Powerball jackpot. "We realize that money is probably not as important as friendship and helping others. And that's what we hope to do with it," Paul Rosenau said at a news conference Tuesday when they accepted a ceremonial check. Rosenau, 54, is a heavy equipment operator and his wife, Sue, works at an agricultural research institute. The couple from Waseca will take the prize from last Saturday's drawing in a lump-sum of $59.6 million... AP on Yahoo http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2012308/posts#comment Wed, 7 May 2008 03:26:31 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/1878847/posts DES MOINES, Iowa -- The Powerball prize goes to an estimated $161 million Saturday. None of the tickets sold for Wednesday night's night drawing matched all six numbers drawn, which were: 9-16-21-30-52 and Powerball 9. The Power Play number was 2. Players matching all five numbers and the Powerball would have won or shared the $140.6 million jackpot. Click here to find out more! One ticket that matched the first five numbers but missed the Powerball was sold in Pennsylvania. That ticket holder will win $200,000. Eight other similar tickets were also sold, two each were sold in North Carolina... NBC 10 http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/1878847/posts#comment Thu, 9 Aug 2007 19:37:51 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1887459/posts Gettin' lucky in... Indiana? For the second time in less than a decade, the small town of Richmond, Ind., has sold a winning multimillion dollar Powerball ticket. After crowds of hopefuls lined up from Connecticut to Wisconsin to purchase Powerball tickets for the $314 million drawing, lottery officials announced over the weekend that the winning ticket had been sold in Richmond. "For something like that to happen twice in one town, definitely the people out here must be blessed," one man said. Nine years ago, a $295 million winning ticket was sold at a Speedway gas station in the town.... ABC News http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1887459/posts#comment Tue, 28 Aug 2007 00:29:21 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/1820900/posts CONOVER, N.C. — A store clerk's slip-up at the cash register has paid off big time. Wadburn Allen on Tuesday accidentally rang up two duplicate Powerball tickets for a customer in this western North Carolina town. At the end of the day, after she was unable to sell the second ticket, Allen paid for it herself. The next day, Allen returned to the store and found the ticket matched all five numbers — earning her a $200,000 jackpot. When Allen went to Raleigh to claim her prize, she met the customer who purchased the original ticket. The customer also will... www.cbs.com http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/1820900/posts#comment Fri, 20 Apr 2007 21:19:14 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1814241/posts Whittaker bought and decorated an elaborate home for Bragg and her mother that included a perfect recreation of the bottle from the 1960's TV sitcom "I Dream of Jeannie." He also gave Brandi about $2,000 a week and bought her four new cars. Whittaker said while Bragg was only 17 years old at the time, she was very responsible with her money. "To a young kid cars mean a lot," Whittaker said. "She had four cars and I'm very proud that she had four cars." ABC News http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1814241/posts#comment Mon, 9 Apr 2007 05:34:54 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/1813960/posts On Christmas morning in 2002, Jack Whittaker woke up to perhaps the biggest gift imaginable. Whittaker had won the Powerball lottery jackpot -- a whopping $315 million. "I got sick at my stomach, and I just was [at] a loss for words and advice," Whittaker said. "You know, I was really searching for advice, and it's, like, Christmas Day." It was a made-for-TV Christmas story, and Whittaker's hardworking family became celebrities overnight. Whittaker's wife, Jewel, and their granddaughter Brandi Bragg would appear on no fewer than eight television shows. But as Whittaker celebrated his good fortune, he had no way... ABC News via AOL News http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/1813960/posts#comment Sun, 8 Apr 2007 13:25:41 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1766591/posts CHARLESTON, W.Va. (AP) -- A man beset by problems since winning a record lottery jackpot says he can't pay a settlement to a casino worker because thieves cleaned out his bank accounts. Powerball winner Jack Whittaker gave that explanation in a note last fall to a lawyer for Kitti French, who accused him of assaulting her at the Tri-State Racetrack and Gaming Center, a slots-only casino near Charleston, according to a motion French's lawyer filed this week demanding payment of the confidential settlement. Whittaker won a nearly $315 million on Christmas 2002, then the largest undivided lottery prize in U.S.... NEW YORK POST http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1766591/posts#comment Fri, 12 Jan 2007 18:17:19 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/1758104/posts ATTENTION: $200,000 Powerball Ticket to Expire on December 28th A Powerball ticket worth $200,000 will expire soon unless someone comes forward to claim the prize. The ticket, sold in Spearfish, South Dakota, matched all five white balls, but not the red Powerball, in the July 1, 2006 drawing. Thursday, December 28, 2006 is the last day to claim the prize at any of the three South Dakota Lottery offices in Rapid City, Pierre or Sioux Falls. Lotto prizes in South Dakota must be claimed within 180 days of the drawing. If the prize goes unclaimed, state law requires the money... powerball web site http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/1758104/posts#comment Sun, 24 Dec 2006 17:56:03 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1679398/posts (CBS/AP) About 100 cheese-factory workers in the Wisconsin town of Saint Cloud have been celebrating — because they say they're $208 million richer. Wisconsin state lottery officials say no one has officially stepped forward to claim Saturday's Powerball jackpot. But a large contingent of employees from Sargento Cheese say they have the winning ticket locked in a safe. Eric Heimermann is one member of the celebrating group. He told the Fond du Lac Reporter that the mostly second shift workers had chipped in $1 apiece to a pool to purchase lottery tickets. Heimermann, 24, of St. Cloud, spoke with the... SeeBS/AP http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1679398/posts#comment Mon, 7 Aug 2006 20:09:31 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1640657/posts North Carolina's lottery ticket buyers have a bigger prize to aim that, starting today -- a $38 million jackpot. The Tar Heel State began selling tickets this morning for the Powerball lottery drawing, which takes place every Wednesday and Saturday night and involves lotteries from 29 states, including South Carolina. The Powerball jackpot grows if nobody has a winning ticket. North Carolina began selling scratch-off lottery tickets in March, but today was the first day for Powerball ticket sales. Charlotte Observer http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1640657/posts#comment Tue, 30 May 2006 16:35:32 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/1610127/posts   $853,492 Powerball Tickets to Expire! Two Powerball tickets worth an incredible $853,492 each will expire soon if the winners do not step forward. One ticket was purchased on October 19, 2005 at Hebron BP, 2144 Kilgore Place, Hebron, Kentucky. The other missing ticket was purchased in Littleton, Colorado. Both tickets were purchased for the October 19, 2005 Powerball drawing worth $340 million. The winners of the missing tickets matched the first five white ball numbers to win Powerball’s second tier prize of $200,000. The tickets also shared in the Match 5 Bonus prize pool, winning an additional $653,492... Power Ball http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/1610127/posts#comment Thu, 6 Apr 2006 10:36:47 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1583608/posts LINCOLN, Neb. - Eight workers at a Nebraska meat processing plant claimed the record $365 million Powerball jackpot Wednesday, giving each about $15.5 million after taxes. The seven men and one woman all work at a ConAgra ham processing plant near the U-Stop convenience store where they bought the winning ticket last week for Saturday’s lottery. They ended up with the biggest jackpot in U.S. lottery history. Associated Press http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1583608/posts#comment Wed, 22 Feb 2006 20:04:46 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1583409/posts LINCOLN, Nebraska (AP) -- The winner -- or winners -- of the biggest jackpot on record for any lottery in the United States won't be a secret much longer. Nebraska Lottery officials planned to reveal who won the $365 million Powerball jackpot at a news conference Wednesday. The winning numbers drawn Saturday were 15, 17, 43, 44 and 48, with a Powerball number of 29, according to the Multi-State Lottery Association of Des Moines, Iowa, which runs the game for the participating states. The only ticket matching the winning numbers was sold at a a U-Stop convenience store in Lincoln,... CNN http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1583409/posts#comment Wed, 22 Feb 2006 15:26:09 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1581532/posts POWERBALL, Feb. 19 /PRNewswire/ -- The record breaking $365 Million Powerball jackpot was won on a single ticket sold in Nebraska. The winner will now have to decide between the 29-year, 30-payment annuity, and the cash option worth $177.3 million. The winner will have 60 days after their ticket is validated to make that decision. ADVERTISEMENT The numbers drawn Saturday night were 15 - 17 - 43 - 44 - 48 and the Powerball was 29. The Power Play multiplier was 4. The Match 5 BONUS feature kicked in for this drawing, allowing an additional $19.6 million in cash to... Source: Multi-State Lottery Association http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1581532/posts#comment Sun, 19 Feb 2006 12:12:59 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1529159/posts NEWPORT, Ky. (AP) -- A woman who won a $65.4 million Powerball jackpot with her husband five years ago was found dead at her home overlooking the Ohio River, where she had apparently been for days before anyone found her, police said. Virginia Metcalf Merida's son discovered her body Wednesday. Police were awaiting autopsy and toxicology results before announcing a cause of death. When the woman and her husband, Mack Wayne Metcalf, won the jackpot, they told lottery officials they were going their separate ways to fulfill their dreams. Merida planned to quit her job making corrugated boxes and buy... AP http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1529159/posts#comment Sun, 27 Nov 2005 06:24:25 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/1518469/posts Oregon Foursome Claims $340M in Lottery Wednesday November 9, 2005 2:46 AM By BRAD CAIN Associated Press Writer SALEM, Ore. (AP) - A family that parlayed $40 worth of tickets into the second-biggest jackpot in U.S. lottery history came forward Tuesday to claim their $340 million prize. ``I'm still in disbelief that we won the big one,'' said Frances Chaney, 68, who went in on the Powerball ticket with her 72-year-old husband Bob, their daughter and daughter's husband. The Powerball numbers were drawn on Oct. 19, but the four waited to claim their winnings at Oregon Lottery headquarters until they... The Guardian (UK) http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/1518469/posts#comment Wed, 9 Nov 2005 02:58:34 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/1511399/posts I have just learned that Oklahoma, which recently started a lottery, will be joining Powerball in January 2006. Am I excited? Well yes and no. I am excited at the prospect of having the chance of winning millions in Powerball, but I am not so excited that my sense of reality is skewed. Nevertheless, the chance does exist. So to prepare I Googled the term "lottery winner financial advisor" and got the site http://www.note.com/note/pp/jackpot.html. Very common sense information on how to prepare for winning a major lottery prize, and stay grounded in the fact that your chances of winning are... Thoughts and Meanderings Blog http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/1511399/posts#comment Sat, 29 Oct 2005 03:50:12 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1505778/posts Someone won last night's $340 million Powerball jackpot. After 20 straight drawings, the winning ticket was sold in Oregon. It was the largest jackpot in the game's history and the second biggest jackpot in U-S history. The winning numbers are 7 - 21 - 43 - 44 - 49 and the Powerball is 29. The odds of hitting the jackpot were one in 146-million. By the way, all the people who played the numbers from the T-V show "Lost", lost. WFRV.COM http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1505778/posts#comment Thu, 20 Oct 2005 12:14:15 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/1505669/posts DID ANYONE WIN? FREE REPUBLIC http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/1505669/posts#comment Thu, 20 Oct 2005 03:48:57 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/1503323/posts The powerball lottery next Wednesday will be for $340 million. Thats more than 1/4 of a billion (with a B). The cash option is 164.4 million, which means that the winner, AFTER TAXES, clears approximately $100 million. Now my question is: what would you do with $100 million? vanity http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/1503323/posts#comment Sun, 16 Oct 2005 06:27:51 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/1470300/posts $93.4M Winner Comes Forward! (powerball lottery goes to an AF Sgt.)   John San Cartier August 10, 2005New Mexico Albuquerque, NM – A master sergeant assigned to the 58th Training Squadron at Kirtland Air Force Base in Albuquerque has claimed a $93.4 million Powerball jackpot. John San Cartier correctly matched all six numbers drawn on August 10. It was the New Mexico Lottery's third Powerball jackpot, the second-largest prize in the state, and the largest claimed by an individual. The winning numbers were 13-31-36-38-49 and the Powerball was 2. San Cartier chose the $52.2 million lump-sum option. After federal withholding taxes... powerball lottery http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/1470300/posts#comment Thu, 25 Aug 2005 11:33:15 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1439408/posts Apart from superb handling and snazzy styling, the low-slung F430 goes from zero to 60 in under four seconds. The wait comes if you want to buy The Ferrari F430 is definitely a guy thing. It's a ground-hugging, immensely powerful rear-engine two-seater heavily influenced by Formula 1 racing, which Ferrari has dominated over the last five years. Ferrari figures 98% of the buyers are men -- and not just any men, either. The typical Ferrari buyer earns more than $1 million annually, which is not surprising as the car sells for $180,785. Most owners have at least one other Ferrari... Business Week http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1439408/posts#comment Sat, 9 Jul 2005 00:13:34 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1412850/posts <p>DES MOINES, Iowa -- A ticket bought in Idaho matched all five numbers and the Powerball to win the $220.3 million multistate drawing Saturday night, lottery officials said. If the winner opts for a lump sum check, it will be written for just over $125 million dollars.</p> AP/Newsday http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1412850/posts#comment Sun, 29 May 2005 20:18:30 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/1395247/posts Monday, May 2, 2005 11:45 am Xxxxx Jackpot Winner Associated Press ©Copyright 2005 Associated Press. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed. E-mail this story DES MOINES, Iowa — Xxxx of the tickets sold for the Powerball game Xxxxxxday night matched all six numbers drawn, which were: XX-XX-XX-XX-XX Powerball XX (number, number, number, number, number, Powerball number) Power Play: X Players matching all five numbers and the Powerball would have won or shared the $XX.X million jackpot. The prize goes to an estimated $XX.X million for Xxxxxxday. Tickets that match the first five numbers,... Maine Today on-line http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/1395247/posts#comment Mon, 2 May 2005 16:37:00 GMT