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$620M Powerball Jackpot Ready to Deliver Christmas Miracle

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$620M Powerball Jackpot Ready to Deliver Christmas Miracle

Powerball has an estimated $620 million top prize up for grabs during its next drawing set for Saturday, December 23. The drawing that comes just hours before Christmas Eve stands to deliver a lucky winner with the 19th largest lottery jackpot in US history.

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A Powerball ticket sold in Florida is displayed in front of a replica of the leg lamp made famous in “A Christmas Story.” The $620 million Powerball jackpot for Saturday’s drawing could make for a memorable Christmas for a lucky winner. (Image: Florida Lottery)

Powerball’s top prize, which is only won by a ticket overcoming the measly odds of one in 292.2 million to match all five drawn white ball numbers and the red Powerball, last hit on October 11. That jackpot was won by a ticket sold in California.

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Indiana Lottery Winner Paid $500K Prize After Store Clerk Ripped Up Ticket

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Indiana Lottery Winner Paid $500K Prize After Store Clerk Ripped Up Ticket

An Indiana man who won $500K on the Hoosier Lottery will get his payday, even though his ticket was shredded in front of his eyes by an inattentive store clerk, as first reported by The Lottery Post.

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Paul Marshall will receive his $500K prize from the Indiana lottery after a clerk mistakenly tore up his winning ticket. (Image: WBAA)

At a meeting of the Hoosier Lottery Commission in Indianapolis earlier this month, officials voted to honor the prize for state resident Paul Marshall.

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Minnesota Casino Winner Beaten, Robbed of $38K, Suspects Arrested

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Minnesota Casino Winner Beaten, Robbed of $38K, Suspects Arrested

Three Minnesota men are facing several charges after they allegedly beat up and robbed an elderly casino winner in front of his home over the weekend.

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Minnesota’s Treasure Island Resort & Casino is pictured above. A casino winner there later was robbed and beaten at his residence. (Image: Glassdoor)

The unnamed 67-year-old victim was kicked and punched as two of the suspects stole more than $38K early Sunday in the driveway of his Mahtomedi, Minn. residence, according to the St. Paul Pioneer Press.

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