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12:25 PM, 11/27/12
Powerball jackpot hits record $500m as lotteries work to build up higher prizes
(You are three times more likely to die from a falling coconut than win the prize, but states bank on soaring sales to fill budget gaps)*
Powerball tickets doubled in price in January to $2, part of a plan to build prize funds faster. Photograph: Carlo Allegri/Reuters
The Powerball jackpot has reached $500m, making it the biggest prize fund in the history of the US-based lottery.
But the chances of landing the record payout are slim: the organizers of the lottery put the odds at one in 175m. According to ABC News, you are three times more likely to die from a falling coconut.
The big jackpot is not unexpected: in fact, it is part of a plan put in place early this year to build prize funds faster, drive sales and generate more money for the states that run the game.
Powerball tickets doubled in price in January to $2, and while the number of tickets sold initially dropped, sales revenue has increased by about 35% over 2011.
Sales for Powerball reached a record $3.96bn in the 2012 fiscal year and are expected to reach $5bn this year, said Chuck Strutt, executive director of the the Multi-State Lottery Association, the Des Moines-based group that runs the Powerball game.
Uke hopes all members (in good standing) will purchase THREE Powerful Powerball tickets, which will help BurningJournaldotcom through direct contributions from loyal followers of the websight. Uke will reveal the winning numbers: Power ball number 11. Then 5, 23, 28, 33, 37, 40,48, 53, 55, 59, 61, 66, 68, 69, 72, and lastly 74.
Good luck! And remember, DO NOT share your numbers with 'outsiders'!
-- Edited by Uke on Tuesday 27th of November 2012 12:34:36 PM
uke the powerball stops at 59............ the lady behind the counter said he told you those number 61 68 69 and so i said forget he is nothing.... but fuke uke anyways troll has always been right bout u u remind me of employee in my local I call him a 20/80 he works 20% of the time and takes up 80% of mine..... with dumb ass claims... AND IDEAS
Uke said
12:21 AM, 11/29/12
Damn slacker...that hurts my feelings! I played several of those numbers in weird combos... No wonder I didn't win!
Shit! She lied ta me just ta get my money! That bitch!
Uke said
8:50 AM, 11/29/12
Okay, hand it over...it's tax-deductible, so c'mon ya bastard! We gave ya damn near every number the other day, so let's go Snippy, there's still time ta make one more charitable contribution... BurningJournaldotcom will print out your receipt, and the entire staphph will sign it, and have it notarized. And as a bonus for you only, a copy suitable for framing!
Officials: Winning Powerball tickets sold in Ariz., Mo.
Staff and wire services
1:30 a.m. CST, November 29, 2012
Powerball officials say tickets sold in Arizona and Missouri matched all six numbers to win the record the record $579.9 million jackpot; now the wait for winners has begun.
The numbers drawn Wednesday night are: 5, 16, 22, 23, 29 and Powerball of 6.
A lottery official said late Wednesday that the jackpot increased to $579.9 million by the time of the drawing, making the cash option $379.8 million. The jackpot was boosted to $500 million on Tuesday and raised again Wednesday morning to $550 million.
Powerball officials said they believed there was a 75 percent chance that the winning combination of numbers would be drawn Wednesday night.
But many of the customers who lined up at a 7-Eleven store at Wacker and Wabash believed they had a 100 percent chance of winning.
"I've got it," Marvin Harvey, 48, told the store clerk. "This is it."
And Harvey has plans. First off, having a private jet fly him and about 40 others to the SoHo neighborhood in New York City to eat and shop.
"Then take it to Paris and then go on a Mediterranean cruise," he said. "Then come back and share it with the world."
He would also give about 10 percent to churches and maybe start an organization to help the homeless. "You have so much money you have to share it," he said.
Martin Ho, 34, said he has given more thought about how to better his chances at winning the jackpot than he has about what he would do with the money.
"My goal is to have 100 different numbers between all the pools," he said. "I think I'm at (about) 90 numbers."
Ho popped into the 7-Eleven store this morning with colleague Whitney McKedy to purchase about 10 tickets jointly.
Ho said he is part of a handful of pools, including one with 50 numbers split between 10 people. He has also bought some tickets for himself.
As for what he would do with the money? "Change my name, hire a lawyer," he joked. "I don't really think about it. It's more about the energy."
Zafer Aksit, 63, was a long way from home when he threw in $10 for lottery tickets. The radiologist flew into the city last week from Instanbul, Turkey for a medical conference. While he was in his hotel room in the Loop, he saw on the news that the jackpot had gotten up to $500 million and thought it was worth a shot.
"I thought, 'Why not?' "
Aksit insisted he wouldn't spend the money on lavish gifts on himself. "I wouldn't go on a shopping spree," he said.
He thinks the money would be better spent as investments in local businesses and non-profits, like BurningJournaldotcom!
Powerball has not had a winner for two months. Powerball is sold in Illinois and 41 other states, as well as Washington, D.C. and the U.S. Virgin Islands.
The chance of winning the Powerball jackpot are about one in 175 million, compared to about one in 280,000 for being struck by lightning.
Despite the long odds, the record payout has drawn interest from around the world, said Mary Neubauer, a spokeswoman for the Iowa Lottery, where Powerball is based. Lottery officials have received calls and emails from people outside the United States asking if they can buy a ticket from afar. They cannot.
"Sales across the country are just through the roof. It means lots of people are having fun with this, but it makes it difficult to keep up with the (jackpot) estimate."
The previous top Powerball prize of $365 million was won in 2006 by ConAgra slaughterhouse workers in Nebraska.
A $656 million Mega Millions jackpot set a world lottery record in March. That prize was split three ways. One of the winning tickets was held by Merle and Patricia Butler of Red Bud in southern Illinois. The retired couple took home nearly $119 million.
Tribune reporter Naomi Nix, the Associated Press and Reuters contributed
Powerball jackpot hits record $500m as lotteries work to build up higher prizes
(You are three times more likely to die from a falling coconut than win the prize, but states bank on soaring sales to fill budget gaps)*
The Powerball jackpot has reached $500m, making it the biggest prize fund in the history of the US-based lottery.
But the chances of landing the record payout are slim: the organizers of the lottery put the odds at one in 175m. According to ABC News, you are three times more likely to die from a falling coconut.
The big jackpot is not unexpected: in fact, it is part of a plan put in place early this year to build prize funds faster, drive sales and generate more money for the states that run the game.
Powerball tickets doubled in price in January to $2, and while the number of tickets sold initially dropped, sales revenue has increased by about 35% over 2011.
Sales for Powerball reached a record $3.96bn in the 2012 fiscal year and are expected to reach $5bn this year, said Chuck Strutt, executive director of the the Multi-State Lottery Association, the Des Moines-based group that runs the Powerball game.
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Uke hopes all members (in good standing) will purchase THREE Powerful Powerball tickets, which will help BurningJournaldotcom through direct contributions from loyal followers of the websight. Uke will reveal the winning numbers: Power ball number 11. Then 5, 23, 28, 33, 37, 40,48, 53, 55, 59, 61, 66, 68, 69, 72, and lastly 74.
Good luck! And remember, DO NOT share your numbers with 'outsiders'!
-- Edited by Uke on Tuesday 27th of November 2012 12:34:36 PM
Shit! She lied ta me just ta get my money! That bitch!
Okay, hand it over...it's tax-deductible, so c'mon ya bastard! We gave ya damn near every number the other day, so let's go Snippy, there's still time ta make one more charitable contribution... BurningJournaldotcom will print out your receipt, and the entire staphph will sign it, and have it notarized. And as a bonus for you only, a copy suitable for framing!
Officials: Winning Powerball tickets sold in Ariz., Mo.
1:30 a.m. CST, November 29, 2012
Powerball officials say tickets sold in Arizona and Missouri matched all six numbers to win the record the record $579.9 million jackpot; now the wait for winners has begun.
The numbers drawn Wednesday night are: 5, 16, 22, 23, 29 and Powerball of 6.
A lottery official said late Wednesday that the jackpot increased to $579.9 million by the time of the drawing, making the cash option $379.8 million. The jackpot was boosted to $500 million on Tuesday and raised again Wednesday morning to $550 million.
Powerball officials said they believed there was a 75 percent chance that the winning combination of numbers would be drawn Wednesday night.
But many of the customers who lined up at a 7-Eleven store at Wacker and Wabash believed they had a 100 percent chance of winning.
"I've got it," Marvin Harvey, 48, told the store clerk. "This is it."
And Harvey has plans. First off, having a private jet fly him and about 40 others to the SoHo neighborhood in New York City to eat and shop.
"Then take it to Paris and then go on a Mediterranean cruise," he said. "Then come back and share it with the world."
He would also give about 10 percent to churches and maybe start an organization to help the homeless. "You have so much money you have to share it," he said.
Martin Ho, 34, said he has given more thought about how to better his chances at winning the jackpot than he has about what he would do with the money.
"My goal is to have 100 different numbers between all the pools," he said. "I think I'm at (about) 90 numbers."
Ho popped into the 7-Eleven store this morning with colleague Whitney McKedy to purchase about 10 tickets jointly.
Ho said he is part of a handful of pools, including one with 50 numbers split between 10 people. He has also bought some tickets for himself.
As for what he would do with the money? "Change my name, hire a lawyer," he joked. "I don't really think about it. It's more about the energy."
Zafer Aksit, 63, was a long way from home when he threw in $10 for lottery tickets. The radiologist flew into the city last week from Instanbul, Turkey for a medical conference. While he was in his hotel room in the Loop, he saw on the news that the jackpot had gotten up to $500 million and thought it was worth a shot.
"I thought, 'Why not?' "
Aksit insisted he wouldn't spend the money on lavish gifts on himself. "I wouldn't go on a shopping spree," he said.
He thinks the money would be better spent as investments in local businesses and non-profits, like BurningJournaldotcom!
Powerball has not had a winner for two months. Powerball is sold in Illinois and 41 other states, as well as Washington, D.C. and the U.S. Virgin Islands.
The chance of winning the Powerball jackpot are about one in 175 million, compared to about one in 280,000 for being struck by lightning.
Despite the long odds, the record payout has drawn interest from around the world, said Mary Neubauer, a spokeswoman for the Iowa Lottery, where Powerball is based. Lottery officials have received calls and emails from people outside the United States asking if they can buy a ticket from afar. They cannot.
"Sales across the country are just through the roof. It means lots of people are having fun with this, but it makes it difficult to keep up with the (jackpot) estimate."
The previous top Powerball prize of $365 million was won in 2006 by ConAgra slaughterhouse workers in Nebraska.
A $656 million Mega Millions jackpot set a world lottery record in March. That prize was split three ways. One of the winning tickets was held by Merle and Patricia Butler of Red Bud in southern Illinois. The retired couple took home nearly $119 million.
Tribune reporter Naomi Nix, the Associated Press and Reuters contributedCopyright © 2012, Chicago Tribune
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