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Powerball Fuels NY Budget. At long last, Gov. Pataki and state lawmakers are "this close" to a final budget deal, one that's expected to OK the wildly popular Powerball lottery for New York.
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Tips on avoiding lottery headache. In the wake of two huge jackpot wins over the past couple of weeks, here's some good advice on how to form player pools.Newly rich face special challenge. Buying lottery tickets shouldn't be part of your long-term investment strategy, but if -- just if -- you should hit the big one, there are ways to capitalize on the win.Big Game winners changing lives, not jobs. 33 Pathmark coworkers who paid $10 each toward tickets in every Big Game drawing over the past four weeks, chose a cash payout and will share $32 million, or about $700,000 each after taxes.
New Jersey's other big winner in Friday's drawing -- a couple from Camden, NJ -- requested to remain annonymous.Man jailed after posing as lottery millionaire. A painter and decorator who posed as a lottery millionaire in a bid to save his marriage has been jailed for three years.
Saturday, September 1, 2001
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33 supermarket workers share Big Game jackpot. From MSNBC, more on the lucky lottery pool.
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33 N.J. Co-Workers Win Half of the $115 Million Jackpot. The checkout lines may be a little longer than usual this week at a New Jersey supermarket, because thirty-three of the store's workers have struck it rich in the multi-state Big Game lottery.
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2 winners from New Jersey share $115 million jackpot! Details on the winners once they step forward.
Every Big Game state had its share of $150,000 winners. In all, 26 lucky players matched the first 5 numbers for a $150,000 prize: 4 in New Jersey, 6 in Georgia, 5 in Illinois, 3 in Massachusetts, 1 in Maryland, 4 in Michigan, and 3 in Virginia. For the complete rundown of winners by prize category, see the Winning Combinations page.
Congratulations to the latest winners at PlayBigGame.com . Each of the lucky players picked their own numbers and won the following prizes:
$150.00 (4+0), Christian Dubost of Belmont, Massachusetts
$100.00 (3+1), Jeff Weil of Glen Oaks, New York
$100.00 (3+1), Christina Monderewicz of Mohrsville, Pennsylvania
$100.00 (3+1), Jim Bolton of Hickory, North Carolina
Friday, August 31, 2001
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Don't forget to check back with us tonight at 11:00 PM Eastern Time for the live $115 million Big Game drawing results!
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Brother, Sister Claim Winning Ticket. First-grade teacher Kathleen Kearney was so convinced that she had missed out on a share of the $298.4 million Powerball jackpot that she didn't even check her tickets for four days. More:
'I never win anything,' Powerball winner says - CNN
Final U.S. Powerball Lottery Winners Come Forward - Reuters
Sister, brother step forward to claim their share of Powerball jackpot - Nando Times
Thursday, August 30, 2001
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Macomb County, MI ranks at top among lottery winners. Forget Powerball. When it comes to lottery luck, Macomb County residents are Big Game players. In the seven-state Big Game lottery, Macombers have hogged the cash, winning far more than any other county in Michigan.McDonald's Launches New Game Today. Only a week after its biggest giveaway game turned out to be a fraud, McDonald's is launching another game.
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Big Game heating up the fever for lottery. Days after at least four people won the third biggest United States lottery prize in history in the Powerball, lottery fever is heating up again with the Big Game lottery expected to reach $115 million by tomorrow's drawing.Judge wont freeze Powerball money. A judge has rejected a bid to freeze some Powerball lottery winnings, saying she does not believe co-workers of a declared winner can produce enough evidence that the winning ticket was part of an office pool.
Wednesday, August 29, 2001
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Powerball Claim Challenged in Court. Here we go again: Four co-workers of one of the winners of the $294.8 million Powerball jackpot went to court Wednesday to demand a piece of the prize, contending the woman's winning ticket had been bought as part of an office pool. More:
Claim filed against Maine couple holding winning Powerball ticket - CNN
Couple's claim to Powerball jackpot is challenged - Sun-Sentinel News
Paperwork sets back start date for S.C. lottery. South Carolinians with an itch for a lottery won't be able to scratch until January.Tennessee lottery debate to resurface in 2002. After almost 20 years of debate, the General Assembly this year finally approved a resolution that could lead to a lottery in Tennessee.Big Game jackpot hits $115 million. It hasn't reached the level of the recent Powerball frenzy, but Big Game fever is heating up.
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$115 Million! There was no jackpot winner in the Tuesday drawing, sending the jackpot to a level it hasn't attained in more than a year! In fact, the jackpot hasn't been this big since May 9, 2000, when it set the record for the largest jackpot in the United States.
Although there was no jackpot winner in the Tuesday drawing, 13 lucky players matched the first 5 numbers for a $150,000 prize: 2 in New Jersey, 2 in Georgia, 4 in Illinois, and 5 in Michigan. For the complete rundown of winners by prize category, see the Winning Combinations page.
Congratulations to Divyesh Patel of Murfreesboro, Tennessee, who won $150.00 in the Tuesday Big Game drawing! The winner played The Big Game online at PlayBigGame.com and used their own numbers to match 4 of the first 5 numbers.
Also, congratulations to Richard Adams of Winnsboro, South Carolina, who won $100.00 in the Tuesday Big Game drawing! Mr. Adams played The Big Game online at PlayBigGame.com and used a Quick Pick to match 3 of the first 5 numbers plus the Big Money Ball.
Tuesday, August 28, 2001
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Don't forget to check back with us tonight at 11:00 PM Eastern Time for the live $90 million Big Game drawing results! We're the only site on the Internet to bring you the results live as they're drawn.Focus of fortune shifts to N.J.. Tonight's Big Game drawing for a $90 million jackpot is the result of consecutive rollovers of 15 prior twice-weekly drawings. It is the fifth largest Big Game jackpot since New Jersey joined six other Big Game states -- Georgia, Illinois, Maryland, Massachusetts, Michigan, and Virginia -- in 1999.Winners cash in on Powerball. Three families choose lump sum; 4th winner remains anonymous.Maine couple braces for life after Powerball. As far as Erwin Wales of Buxton, Maine, was concerned, Saturday's lottery winnings were pretty darned good before he went to bed: $20 in Maine scratch tickets, and another $5 on Megabucks.Middletown mother lucky at lotto. Friday was Heather Jordan's lucky day as the mother of three from Middletown, Ohio won $50,000 as a contestant on the Ohio Lottery Commission's Cash Explosion Double Play game.Unclaimed $150,000 Ticket Sold in Springfield, VA Set to Expire. Would you throw away $150,000? Someone is in danger of doing just that, and time is running out.
Monday, August 27, 2001
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Big Lottery Winners Come Forward. A Minnesota clerk who quit her job, a jobless Kentucky man whose unemployment benefits were running out and an elderly Maine couple each claimed a share of the third largest lottery prize in U.S. history, as the lucky ticket holders came forward on Monday.
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Woman Throws Out Million Dollar Winning Number. As Americans across the country stood on long lines to buy Powerball lottery tickets, an Ohio person threw away a winning number that would have garnered a sure one million dollars.Trump threatens to sue NY to stop Indian casinos. Outspoken casino mogul Donald Trump on Wednesday told radio station WROW he will consider suing New York State if it permits the Seneca Indians to build casinos in struggling upstate cities.
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More on the Kentucky Powerball winner:
For $74M man, what a difference a day made - USA Today
Jobless divorcee claims US jackpot win - BBC
Andrew N.S. Glazer: Here's the way to pull out stops . How to gamble it up when you're really in the mood and can afford it.Ky. Man Says He Has Winning Ticket. A divorced father who had just been laid off from his job says he is one of four winners of the $294.8 million Powerball jackpot.
Sunday, August 26, 2001
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The Big Game is now the largest jackpot in the United States. Now that the Powerball jackpot has been won, The Big Game's $90 million jackpot is now the largest in the United States -- more than double the next largest jackpot (California, $43 million).
Complete wrap-up of the Powerball winning tickets:
Four Winning Powerball Tickets Sold - AP
Four winning Powerball tickets - CNN
4 Winning Tickets in $295 Million Powerball Lottery - Reuters
Four winning Powerball tickets sold - MSNBC
Greenwich Reopens Gates, but Powerball Hordes Fail to Show - New York Times
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Four Winning Powerball Tickets Sold. Four winning tickets were sold for the $295 million Powerball jackpot, lottery officials announced Sunday. Tickets matching all six numbers drawn in Saturday night's drawing were sold in New Hampshire, Delaware, Minnesota, and Kentucky.
Saturday, August 25, 2001
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Couple sought debt protection one day before lottery winnings. A Wichita couple who won $100,000 in Wednesday's Powerball lottery had filed for bankruptcy protection the day earlier.Maine debates joining Powerball. Maine lawmakers are watching the Powerball mania that is gripping the nation and wondering if the state should try to get in on the action. This article provides some interesting insights into the politics behind the decision to join a multi-state game -- and the desire for exitsing members to keep neighboring states out of the action.Big Game winner says instant riches can be tricky. Larry Ross, the $91 million lump sum Big Game lottery winner, has some advice for the next big lottery winner.
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$90 Million! There was no jackpot winner in the Friday drawing, sending the jackpot to a level it hasn't attained since May 4, 2001! BigGameLottery.com readers may recall that was the drawing in which several taxi drivers from Georgia were involved in a dispute over who were members of the lottery pool that held the winning ticket. The "Taxi Tiff" escalated into the first-ever restraining order placed against the Georgia Lottery Corporation to prohibit the awarding of the $90 million jackpot. The jackpot was finally released on June 20, 2001 to be distributed among a group of 23 cab drivers who were determined to be a part of the winning lottery pool.
Although there was no jackpot winner in the Friday drawing, 7 lucky players matched the first 5 numbers for a $150,000 prize: 1 in New Jersey, 2 in Georgia, 1 in Illinois, and 3 in Massachusetts. For the complete rundown of winners by prize category, see the Winning Combinations page.
Congratulations to Elizabeth Rivers of Chesterfield, South Carolina, who won $100.00 in the Friday Big Game drawing! Ms. Rivers played The Big Game online at PlayBigGame.com and used numbers she selected herself to match 3 of the first 5 numbers plus the Big Money Ball.
Friday, August 24, 2001
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Conn. Town Suspends Powerball Sales. In the latest example of the Powerball craze, Greenwich officials got permission to suspend ticket sales Friday because they were overwhelmed by would-be millionaires from out of state.Estimates peg next Powerball at $280M. The multistate Powerball jackpot will climb to an estimated $280 million for Saturday night's drawing, in what could be the third-largest lottery prize in U.S. history and the second-largest Powerball jackpot.Big Game a Big Hit with $74 Million Jackpot. Jackpot fever is raging across the nation with The Big Game heating things up. The jackpot amount for tonight's drawing is an estimated $74 million to a single annuity winner.Even Lottery Players in Hell Strike it Rich. One lucky Michigan Lottery player recently told Lottery officials he gets a lot of laughs when he tells people he lives in Hell, Michigan. Living in Hell just got a lot cooler for Kevin Nagle, thanks to the cold hard cash he recently won in The Big Game.Windsor, Ontario Resident Wins $150,000 Big Game Prize. Lois Hamilton, of Windsor, Ontario is bringing $150,000 North of the border.Chicago, Illinois Resident Shocked to Win $150,000 Big Game Prize. Stephanie Gigante, of Chicago, Illinois was shocked to learn she had matched the first five numbers in the August 14 Big Game drawing to win a $150,000 prize.
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Don't forget to check back with us tonight at 11:00 PM Eastern Time for the live $74 million Big Game drawing results! We're the only site on the Internet to bring you the results live as they're drawn!
