One Ticket Beats the Odds for $232 Million Win

Hello Winners,

We had some small winning number combinations in the drawing last night, and there was only one BIG WINNER for the jackpot, which grew to $232 Million.

Numbers fascinate me and there are some interesting statistics from the drawing last night that demonstrate that lottery drawings are random and completely unpredictable. For instance, there were 1,682,843 winning tickets in the drawing last night, and we had several winning combinations – small winners, but winners nonetheless. The 1,682,843 winning combinations include all the tickets that get money for matching only the Powerball, along with the tickets that have the Powerball plus another number, as well as all the tickets that had three or more matching numbers.

Of the 1,682,843 winners, 12 tickets matched 5 primary balls for a $200,000 prize. Matching four primary balls and the Powerball, however, only pays a $10,000 prize.

The jackpot winning numbers were 5-6-12-16-21 with 7 as the Powerball.

The state with the MOST winning number combinations for last night's drawing was Florida with 256,217 prizes. The jurisdiction with the least Powerball winners was the Virgin Islands with 1,427.

The MOST interesting statistic for me last night is the fact that the ONE JACKPOT TICKET was sold in South Dakota, which had 250,000 fewer winning tickets than Florida. South Dakota had only a total of 7,475 winning tickets in the entire state. That one jackpot ticket for $232 Million, however, will boost the sales in South Dakota for the next few drawings. South Dakota ranks number 34 in total sales among the 44 lottery states and sold just $704 million of lottery tickets last year.

Florida, on the other hand, sold $4.1 Billion of lottery tickets and ranks #2 in sales behind New York, which sold $7.5 Billion of lottery tickets in 2008. New York is one of the 12 Mega Millions states and Florida added Powerball to its lottery mix in January of this year to become the 32nd lottery jurisdiction to join the Multi-State Lottery Association, which oversees the Powerball game.

So, in retrospect, we did not win THIS TIME, but you have to grin when you think about the life-changing event for a person or group of people in SOUTH DAKOTA of all places. South Dakota is surrounded by other Powerball states, so you don't have lots of people crossing borders to buy tickets like we do in Texas (a Mega Millions state) with all the players traveling to border towns in New Mexico, Oklahoma and Louisiana to buy Powerball tickets.

However, the Southwest corner of South Dakota does share a border with Northeast Wyoming, which has no lottery games within the state, at all. It would be great to see a Wyoming rancher win - a cowboy, perhaps, who went into South Dakota to buy some feed and gear, who stopped to get gas and bought one Powerball ticket. That, my friends, is the unpredictability of this game called lottery. I will keep you posted on the winner(s) when it is announced, but you may see it on the news before I get the information to you. It is a very big win for somebody.

In any event, we keep on, keeping on, and we start a NEW Mega Millions Pool on Friday with a $35 Million jackpot. And, since some of our players have already made contributions, we will also begin a NEW 4-draw Powerball Pool, as well.

We will take our winnings from the Powerball Pool that ended last night and purchase tickets for a Bonus Draw on Saturday. So, even if you don't send money for the New Pool, you will still have dogs in the hunt for the $20 Million PB Jackpot on Saturday if you contributed to the last Powerball Pool.

Lastly, if you are not yet in Xzotto and learning how you can win prize money EVERY Drawing while increasing your chances to win a five percent share of a jackpot, then you need to call me or email me to discover how simple it is to build a winning team.

Remember, even though jackpot numbers are unpredictable, the Power of Numbers is VERY predictable and we have players winning prize money every drawing. You can be a winner every drawing. Let numbers work for you. Why not you? Why not now?

Don't just play to win, PLAN to Win!

Be a Winner... Kevin

PS: Please update your contact information. I keep this confidential, but I would like to be able to reach you WHEN WE WIN our jackpot... email your name, email address, a zip code and country name, along with the best phone number to reach you… send your information to info@lotteryalliance.com... thanks