2017 has been a generally slow year for Powerball jackpot wins. Nine and a half months into the year and there have only been six winners. Number six won on September 16, and to date, remains unclaimed. The good news for players in a year with few winners is the ability to win bigger jackpots. Mavis Wanczyk is an example of one such person who benefits from fewer winners. The unclaimed jackpot from Saturday's [...]
Unclaimed Powerball Jackpots Add Up To Serious Cash Do Powerball lottery winners keep their tickets in a safe place? Twice in recent years, two winning jackpot tickets have gone unclaimed. A winning ticket sold in Georgia went unclaimed for a $77.1 million jackpot drawn on June 29, 2011. Two years later, a winning ticket from Florida went unclaimed. The drawing, held on May 25, 2013, had two other winning jackpot tickets. It is hard [...]
2016 Powerball Winners January 13 Lisa and John Robinson This lucky couple shared the historic $1.58 billion jackpot with two other lottery winners. Choosing a lump sum payment of $327,835,000 at Tennessee Lottery headquarters, the winners were the second winners in a row to win the Powerball in the state of Tennessee. The Nickel 95 Trust Trustee Maureen Smith walked into Florida Lottery headquarters to claim a lump-sum payment for $327,835,077 on behalf of [...]
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Someone Bought $1 Million Powerball Ticket in Houston Rain, flood waters and Hurricane Harvey can't stop one lucky Powerball player in Houston. According to a tweet from the TX Lottery, a winning ticket was purchased from a Kroger grocery store sometime prior to the drawing held on September 2. The numbers chosen matched all 5 numbers correctly. The winning numbers drawn were 6, 21, 41, 52, 62, 26. Had the ticket matched Powerball 26, [...]