04/10/2006: Powerball
Category: General
Posted by: alexenberg
Powerball typically gets a lot of search action on the Web but it heats up as the jackpot rises.
$224.2 million lottery ticket sold in St. Louis
$853,492 Powerball Tickets to Expire!
"Two Powerball tickets worth an incredible $853,492 each will expire soon if the winners do not step forward. One ticket was purchased on October 19, 2005 at Hebron BP, 2144 Kilgore Place, Hebron, Kentucky. The other missing ticket was purchased in Littleton, Colorado...
more at the powerball website
How to Play
Odds of Winning
More on the odds
On USA lotteries - MUSL website
"The Multi-State Lottery Association (MUSL) is a non-profit, government-benefit association owned and operated by its member lotteries. Each MUSL member offers one or more of the games administered by MUSL. All profits are retained by the individual lotteries and are used to fund projects approved by the legislature authorizing each lottery".
These are the games currently run by the MUSL:
Powerball®
Hot Lotto®
Wildcard 2®
2 by 2®
Instant Millionaire®
The North American Association of State and Provincial Lotteries (NASPL) was founded in 1971. Evolving from an informal exchange of information among three pioneering lottery directors, the organization has now grown into an active non-profit professional association representing 50 lottery organizations.
From the NASPL website:
Lotteries ranked by FY 2005 Sales
New York $6,270.49
Massachusetts $4,484.72
Texas $3,662.46
Florida $3,470.73
California $3,333.60
Georgia $2,922.33
Pennsylvania $2,644.86
New Jersey $2,273.80
Ohio $2,159.10
Michigan $2,069.49
Illinois $1,842.88
Rhode Island (2) $1,636.84
Full list here
Lottery history
"In Chapter 26 in the Book of Numbers, Moses used a lottery to award land west of the River Jordan."
History of Lottery - timline
$224.2 million lottery ticket sold in St. Louis
$853,492 Powerball Tickets to Expire!
"Two Powerball tickets worth an incredible $853,492 each will expire soon if the winners do not step forward. One ticket was purchased on October 19, 2005 at Hebron BP, 2144 Kilgore Place, Hebron, Kentucky. The other missing ticket was purchased in Littleton, Colorado...
more at the powerball website
How to Play
Odds of Winning
More on the odds
On USA lotteries - MUSL website
"The Multi-State Lottery Association (MUSL) is a non-profit, government-benefit association owned and operated by its member lotteries. Each MUSL member offers one or more of the games administered by MUSL. All profits are retained by the individual lotteries and are used to fund projects approved by the legislature authorizing each lottery".
These are the games currently run by the MUSL:
Powerball®
Hot Lotto®
Wildcard 2®
2 by 2®
Instant Millionaire®
The North American Association of State and Provincial Lotteries (NASPL) was founded in 1971. Evolving from an informal exchange of information among three pioneering lottery directors, the organization has now grown into an active non-profit professional association representing 50 lottery organizations.
From the NASPL website:
Lotteries ranked by FY 2005 Sales
New York $6,270.49
Massachusetts $4,484.72
Texas $3,662.46
Florida $3,470.73
California $3,333.60
Georgia $2,922.33
Pennsylvania $2,644.86
New Jersey $2,273.80
Ohio $2,159.10
Michigan $2,069.49
Illinois $1,842.88
Rhode Island (2) $1,636.84
Full list here
Lottery history
"In Chapter 26 in the Book of Numbers, Moses used a lottery to award land west of the River Jordan."
History of Lottery - timline
