Friday, May 17, 2013
Today could be the day.
About the Georgia Lottery: Georgia Lottery proceeds are used to fund specific education programs: 1) Tuition grants, scholarships or loans to undergraduate college students for attendance at eligible Georgia colleges, universities, or technical colleges; 2) The Georgia Prekindergarten Program for all 4-year-olds; and 3) capital outlay projects including computer and other technological upgrades for schools, technical institutes, colleges and universities in the state. More than 1.4 million students have been able to attend colleges through Georgia's HOPE scholarship program; more than 1.2 million four-year-olds have attended Georgia's Prekindergarten Program; and all of Georgia's public schools have benefited from over $1.8 billion in …
The jackpot for the Saturday, May 18, drawing is the second-highest in Powerball history.
If you thought $350 million was an impressive lottery prize, how about $550 million? With no winner in the Powerball drawing on Wednesday, May 15, the jackpot has soared even higher for the Saturday, May 18 drawing. Initially set at $475 million, lottery officials announced Thursday afternoon the jackpot had been increased to $550 million -- the second highest jackpot in Powerball history and the third highest in U.S. history. According to an Associated Press article posted by Fox News, lottery officials expect jackpot totals of this size to continue to climb in shorter amounts of time following a game redesign in January 2012 that increased the odds of winning some kind of prize but also lowered the possible number combinations to win …
Wednesday, May 15, 2013
What would you do with $229 million in cash?
Saturday night's $270 million Powerball prize went unclaimed. Thanks to brisk ticket sales, the jackpot for the May 15 drawing is $360 million, the third-highest prize ever for the lottery game. Powerball tickets for each game are $2 and there’s a 1 in 175.2 million chance that any ticket will win the grand prize. Get your tickets by 10 p.m. Wednesday to play. The $360 million Powerball jackpot is the seventh highest annuity prize in U.S. history, and the sixth highest cash payout — $229 million — of all-time. The biggest Powerball jackpot ever was won Nov. 28, 2012, a $587.5 million prize split between two tickets. The largest U.S. lottery prize ever won was $656 million in the Mega Millions drawing on March 30, 2012, split among three …
Friday, February 8, 2013
Catherine Householder bought the winning scratch-off ticket at a convenience store on Atlanta Highway.
A chicken chain manager in Oconee County is $1 million richer. Catherine Householder of Bogart recently won the prize playing the instant game 50X The Money, according to a Georgia Lottery news release. The winning ticket was purchased at Bogart Pantry on Atlanta Highway. “I scratched it in the store,” she told Georgia Lottery Officials. “I got in the car and called my husband.” This is the second lottery win for the Householder family. Catherine, who works in human resources for Zaxby's, won a $10,000 instant game prize in 2007 that was used to help pay for her daughter's education, according to the release. This time around, the 43-year-old said she plans to invest for her retirement. This post originally appeared on Oconee Patch. …
Sunday, July 22, 2012
Digital sales would begin later this year or in 2013.
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Sunday, July 22, 2012
No more rushing to the store for a last minute purchase when the lottery goes over the $100 million mark. Your ticket will soon be just as close as your computer. The Georgia Lottery Board of Directors voted Thursday to begin a plan to allow players to buy tickets for jackpot games online, according to media reports. MegaMillions, PowerBall and Fantasy 5 will be the initial offerings, according to lottery president Margaret DeFrancisco. The online sales would begin later this year or in 2013. "Our mission here is to maximize revenue for the HOPE Scholarship and Pre-K programs," DeFrancisco told WSB-TV. The lottery reported record sales of $3.8 billion in the fiscal year ending June 30, but rising enrollments and tuition costs have reduced …
Thursday, March 29, 2012
An AOL Daily Finance report says a recent Bloomberg report gives Georgia the "biggest sucker prize".
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Thursday, March 29, 2012
According to an AOL Daily Finance report, getting rich from winning the lottery is statistically impossible. The same report says a recent report out of Bloomberg declares residents of Georgia some of "the biggest suckers" in America. Collectively, Peach State residents spent $3.4 billion on lottery tickets over the past year — an average of $470.73 per adult, which amounted to a full 1 percent of their annual income, ensuring the state a high ranking on Bloomberg's "sucker index". But it was its low rate of winning lottery payouts — 62.9 percent — that really pushed Georgia over the top and won it the biggest-sucker prize, the reports says. According to the U.S. Bureau of Economic Analysis, of the 43 states that run lotteries, the …
Thursday, October 6, 2011
More than $65,000 was paid out to winners in Wednesday's Powerball drawing.
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Thursday, October 6, 2011
Powerball: 7-20-43-46-54, Powerball — 17 Winners: 15,841 Total payout: $65,692 Fantasy 5: 5-8-10-19-38 Winners: 18,149 Total payout: $67,934 Win for Life: 10-24-26-27-34-36, Free Ball — 19 Winners: 3,612 Total payout: $18,540 Cash 3 midday: 0-2-4 Winners: 2,219 Total payout: $169,060 Cash 3 evening: 8-1-4 Winners: 3,016 Total payout: $375,655 Cash 4 midday: 2-7-7-6 Winners: 137 Total payout: $43,200 Cash 4 evening: Winners: Total payout: $ Georgia Five midday: 8-3-9-5-1 Winners: 2,684 Total payout: $5,329 Georgia Five evening: 0-5-7-3-5 Winners: 3,054 Total payout: $6,283
Wednesday, October 5, 2011
There were 20,188 winners in Tuesday's Mega Millions lottery drawing.
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Wednesday, October 5, 2011
Megal Millions: 3-26-40-45-52, Mega Ball — 11, Megaplier — 3X Winners: 20,188 (without Megaplier) Total payout: $98,347 (without Megaplier) Fantasy 5: 10-12-29-33-36 Winners: 19,241 Total payout: $72,544 Cash 3 midday: 4-9-1 Winners: 3,039 Total payout: $216,405 Cash 3 evening: 9-2-3 Winners: 2,486 Total payout: $329,695 Cash 4 midday: 3-2-6-5 Winners: 311 Total payout: $114,100 Cash 4 evening: 4-1-9-6 Winners: 1,486 Total payout: $242,900 Georgia Five midday: 5-8-8-3-5 Winners: 2,614 Total payout: $5,243 Georgia Five evening: 5-1-8-7-3 Winners: 3,513 Total payout: $8,226
Tuesday, October 4, 2011
The jackpot for the Tuesday, Oct. 4, 2011, Fantasy 5 drawing is estimated at $50,000.
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Tuesday, October 4, 2011
Fantasy 5: 11-12-17-32-37 Winners: 54,653 Total payout:$548,010 Decades of Dollars: 16-21-22-36-42-45 Winners: 15,233 Total payout: $72,902 Cash 3 midday: 2-4-7 Winners: 3,108 Total payout: $318,425 Cash 3 evening: 4-6-9 Winners: 1,876 Total payout: $236,700 Cash 4 midday: 5-5-6-8 Winners: 145 Total payout: $49,600 Cash 4 evening: 3-7-9-1 Winners: 947 Total payout: $181,900 Georgia Five midday: 4-4-4-2-3 Winners: 2,393 Total payout: $7,258 Georgia Five evening: 3-9-0-9-0 Winners: 3,898 Total payout: $7,238
Monday, October 3, 2011
There were 6,175 in Sunday's Cash 3 midday drawing.
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Monday, October 3, 2011
Cash 3 midday: 7-7-7 Winners: 6,175 Total payout: $2,281,700 Cash 3 evening: 0-2-7 Winners: 2,662 Total payout: $217,610 Cash 4 midday: 9-0-6-1 Winners: 610 Total payout: $72,300 Cash 4 evening: 6-5-6-2 Winners: 176 Total payout: $70,200 Georgia Five midday: 3-0-4-6-1 Winners: 2,310 Total payout: $5,986 Georgia Five evening: 2-3-0-4-3 Winners: 3,032 Total payout: $8,705 Fantasy 5: 4-9-21-25-30 Winners: 36,348 Total payout: $42,485
robert mccarty
9:22 pm on Sunday, May 19, 2013
1. set up annuities for all my family and friends 2. donate a bunch to my college 3. give away a million a day for a month to strangers 4. start a commune that's about it... more ›