Late breaking news
Jackpot grows to 42 million for Saturdays drawing
County commissioners are going back to the drawing board in their effort to secure a contractor for storm debris removal.
No one in any state matched all five numbers plus the Powerball to win the 25 million Powerball jackpot in the Saturday drawing, but one 10,000 ticket was sold at the Swetz Country Corner Mart in Blenker. The new Powerball jackpot estimated for todays drawing is 32 million. Saturdays winning numbers were 5, 10, 11, 34 and 38. The Powerball was 21. the power play prize multiplier number was 4.
The popularity of teen recording artist Miley Cyrus, otherwise known as Hannah Montana, has caused tickets to her concerts to be some of the hardest to obtain.
HELENA Here are results of Wednesdays Montana Lottery drawings:
WASHINGTON The Senate on Friday approved a farm bill that would continue to funnel billions of dollars in subsidies to wealthy landowners and farmers who are earning record breaking prices for their crops, rebuffing a concerted campaign by some senators to shift money to conservation, nutrition and deficit reduction.
The Powerball jackpot was expected to rise to an estimated 42 million for Saturday since no one matched all six numbers in Wednesday nights drawing.
A pair of longtime friends in the Charlotte area plan to split the 800,000 they won from the Powerball drawing on Saturday.Nolan Helms of Charlotte and Al Smith of Iron Station have been pals since they were teenagers. They take turns buying Powerball tickets one buys for the Saturday drawing, the other for Wednesday. Helms picked the right numbers this time on a ticket he bought at a Sams
Alaska Republican Sen. Ted Stevens received no holiday respite from potential 2008 election problems, drawing his first primary challenger even as an investigation continued into whether he had received favors from a politically connected state oil services company.
One ticket matched all six winning numbers, 24 25 26 27 48 49, in the Dec. 25 MATCH 6 lotto drawing. Tuesday nights winning jackpot is worth 500,000 cash, less 25 percent federal withholding.
