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Article IndexBY BOB HOLT
NEWJERSEYNEWSROOM.COM
The Powerball drawing of Saturday October 29 will mark the fourth time the jackpot has gone above $200 million so far in 2011. Every time that happened, the jackpot had a winner in its next drawing.
There was no Powerball jackpot winner for the 12th consecutive time on Wednesday, so Saturday’s top prize will now be an estimated $203 million, and $123 million for the lump sum. According to the Washington Post, nine tickets matched the first five numbers without the Powerball to win $200,000, one coming from New Jersey.
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Philly.com reports that a dozen lottery jackpots have grown to over $300 million in history, two of them occurring in the Mega Millions lottery this year.
The most recent winner close to our area came from Pennsylvania, where a player won over $4.2 million in the Match 6 drawing on October 24. The ticket, chosen by the lottery machine, was sold at Anthracite Newsstand in Wilkes-Barre. The newsstand receives a $10,000 commission for selling the winner, according to Lottery Post.
Playhugelottos.com has a list of the 24 largest lottery wins in the world. The top annuitized jackpot came from the Mega Millions drawing of March 6, 2007, when two tickets, including one from New Jersey, split $390 million.
