Powerball

Over $700 million up for grabs!

Well, it was not me...but there is ONE winning Powerball ticket.

Tonight, there's a record Powerball drawing, and we spent a decent chunk of time fielding calls about what people would do with the money. When Sarah asked me, I sputtered for an answer. See, I hadn't given it much thought, as I don't play the lottery.
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If you play Powerball, you may want to check your tickets!
The Maine Lottery Facebook page says a Powerball winning ticket worth $1 million dollars was sold at a Leadbetter’s Super Stop in Bangor.
If you missed it last night, the Maine Powerball numbers were 11-21-31-41-59...

This Saturday’s Powerball Jackpot should be around $700 million because there was not a winner for Wednesday's $500 million jackpot. Someone will, eventually, start 2016 out with a bang.

Julie Leech of Three Rivers, Michigan was introduced by lottery officials as the lucky winner of last week's $310.5 million Powerball game.

With Powerball ticket sales lagging lately, officials have decided to give the game a shot in the arm. In October, Powerball will make the odds of winning the big prize harder but the odds of winner smaller prizes will be better.

Remember Gloria MacKenzie? The former Maine resident who won the BIGGEST Powerball jackpot in history (so far) is helping out her home state in a big way!
And it's something we should learn from.

It’s been 12 days since the $590 million dollar Powerball jackpot was hit by a single person in Zephyrhills, Florida, but no one has come forward to claim the prize money. The small town of 13,000 is wondering who the winner is. Speculation in the town is a female supermarket employe…

The $590 million Powerball jackpot was hit by only one person that lives in Zephyrhills, Florida. Zephyrhills has a big ties to Maine as it is the community in Florida that has the most people from Maine. In fact, this past February, the 60th annual Maine Day reunion was held
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