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Reported by: KARK 4 News Thursday, Nov 5, 2009 @10:25am CST The Arkansas Scholarship Lottery is celebrating Powerball ticket sales totaling $1,095,100, from October 31 to November 4.
Arkansas became the 31st state, along with the District of Columbia and the U.S. Virgin Islands, to offer the game when ticket sales began at 10:15 p.m. on Saturday. The first drawing was Wednesday night, live on KAR4. Click here to watch. “This is extraordinary and surpassed all our expectations,” said Ernie Passailaigue, Arkansas Scholarship Lottery Executive Director. “The real winners from the sale of the Powerball game are Arkansas students, who will reap the true reward of offering this multi-state jackpot game.” Arkansas lottery players did win as well, as 19,694 players won $148,576 in prizes. Because the jackpot was not hit, the Powerball estimated jackpot for the drawing on Saturday is $80 million. All Powerball drawings air live on KARK 4 each Wednesday and Saturday at 10:00 p.m. |
11:15 PM
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Prize grows to $32-million for Saturday's drawing. |
5:53 PM
Reported by: Cecillea Pond-Mayo, KARK 4 News
Sales are averaging $1.4 million a day. |
4:00 PM
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Meets Tuesday afternoon to discuss Cash 4, Mega Millions, and more. |
9:45 AM
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Last week's sales set record. |
1:00 AM
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No jackpot winner boosts pot to $25 million. |
2:00 PM
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In Arkansas, more than 14-thousand win lesser prizes. |
10:25 PM
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One has $500,000 jackpot, others are holiday-themed. |
9:15 AM
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Includes one $10 ticket, one $3 ticket, one $2 ticket and one $1 ticket. |
1:50 AM
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Two lesser tickets in Arkansas worth $10,000 in Saturday night's drawing. |
12:00 AM
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Every Wednesday and Saturday at 10:00 p.m. |