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

... if she wins the Powerball jackpot tonight. “I need money,” said Lucero, who was diagnosed with cancer in June 2016 and is still undergoing treatment. The Powerball jackpot totals $403 million with a cash value of $243.9 million ahead of tonight’s drawing. Lucero, a Wal-Mart employee, said she is buying her Powerball ticket with her 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 ...

1m Powerball Ticket Sold In Sykesville

... play on Friday. "I'm happy for them, but it sucks for me. I wish I had the money. It is what it is," Thomas said. For the most part, people who weren't $1 million richer, were excited just doing the math that the tiny High's store in a fairly rural part of Carroll County had a winner. "(It's) pretty amazing that, you know, this store was it because I come here all the time, almost every day," Powerball player Gary Mellor said. "I'm actually really happy because that's one of the things that I always say to our customers is, 'I hope I sold you the winning ticket. Don't forget who sold you the winning ticket,'" Myrick said. Since no one won the jackpot, Wednesday's drawing is now a little over $400 million. Winning Powerball numbers. WEBVTT PEOPLE AROUND HERE HAVE NO IDEAWHO ONE.> > IT IS A MYSTERY. ON LIBERTY ROAD ANDSYKESVILLE IS THAT MAJORINVESTIGATION GOING ON SINCEWORD GOT OUT ABOUT $1 MILLIONPOWERBALL TICKET THAT WAS SOLDHERE THIS PAST FRIDAY. A LOT OF PEOPLE HAVE BEENASKING DO YOU KNOW WHO ONE, ...

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

... time in nearly three months. (FILE image). By Rod Gipson, Digital Media Producer. Last Updated: Wednesday, February 22, 2017, 11:43 PM EST. ST. PETERSBURG -. After all, the Florida Lottery's tag line is "just imagine.". Well, imagine winning a $403 million Powerball jackpot. With no matching tickets last Saturday, the jackpot for Wednesday night's drawing rose above $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 ...

Powerball Jackpot Soars To $403 Million

... LOUISVILLE — The jackpot for the next Powerball drawing rose to an estimated $403 million after no one matched all six numbers Saturday, officials of the multistate game reported Monday. The one-time cash option for Wednesday's drawing was estimated 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 ...

Powerball Jackpot Hits $403 Million For Tonight's Drawing

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Powerball Prize Inspires Big Dreams

... 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 he ever wins.". Three Ayerco customers, Jim Clemens, Denny Milfs and Jeff Spangler, all unanimously agreed they would use the money ...