The Powerball game is based on lottery tickets sold for $2 apiece.
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“I don’t play unless it really gets up there”, said Roger Ryan at Charlie’s Variety in Haverhill.
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The $478 million jackpot is the second-largest Powerball jackpot this year.
Most winners, like a Florida couple that came forward in February to claim their portion of the largest-ever $1.58 billion Powerball prize, go for the latter option. So, if someone wins Saturday and opts for the $330.6 million cash option, they’ll need to scrape by with roughly $165 million after taxes. That jackpot was split three ways, with winning tickets sold in Florida, Tennessee and Chino Hills, California.
This is the Granite State’s 10th jackpot victor since New Hampshire started playing Powerball in 1995.
Sunday’s Fantasy 5 jackpot is an estimated $110,000. Saturday’s jackpot was the nation’s eighth-largest lottery jackpot.
Powerball has been a lucrative game for Michigan Lottery players in 2016. Some use the machine-generated quick picks, and some have special numbers they use. If you are going to play to win big, right now would be a good time to jump on the bandwagon.
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“I play every day”, said Thomas Murphy, a Windham bartender. People across the country and Canada are flocking to one of the 44 states that sell the Powerball ticket.
