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Saturday, May 18, 2013

Powerball Jackpot Soars to $550M for Saturday Drawing

If you draw the Powerball winning numbers in Saturday’s lottery, you could score $550 million, or a $350 million one-time payout.

  • THE NEIGHBORHOOD FILES
  • Mark Maley
  • Saturday, May 18

  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 19 drawing is now $550 million. The one-time cash payout is estimated at $350.1 million. Tickets are $2 and the game is played in Massachusetts and 42 other states, including Florida, Texas, California and New York. For a full list of lottery agents, click on this link and you can search by community.  The largest Powerball Jackpot cash payout to date was $384 million and was won on Nov. 28, 2012, in Arizona and Missouri. Wonder what happens to the folks who hit it big? Browse the Huffington Post’s collection of lottery winners’ stories.

Wednesday, November 28, 2012

Powerball Jackpot is More than $500 Million

Massachusetts is one of 42 states that offer the lottery game. Tell us in the comments what you would do if you the $500 million-plus jackpot in tonight's drawing.

  • BUSINESS
  • Wednesday, November 28, 2012

  For the last two months, no one has been lucky enough to win the Powerball lottery. So Wednesday's estimated jackpot is $500 million, and likely to go even higher as a buying frenzy has begun. At $500 million, it would be the largest jackpot in Powerball history. Powerball is pulled Wednesdays and Fridays. The Powerball lottery is played in 42 states, including Massachusetts and all six New England states. According to Powerball, the odds of winning the jackpot is 1 in 175 million. The odds of getting all 5 numbers and not the Powerball, earning $1 million, is 1 in 5 million. So, Tell Us: What would you do if you hit the jackpot?

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