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COLUMBIA, S.C. (WIS) – The Mega Millions game is set to draw for its largest jackpot so far in 2025 on Friday. Lottery officials say the jackpot has reached $520 million and has rolled 26 times since it was last won in June. Tickets cost $5 and can be bought until 10 p.m. Friday, one hour before the drawing. Click …

For years, winning a Publishers Clearing House sweepstakes promised a life of steady, guaranteed payouts.  But now, that dream has abruptly ended for some winners.  After the 72-year-old company filed for bankruptcy, longtime jackpot winners have stopped receiving their ‘lifetime’ checks  — leaving some scrambling to make sense of the sudden loss.  The collapse comes just as Americans are chasing …

Powerball players in Missouri and Texas won the nearly $1.8 billion jackpot on Saturday, overcoming astronomical odds to end the lottery game’s three-month drought without a big winner. The winning numbers were 11, 23, 44, 61, and 62, with the Powerball number being 17. The winning ticket in Texas was sold at a gas station-convenience store in Fredericksburg, according to …

BATON ROUGE (TNND) — A Louisiana man missed Powerball’s massive $1.1B jackpot by just one number. But all was not lost, as John Stokes still won $150,000, according to the Louisiana Lottery. We were shocked and feel so blessed,” Stokes said in the release. Stokes, who lives in DeRidder, bought the ticket on Monday. He said he and his family …

Powerball ticket sold in Texas splits massive $1.8B jackpot; three other big winners in the state  KHOU Winning tickets sold in two states for massive Powerball jackpot of nearly $1.8 billion  CNN Powerball ticket sold in Michigan wins $1 million in record-setting jackpot  Detroit Free Press Powerball tickets sold in Missouri and Texas win $1.79B jackpot  Fox Business $1.8 billion Powerball drawing turns up …

Two Powerball winners to split Saturday’s $1.8 billion jackpot  NewsNation Winning tickets sold in two states for massive Powerball jackpot of nearly $1.8 billion  CNN Four people win $100K in Powerball drawing in Georgia, as jackpot is finally claimed  11Alive.com Powerball tickets sold in Missouri and Texas win $1.79B jackpot  Fox Business Powerball ticket sold in Texas splits massive $1.8B jackpot; three other million-dollar …

Facebook Tweet Email Link Winning tickets for Saturday’s nearly $1.8 billion Powerball jackpot were sold in Missouri and Texas, the lottery said. “With final ticket sales, the Powerball jackpot came in at $1.787 billion – making it the second-largest U.S. lottery jackpot ever won,” the Multi-State Lottery Association, which runs the Powerball game, said in a news release. Each winning …

The winning numbers for an estimated $1.8 billion Powerball jackpot — the game’s second-largest prize ever — are 11, 23, 44, 61, 62 with a Powerball of 17. Saturday’s jackpot has an estimated cash value of $826.4 million, Powerball said.  It was not immediately known if there were any winners of Saturday’s jackpot.  The top prize had climbed after no …

DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — A Powerball drawing will be held Saturday for what would be second highest lottery jackpot on record: an estimated $1.8 billion. The prize ballooned after the lottery held more than 40 consecutive drawings without anyone matching all of the game’s six numbers. Whenever a drawing fails to get a winner, the lottery rolls over the …

Facebook Tweet Email Link Chances are very good that if someone wins Saturday’s promised Powerball prize of $1.8 billion, they will cash in their ticket. But it’s not certain. Not every jackpot-winning ticket sold over the years has been cashed in. And if you totaled up all the missing smaller “winners” who could claim anywhere from a few dollars to …