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Subscribe to RSSA Powerball lottery ticket sold in Iowa with a number line-up bravely built around the number 13 matched the six numbers drawn Wednesday night for a jackpot prize worth $202.1 million.
The numbers were 13, 26, 39, 41, 42 and Powerball 10. As NPR points out, the first three numbers played are all multiples of 13. The drawing took place on Sept. 26 -- also a multiple of 13 -- as Philly.com points out.
The number-savvy winner and the location where the ticket was bought are still unavailable. Another ticket that matched the first five numbers but not the Powerball one was sold in Iowa and is worth $1 million, The Associated Press reported.
"Due to of the large number of big prizes involved, the Iowa Lottery’s processing of the winning information is expected to take longer than usual," a press release from the Iowa lottery read Thursday.
According to the AP, a group of 20 employees from Cedar Rapids shared a $241 million Powerball jackpot in June.
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Whatever!!!, I just want a small share from that winner' ...only 1 million :D :))
This reminds me of my favorite t-shirt brand - Lucky 13
no, just no....
13 original states
13 names on the constitution
want more? Use google...
Completely inane story. The numbers are drawn at random, and if the ticket was a quick pick the same is true.
Some numerologist could come up with some sequence in any six numbers.
the lottery is rigged.
I agree with you djrashn it's rigged. We never win big in Northern New Jersey!!!!
Illuminati? Let me guess, you believe there is going to be a pole shift too, right?.....looking forward to Dec. 22nd!
Tell me, Isn't it a little bit weird that most of the winners are from the midwest to the east coast? Rarely see any winning in the west coast. Can someone explain this to me? please?
Because we're hours ahead of you, we get to know the numbers before the drawing.
That's funny. I live in Iowa (where the PB is HQ'd) and until this summer I always found it odd how there were never any winners in Iowa ... they always seemed to be Arizona.
I have been thinking the same thing. NV and CA may not have powerball, but what about all those other west coast states, all the PWRBall winners seem to come from mid to east US for some lucky reason :) .
Some guy just won a substantial lottery in Pasadena a few weeks ago...
http://www.ktla.com/news/landing/ktla-lotto-winning-pasadena,0,5431879.story
I'll be glad to explain:
It's because people in the West are Superstitious.
And, as everyone knows, it's unlucky to be Superstitious.
Isn't that spelled STUPIDstitious?
This is also true of a free sweepstakes I play. I determined that the chances of someone being drawn as the winner (or number of tickets sold, as is the case for the lottery) from the mid west to the east coast are greater because the population density is greater in those areas. http://www.census.gov/dmd/www/pdf/512popdn.pdf
@ DaddyMac, False. Powerball is no longer HQ'd in Iowa. It moved to Orlando last year, FYI.
RafelT, I agree with you, I thought it was just me and my way of thinking. But, it seems that the winning tickets are always from those areas Hmm! and that east coast, west post is inaccurate, they cut of the ticket sales at a time where when they do the drawing all states have stopped then the drawing is at 11pm est so that is 8pm pst and the sales stop at 7pm pst so they are in da? Now, what's up with putting Obama in this? Wow! some will take any opportunity to take a shot at him. LOL!
well california is broke and paying off $millions to students of some crap hole university there. can't speak for the rest off the west.
it isn't a little bit weird.......happy now?..................................:)
not every state has the powerball thats why. california & nevada dont for example. i remember i went to buy a pb ticket in nevada and the lady looked at me like i was speaking french to her.
Correct; we have no Powerball.
We have been known to offer other forms of gambling, however.
ROFLMAO! Good reply!
so what your saying is that they draw the numbers on the east coast while we are still buying the tickets on the west coast. I wish i could prove that i would sue for a hundred billion dollars.
That isn't true. For example, the drawing is at 11:00 EST on Wed. & Sat. I live in the CST. Our cutoff is 8PM (9PM EST). For people in Denver, their local cutoff time is 7PM and west coast, their cut off time is 6PM.
Is that really too hard to comprehend?
It might depend on the state you are in. I usually pick up tix for my mom, who doesn't drive much anymore and I was sure the cut off was 10 pm. Just the other week I forgot to get them so I ran to the 7-11 and purchased tickets for that day's drawing and the time stamp on the ticket is 22:16:18 (10:16 pm for those who can't convert to 24hr time) so evidently cut off time is not 9pm... or 10 pm either.
gullability at its finest :)
You might want to check the date on that lottery ticket, probably was for the next drawing.
In Michigan, which is on EST, our cutoff time is 10:45 pm. Guess they want to get all the money they can. LOL
dats krazy
It is all in luck not the location. I am glad to see several people be able to share in the prize. Too much money usually causes problems for big winners. But, I must admit, I wish I could have been part of the winning group.
exactly the whole;
is stupid.
just how the hell do you know the winner is number savvy when you don't even know who it is?
and the winning group was from a different drawing BTW.
Well they can kiss most of it good buy, The OBUMMMER will tax it away from them.. ..
Obama would tax the pennies over a dead mans eyes...if he could!
wow it wasn't made political until the 8th post!! Good job idiots!!
I'm wondering when it will dawn on the winner, now that he/she has $100s of millions, half the country hate them for being an evil rich person.
@hs321; the number 47.....% or is it million? is comming to me maybe i could read minds like some idiots believe!!!! 4MOREYEARSAREUF`ENKIDDINGME!!! WHAT DEPT JACKA$$ES!!!!!! POOF GONE!! 36 TRILLON ! PRINT PRINT PRINT PRINT PRINT! THE MAN KNOWS WHAT HE`S DOING, WE STUPID!!!!!!!!!!!!
I could care less how many people dis-like me if I could win the millions. Its the people that do like you that I'd be leary of.
Funny...one won the powerball and another one won five numbers both in IOWA...isn't Obama in IOWA right now?
Nope, he was in Ohio when it happened.
But, you were close....they're both in that group of boring square states.
Sorry but Ohio is not square in shape, study your states!
sqaure? get a map
uh, yeah, THAT'S it... a left wing conspiracy.
And when I just looked down at the comment section, there were 13 comments!
(Queque theme from Twilight Zone)
OH, and is it true that most lottery winners blow most of their money and have very little left after a few years? JW?
(PS) I have heard the lottery is just a tax on the "poor", but somehow it gives me a secret thrill to think one morning I may wake up a Millionairess, lol. Damn Statistics...
yes
I had a wierd dream last night - and I'm in Iowa - and I did buy a Powerball ticket.....Anyway, my dream was I WON THE POWERBALL...and then the wierdest chit went on in my dream. I literally woke up in a sweat and once I grabbed my ticket and realized I was NOT the winner - I can't explain the RELIEF I felt! I chit you not! I woke up a different person. I won't EVER buy another ticket again! That dream was too real about how your life goes to HELL if you're the UNLUCKY one to win that kind of money overnight. It will destroy this unfortunate person! And yes...to have MORE than I have would be nice - but I would NEVER want THAT MUCH! I could handle a million dollar windfall easy enough.. Pay off my bills, but a new fishing boat and a truck and tuck the rest away for rainy days. But 200+ Million? NO THANK YOU! lmao
You can win $200 million and give $199 million to me if it makes you feel better. :)
I work retail and sell these tickets, it is sad to see people spend their hard earned money in hopes that someday they will win the big bucks! Alot of people can not afford food, but they buy lottery tickets! Go Figure. Good thing that America has food stamps!
Congrats to the winner!!!! Don't spend it all in one place
If they know where the ticket was sold before the winner comes forward they can also pick where those winning numbers will be drawn on demographics perhaps?
Hello! they know where the winner is from because the system is computerized, and the tickets are numbered, they keep a record of all tickets!
How come there are never any Powerball winners int he Western US States? Why play if winners are in the Midwest or Eastern states? Just wonderin?
Good call, Jonesy...specifically, never hear of winners in Cali or Texas just to quell that before the "sparse population in the West" thing comes up/not that my finger is always on the pulse of PB winners-just this time, lol
It's a good thing these jackasses @ NPR pointed out the "multiples of 13" on the lottery ticket...we would've never seen that otherwise!
Philly.com? Under the jackass bus you go too
If you add all the winning #s together and divide the answer by 13 it also equals 13.
Eh, not quite...but woulda been supercool if it did
Click Arrow Up if you ALMOST started to calculate that problem - but quickly noticed Peter's answer and thought to yourself, "O cool...he all ready did it and it doesn't compute! I accept that!"
LOL
The article refers to the winner as number-savvy. I sincerely doubt the winner ever took any of those equations into account when purchasing the ticket, which was probably churned out from the machine at the local convenience store. I hope the winner consults a good, reputable accountant before he redeems that ticket. Good luck!
Midwest...again
This article is telling me that I need to move to Iowa. Why do these lotteries always hit in places where the least amount of money most likely is contributed? More people are in the more popular locations, such as the East Coast, New York, Cali, etc. Are the more affluent and overpopulated places doing so well that people aren't playing enough to get a hit? The math isn't adding up to me. It's always someone in the middle of the country. #confused Anywho....congrats to 'em!
Number savvy? Seriously??
If you are playing the lottery for ANY reason other than say, you are contemplating suicide, you by definition, are not in any way savvy at any part of math!
I for one am just glad to see some one win and I hope the best for them.
Gee, sure hope someone I know from Bondurant won. I know a couple of families there that would make the right use of all that money!
Hey, Moral,
I just saw online that the winner IS from Bondurant! Good call! I hope the winner is from one of the families you know there.