International Business News - Powerball http://www.ibtimes.com All articles are copyrighted by IBTimes.com 400 100 http://www.ibtimes.com/ http://www.ibtimes.com/images/top_logo_ibt2_3.gif Lottery officials say Florida will add the national Powerball game to its portfolio in January. Gov. Charlie Crist applauded the decision Wednesday, saying it would maximize sales opportunities for the state's 20-year-old lottery and its 13,500 vendors. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080702/florida-agrees-to-add-powerball-to-lottery-options.htm Wed, 02 Jul 2008 14:54:58 EDT A construction company owner who lost two homes in Hurricane Katrina claimed a $97 million Powerball prize, a jackpot won off a ticket he bought at a convenience store where he stopped to buy his wife a gallon of milk. http://www.ibtimes.com/data/articleimgs/45017-powerball-winner.jpg http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080509/man-who-lost-homes-in-katrina-claims-97m-powerball-prize.htm http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080509/man-who-lost-homes-in-katrina-claims-97m-powerball-prize.htm Fri, 09 May 2008 07:00:08 EDT Paul and Sue Rosenau say they already have everything they need, so their lives won't change that much after winning a $180.1 million Powerball jackpot. http://www.ibtimes.com/data/articleimgs/44433-powerball-jackpot-winner.jpg http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080506/minnesota-couple-claims-180-million-powerball-jackpot.htm http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080506/minnesota-couple-claims-180-million-powerball-jackpot.htm Tue, 06 May 2008 23:00:30 EDT Somewhere, someone's holding a small slip of paper purchased in southern Minnesota that's worth up to $180.1 million. Minnesota State Lottery officials say the sole winning Powerball ticket from Saturday night's drawing was sold somewhere in Rice County. Lottery officials won't specify exactly where it was sold until the winner comes forward. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080504/powerball-ticket-worth-180-1-million-sold-in-southern-minn.htm Sun, 04 May 2008 23:58:25 EDT After claiming a Powerball ticket worth $276.3 million, eight employees of a sheriff's department tax office talked Tuesday about their relationships, helping family first _ and getting back to work. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080318/tax-office-workers-win-276m-in-lottery.htm Tue, 18 Mar 2008 18:56:39 EDT The West Virginia Lottery worked Monday to confirm that eight women in the Monongalia County Sheriff's Department Tax Office hold a winning Powerball ticket worth $276.3 million. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080317/8-may-hold-276-million-powerball-ticket.htm Mon, 17 Mar 2008 15:26:28 EDT Residents were abuzz Thursday over the chance that a local _ maybe someone who helped fix some of what Hurricane Katrina and the looters did _ is the person sitting on a $97 million Powerball ticket. http://www.ibtimes.com/data/articleimgs/10538-powerball-winner.jpg http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080117/n-o-suburb-hopes-97m-winners-a-local.htm http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080117/n-o-suburb-hopes-97m-winners-a-local.htm Thu, 17 Jan 2008 18:47:09 EST About three weeks ago, Sheila Botelho told her boss at an Ann & Hope outlet store that she and her husband were retiring earlier than expected. She didn't mention why: a $151.9 million winning Powerball ticket, the largest lottery prize in Rhode Island history. The Botelhos lawyer and two bodyguards cashed in the prize for them Friday at the Rhode Island Lottery. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20071221/powerball-winners-claim-151m-jackpot.htm Fri, 21 Dec 2007 21:51:18 EST