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25 August 2017 Mavis Wanczyk, who worked at Mercy Medical Center in Springfield for 32 years, has received the largest jackpot ever won with a single ticket.
24 August 2017 An error by the Massachusetts State Lottery over which store sold the lone winning Powerball ticket is being blamed on nerves.
17 August 2017 The odds of winning the Powerball jackpot are one in 292.2 million.
16 January 2016 A new Facebook hoax claims that Powerball winners John and Lisa Robinson are giving away their money on Facebook.
Updated Numerous people on social media are falsely claiming that they won the $1.6 Powerball lottery jackpot.
14 January 2016 A fake news article claimed that a hedge fund manager named Jared Price won the $1.6 billion Powerball.
13 January 2016 The humor in a satirical item about the Pentagon's purchase of five million Powerball tickets confused some readers unfamiliar with 'Duffel Blog.'
12 January 2016 A fake news article claimed that officials had rigged the $1.5 billion Powerball Lottery and that the game had been cancelled.
12 January 2016 Powerball frenzies aren't the only interesting lottery phenomenon, which has long inspired a wealth of urban legends.
11 January 2016 If a $1.3 billion Powerball jackpot were shared with every American, we'd all get about four bucks each.
20 October 2015
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