02/01/10 The Delaware State Lottery will begin selling tickets this Sunday for Mega Millions, one of the country's biggest jackpot games. The Delaware Lottery is very pleased to offer players another exciting game to play both for the fun of it and for the major jackpots.
Big Winner Locations! Be sure to visit some of these big winner locations... POWERBALL® Jackpot Winner 2/28/09 Benbow's Package Store - Dover $87.2 M 10/9/04 Uncle Willies - Blades $214.7 M 8/25/01 Books and Tobacco – Wilmington $41 M 12/27/00 C and C Country Mail - Newark $9.2 M 3/26/97 Red Lion Deli - Wilmington $29 M 10/25/95 Thriftway Chestnut Run,Wilmington $53 M 9/18/93 Delux Dairy Market,Laurel
$10,000 WIN HAS FREQUENT PLAYER EAGER FOR MORE A New Castle County man claimed his $10,000 POWERBALL® jackpot from the Delaware Lottery. The lucky player’s numbers hit in the Dec. 5 drawing. I am a regular lottery player and usually buy five tickets for each lottery drawing during the week. So I buy five for Saturday and five for Tuesday.” This is the winner’s first big lottery prize. “After finally hitting for a large amount, I’ll keep playing until I win the jackpot, which is the reason I started playing in the first place.” The Country Farm store 3505 Miller Road, Wilmington, DE sold this winning ticket.
10/18/09 Delaware State Lottery Evaluating Option to Sell both Mega Millions and Powerball® Games. Two Game Groups Will Join to Develop Concept for a Future Combined High-Jackpot Game
Dover, DE --The Delaware Lottery responded today to significant news in the gaming industry as the Multi-State Lottery Association (MUSL) and the Mega Millions Consortium cleared the way for development of a future game that may be offered in a combined 42 states, Washington D.C., and the US Virgin Islands. In the interim, and as part of the emerging arrangement, all of the combined member lotteries have been offered the option to sell both of the high-jackpot games, Powerball® and Mega Millions, side-by-side in retail locations.
09/23/09 couldn’t believe it! All I could think of was I want that check! We even tried to pick it up on Sunday and didn’t realize the Lottery office in Dover would be closed The A-1 Dash Inn sold this winning lotto ticket located in Newark at 380 E Chestnut Hill Rd.
DELAWARE LOTTERY PLAYER CLAIMS $16.6M JACKPOT WITH HOT LOTTO® WIN Robert Crowther aresdent of Aston, Pa., and has been in the area for many years. "She only purchased one Hot Lotto ticket, but I guess it was the right one." Th eVB Petroleum station / Gulf Express 3310 Philadelphia Pike in Claymont sold this winning Hot lotto ticket.
The Murphy USA at 7530 Garners Ferry Road Columbia, SC 29209 sold the Powerball® jackpot winning ticket worth $259,900,000.
The lucky ticket correctly matched all 5 white ball numbers plus the Powerball to win the $259,900,000 jackpot. The winning white ball numbers in the Wednesday, 8/19/09, drawing were 14-24-31-43-51. The red Powerball® was 27 and the PowerPlay® was 5.
07/05/09 A Bear resident claimed a $10,007 POWERBALL® prize on June 28, The win came in a May 27 drawing. The lucky player, who wishes to remain anonymous, works in the telecommunications industry. The anonymous player typically relies on Quick Pick, but he hit it big by choosing his own numbers. It’s strange because I almost always use Quick Pick. I’m going to mix it up from now on and go with a combination of my own numbers and some computer picks.” The Talleyville Food Mart in Wilmington at 4101 Concord Pike sodl this winning lotto ticket. The Delaware Lottery only publishes winner names with their consent.
Keep an eye out for the lottery exhibit throughout the state at these events. Old Dover Days - beginning part of May 2009.
The Delaware winners of the Powerball jackpot finally claim thier money. Delaware Lottery awards half of 174.4 million prize to "long-time friends" Two individuals, who wish to remain anonymous, will collect a lump sum of over $46.6 million, An attorney representing the recently-formed legal entity provided the Lottery with the following authorized written statement on behalf of the winners: Two long-time friends will share the February 28, 2009 Delaware Lottery prize. The friends have played the lottery together for many years with the hope of sharing a lottery jackpot should either come into possession of a winning ticket.
$174.4 Million Powerball Jackpot Split in Delaware and Pennsylvania 2 Powerball tickets, one in Delaware and one in Pennsylvania, hit all 6 numbers from the Powerball lotto on 2/28/09 and will split the $174.4 million jackpot. The Benbo's Package Store in Dover, Delaware sold the other Powerball winner.
Dover, Del. A Wilmington resident and a student at the University of Maryland Eastern Shore recently hit the Delaware Powerball lotto for $10,000. The Concord News in Wilmington on Concord Pike sold this winning lotto ticket.
Dover, Del: Winner has claimed a $50K top prize in the Delaware Lottery’s DOLLAR $IGN$ instant lotto game. The winner said he could tell right away that he’d won a major prize. I wanted to know right away when the Dover lottery office opened so I could get it confirmed, he said. The first person I told was the clerk in the store where I checked my ticket. He jumped up and down and hugged me. He was just an unbelievably nice person. His wife thought it was a joke at first but was very happy. The couple plans to pay some bills with his winnings. Smith’s Liquor Store Townsend sold this winning lotto ticket at 5988 Summit Bridge Rd.
Delaware Laws prohibit the Delaware Lottery from selling any Delaware Lottery including Powerball products via the Internet, phone or by mail. Delaware Lottery including Powerball tickets are sold in a variety of Retail outlets statewide.
Can I observe a Delaware Lottery drawing?
Delaware Lottery drawings (LOTTO and PLAY 3/PLAY 4) are posted on-line daily. (Only the current drawing for that day are posted, so be sure to check each day!) And, any Delaware citizen who wishes to observe the Lottery drawing procedure may write, e-mail or call the Delaware Lottery Office in Dover and request to view a drawing.