Saturday, March 9, 2013
If you're interested in a possible $95.2 million cash payout, or receiving that $150 million over time, you've got to play!
The Powerball has reached $150 million with the next drawing happening Saturday night, March 9. That's a $95.2 million cash payout! Wednesday's drawing produced no grand prize winner, but there was one $1 million winning ticket that had all five Powerball numbers. The last time a Palatine resident won by playing Powerball was in October 2012. The winning ticket, which had all the numbers but the Powerball itself, paid out $100,000 and was purchased at Lamplighter Inn.
Wednesday, November 28, 2012
A record for the game, Powerball jackpot is at $500 million and expected to climb before tonight's drawing.
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Wednesday, November 28, 2012
Will you try to get lucky tonight? If you purchase a $2 Powerball ticket, you will buy a chance to win one of the lottery’s biggest jackpots of the year. A surge in ticket sales has pushed the Powerball jackpot up to a half-billion dollars. A record for game, the whopping $500 million jackpot could grow even larger before Wednesday night’s drawing. According to USA Today, lottery officials expect ticket sales to average 6.3 million an hour today. “When (the jackpot) is this large, it’s not unusual for the jackpot to go up. I wouldn’t be surprised if it gets pumped up again,” said Chanele Newton, spokesperson for Northstar Lottery Group, which runs the Illinois State Lottery. There has been no Powerball winner since Oct. 6, and the millions…
Wednesday, November 14, 2012
Chicagoland news to talk about: More teacher strikes loom; Chicago schools might ban whole milk.
Two brothers were each sentenced Tuesday to 14 years in federal prison after being convicted last year of engaging in a home-repair fraud scheme that targeted elderly victims on the city’s south and west sides, the U.S. Attorney's Office announced. The defendants, John J. Sullivan, formerly of Northbrook, and his brother, Daniel J. Sullivan, of Niles, swindled more than 50 victims out of a total of almost $750,000 in equity in their homes. Prosecuters said the brothers would promise to perform expensive home repairs, convincing victims to refinance their homes to pay the costs, then later intentionally failed to perform or complete the projects. Unable to come to an agreement at their last negotiating session on Monday, the Grayslake …
