Powerball Lottery
Winning Numbers for
Powerball Lottery
The Powerball lottery is one of the two major multi-state
lotteries in America, the other being the Mega Millions. Power
Ball is operated by the Multi-State Lottery Association (MUSL),
which is a consortium of lottery commissions in 29 US states, the District
of Columbia along with the U.S. Virgin Islands. MUSL is licensed as the
monopoly provider of multi state lotteries in these states.
Powerball’s
predecessor started operating in 1988 under the name Lotto America. In 1992 the
game was changed and re-launched with the new name, Power Ball; this name has
remained to the present day.
The
Powerball
lottery has been responsible for some of the biggest jackpot winners in
lotto history and below is a selection of some of the more notable ones:
- The
largest ever jackpot paid out in the Power Ball lottery was in February 2006
when a prize of $365 million was won by a single ticket holder from
Nebraska.
- A $340
million Powerball lottery jackpot was collected by a family from
Oregon in 2005.
- A citizen
of West Virginia called Jack Whittaker matched the winning Power Ball
numbers on Christmas Day 2002 and picked up the incredible $314 million
jackpot.
- A retired
mechanic from Ohio won the $314 million jackpot in August of 2007.
Choose Your
Winning Numbers for Power Ball Lottery
The Power Ball lottery jackpots are often much larger than single
state lottery prize pots and this is because the prize fund in comprised of cash
generated from ticket sales from the 29 participating US States. Until now you
would have had to buy your Power Ball lottery tickets in one of these 29 states
if you wished to play. However, you can now
buy lotto tickets
online regardless of where you live in the world via recognised lottery
ticket sales agents. You now have the opportunity of being added to the huge
list of Powerball lottery winners regardless of where you reside
globally.
These lottery
ticket sales agents also offer a comprehensive results service so as soon as
your draw has taken place you will be able to view the
Power Ball lotto
results online without delay.
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