Powerball

• Its ironic that Mega Millions had the first jackpot to break not only the $400 million barrier, but the half-billion mark as well. It might even be hiked again today. The drawing is set for 11 p.m.
(Philadelphia Daily News)
• A ticket sold in Rapid City is worth $10,000 following the March 24 Powerball drawing. The ticket holder matched four of five white ball numbers and the Powerball to win the games third prize. Winning numbers are 1, 15, 35, 37 and 47 and the Powerball is 8.
(Rapid City Journal)
• Johannesburg, South Africa  -  National Lotterys Powerball winning numbers from Tuesday are 44, 8, 45, 11, 23 and Powerball 2.  The evenings draw did not produce any jackpot winners, according to National Lottery.
(Examiner)
• DES MOINES, Iowa --- Someone who bought a Powerball ticket at a Council Bluffs supermarket won a $1 million prize in Wednesday night's drawing. It's the third $1 million-winning Powerball ticket sold in Iowa in a little more than a month.
(Waterloo Cedar-Falls Courier)
• What Would You Do FIRST with a Half-Bllion Dollars? Many Mega-Millions lottery players are hoping to have to answer that question.
(dbtechno.com)
• Urbandale, IA  -  The Powerball winning numbers from Wednesday are 11, 16, 29, 50, 50 and Powerball 33.  The jackpot for Tuesdays draw is estimated at $50 million on an annuity basis, according to the Multi-State Lottery Association (MUSL).
(Examiner)
• Louise White, a vivacious 81-year-old of Newport, R.I., stepped forward today as the winner of $336.4 million, the third largest Powerball lottery in the history of the game. I want to say that Im very happy and Im very proud.
(ABC News)
• Take it from former New Hampshire Sen. Judd Gregg, for example, who won more than $850,000 from the Powerball lottery in 2005: according to the ex-senator, the winner of the Mega Millions will want to get professional help to manage their new fortune.
(Politico.com)
• LAWRENCEVILLE — Sometimes money is the best medicine. At least that's what a New Jersey couple thinks after they bought a winning $70 million Powerball lottery jackpot ticket at a pharmacy in Monmouth County.
(Atlantic City Press)
• MARTINSBURG, W.Va. (AP) - Powerball winner Randy Smiths charitable fund is giving another $600,000 to a recreation center project in Berkeley County.
(msnbc.com)