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1m Powerball Ticket Sold In Sykesville

... million winner on Friday, but no one knows who won. "It's a mystery," High's employee Natalie Myrick said. "Since then, obviously, a lot of people have been asking, 'Do you know who won? Do you know when this ticket was sold?' Things like that, and, of course, we're selling more tickets now.". Whoever won picked all five of the Powerball numbers, but got the Powerball incorrect, which resulted in the $1 million prize. The store gets $2,500 for selling the winning ticket. "What do you think of them selling $1 million ticket?" WBAL-TV reporter Lowell Melser asked. "I think it's awesome. Hopefully, it's me," Powerball player Brian Mathias said. One by one on Monday, people came into the store hoping that they would be the winner. Others, like Sean Thomas, who said he plays every time, forgot to play on Friday. "I'm ...

You're Not Going To Win The Powerball, But Don't Let Us Stop You

... $400 million for the first time in nearly three months. The top prize is an estimated $403 million if paid over 29 years or $244 million in cash. Winners then would have to pay taxes on their winnings. OK, so it's not the record $1.6 billion Powerball jackpot that lured millions of lottery hopefuls last year but tonight's jackpot is nothing to sneeze at. But before you start dreaming of overcoming 1-in-292.2 million odds and cashing that check, here are 10 things that are more likely to occur than winning the lottery (Courtesy of the Book of Odds). 1. Dying from an asteroid strike: 1 in 74,817,414. 2. Getting killed by a terrorist act in the United States: 1 in 10,000,000. 3. Getting murdered during a trip to the Grand Canyon: 1 in 8,156,000. 4. Dying from chronic constipation: 1 in 2,215,900. 5. Becoming a movie star: 1 in 1,505,000. 6. Getting struck by lightning: 1 in 1,101,000. 7. Dying from a hornet, wasp or bee sting: 1 in 79,842. 8. Bowling a 300 game: 1 in 11,500. 9. Being the same ...

Powerball Prize Inspires Big Dreams

... to stick with the Illinois Lottery games. The Ayerco at 24 th and State, Hutton said, has seen its fair share of big winners. The payouts generally come from scratch-off tickets rather than drawings, though. "One guy won $250,000 two Christmases ago. Someone won $100,000 off a $20 ticket. I've sold several $1,000 scratch-offs," Hutton said. "Some do say they'll share. I'm like, ‘OK, I'll be here.' ". A cousin of one of Hutton's regular customers won the Powerball a few years ago. Receiving several million dollars, Hutton said, the person used some of the money on hometown community improvements in a small town near St. Louis. "Everybody always stops and thinks about it," she said. "It would be nice to know somebody who actually won.". Many customers have told Harrison Hy-Vee Gas cashier Ashley Holtshouser they would retire if they ever won big. "We have 15 to 20 people who come in here daily and get at least $20 worth," Holtshouser said. "They've said they will give me some back, and one guy promised to buy me a car if ...

Powerball Jackpot Hits $403 Million For Tonight's Drawing

... bus last month. Tuesday, February 21 2017 7:25 PM EST 2017-02-22 00:25:04 GMT. While most of us are sleeping at night, some convicted felons will be hitting the streets. They've transitioned from committing crimes to punching a clock. Wednesday, February 22 2017 9:16 PM EST 2017-02-23 02:16:34 GMT. According to a letter being sent home to parents from principal Venita Benboe, the "school went on heightened security because of police activity in the neighborhood. Wednesday, February 22 2017 3:49 PM EST 2017-02-22 20:49:09 GMT. A week after Humana abandoned its plan to be acquired by a rival company, ten top executives and one director of the Louisville-based company cashed out nearly $74 million in Humana stock, according to reports filed Tuesday and Wednesday with the Securities and Exchange Commission. More > >. A week after Humana abandoned its plan to be acquired by a rival company, ten top executives and one director of the Louisville-based company cashed out nearly $74 million in Humana stock, ...

Powerball Jackpot Soars To $403 Million

... at $243.9 million. Powerball is played in 44 states, the District of Columbia, Puerto Rico and the U. S. Virgin Islands. The jackpot could rise as the drawing date gets closer. No one matched the six numbers drawn Saturday night — 3, 7, 9, 31, 33, and the Powerball, 20. The jackpot for Saturday's game was $349 million. ► Related: 20 Tenn. co-workers to split $420 M Powerball jackpot. The pending jackpot is one of the largest prizes ever offered for the game, and has reached a level where many occasional players start buying tickets, lottery officials say. Looking at data from the Multi-State Lottery Association — an affiliation of the lotteries that sell Powerball and Mega Millions tickets — Wednesday's jackpot at $403.3 million would be the 10 th largest Powerball drawing. However, the upcoming jackpot pales in comparison with the record nearly $1.6 billion Powerball jackpot that was shared by three ticket holders in January 2016. In November, 20 co-workers in Tennessee split the $420 million prize. ...

Cobb Buys Powerball Tickets In Hopes Of Winning $403 Million Jackpot

... video gambling machine winnings at the Texaco convenience store located at the corner of Roswell Road and Fairground Street. Convenience store clerks are expecting to sell more Powerball tickets today up until tonight’s drawing, scheduled for 11 p.m. on Channel 2. Madison Montgomery, an assistant manager at a Quik Trip, said the store is expecting to sell $500 worth of lottery tickets from 1 to 11 p.m. today. The morning shift is expecting to sell about $400, she said. “(People) see $400 million, and say, ‘I want that,’” said Montgomery, who works at the Quik Trip located at the corner of Fairground Street and South Marietta Parkway. The Quik Trip location averages about $900 a day when there is a large jackpot, she said. People daydreaming about winning the jackpot should not get their hopes up too high, however. Players have less than a 1-in-a-292 million chance of winning the big prize if they buy one ticket, according to Powerball. “That’s pretty scarce,” said Joe De Maio, math professor at Kennesaw State University, especially considering about 318 million people live in the United States. In fact, De Maio said ticket purchasers are 51 times more likely to die ...