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10-18-2005, 11:27 PM
Lottery jackpot reaches $340 million
Second-richest in U.S. history
Tuesday, October 18, 2005; Posted: 7:40 p.m. EDT (23:40 GMT)
HURRICANE, West Virginia (AP) -- With $340 million up for grabs in the second-biggest lottery jackpot in U.S. history, people trekked to a small-town West Virginia convenience store to buy their tickets Tuesday in the apparent belief that lightning can strike twice in the same place.
Nearly three years ago, it was the C&L Super Serve in Hurricane that sold the ticket that made West Virginia contractor Jack Whittaker the winner of the nation's biggest undivided jackpot: $314.9 million in the multi-state Powerball lottery.
Wednesday's Powerball jackpot climbed into the stratosphere after 20 straight drawings in which no one won the grand prize.
"It's a lot a money to win for just playing a dollar," 18-year-old construction worker Danny Loudin said after buying his ticket at the C&L.
Twenty-seven states offer Powerball, along with the District of Columbia and the U.S. Virgin Islands.
Edward Jarvis, a 39-year-old real estate agent, drove from New York's Long Island to Greenwich, Connecticut, to buy $120 worth of tickets.
"That's worth an hour or two out of your day," he said. "It's cheaper than going to Atlantic City for a heck of a lot better return if you win."
What would he do if he won?
"Not work," he said, then changed it to work less. "It would be nice to be debt-free. I'd spend a lot more time with my kids and do the things I like to do -- golf."
The odds of hitting all six numbers are 1 in 146 million.
The biggest lottery jackpot in U.S. history is $363 million, won by two ticket holders in Illinois and Michigan in 2000.
Copyright ©2005 The Associated Press. All rights reserved.This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed.
CNN.com-October 18, 2005
If you are in a Powerball state, good luck if you're playing. I live in California and we have 'mega-millions' jackpots here! :)
Mega-millions website:
http://www.megamillions.com
Second-richest in U.S. history
Tuesday, October 18, 2005; Posted: 7:40 p.m. EDT (23:40 GMT)
HURRICANE, West Virginia (AP) -- With $340 million up for grabs in the second-biggest lottery jackpot in U.S. history, people trekked to a small-town West Virginia convenience store to buy their tickets Tuesday in the apparent belief that lightning can strike twice in the same place.
Nearly three years ago, it was the C&L Super Serve in Hurricane that sold the ticket that made West Virginia contractor Jack Whittaker the winner of the nation's biggest undivided jackpot: $314.9 million in the multi-state Powerball lottery.
Wednesday's Powerball jackpot climbed into the stratosphere after 20 straight drawings in which no one won the grand prize.
"It's a lot a money to win for just playing a dollar," 18-year-old construction worker Danny Loudin said after buying his ticket at the C&L.
Twenty-seven states offer Powerball, along with the District of Columbia and the U.S. Virgin Islands.
Edward Jarvis, a 39-year-old real estate agent, drove from New York's Long Island to Greenwich, Connecticut, to buy $120 worth of tickets.
"That's worth an hour or two out of your day," he said. "It's cheaper than going to Atlantic City for a heck of a lot better return if you win."
What would he do if he won?
"Not work," he said, then changed it to work less. "It would be nice to be debt-free. I'd spend a lot more time with my kids and do the things I like to do -- golf."
The odds of hitting all six numbers are 1 in 146 million.
The biggest lottery jackpot in U.S. history is $363 million, won by two ticket holders in Illinois and Michigan in 2000.
Copyright ©2005 The Associated Press. All rights reserved.This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed.
CNN.com-October 18, 2005
If you are in a Powerball state, good luck if you're playing. I live in California and we have 'mega-millions' jackpots here! :)
Mega-millions website:
http://www.megamillions.com