Pretty much everyone in the United States is eligible to win Wednesdays record $1.4 billion Powerball jackpotexcept for a not-so-fortunate group of 2.2 million people. The list of people eligible to win the Powerball even includes Americans abroad, who can buy tickets online, and non-U.S. citizens in the states with dreams of striking it rich.…
A woman purchases a Powerball lottery ticket at a convenience store in Washington, D.C. (Photo: Saul Loeb/AFP/Getty Images) Back in July, the Multi-State Lottery Association made a significant tweak to the Powerball lottery: They made it more difficult to win. For the 36 states participating in the popular game, the odds of taking home the…
You win some and lose some, as any sports fan will tell you, but every illegal bookmaker knows the real challenge comes when it’s time to pay and take. Technology has advanced greatly in recent years. Pay phones and land lines have long since been replaced by sophisticated cells, and the Internet is home to…
Governor Chris Christie gives a speech after he was sworn in for his second term at the War Memorial Theatre in Trenton, New Jersey January 21, 2014. Reuters/Carlo Allegri New Jersey Governor Chris Christie returns home from his 2016 Republican presidential campaign trail to address lawmakers in his State of the State speech on Tuesday.…
Blindspot doesnt return until February 29, but that just means theres plenty of time to consider the five scenes that have to happen when the NBC drama comes back for the rest of its first season. When Blindspot went on winter hiatus, it left audiences with more than a lot to think about. How was…
More than a third of all people banned from the casino by police are believed to be Vietnamese. Vietnamese women jailed in record numbers for drug offences say they turned to crime to pay gambling debts suffered at Crown Casino. The women had debts of between $30,000 and $1 million when they were offered loans…
As the Powerball jackpot reaches an estimated $1.3 billion, many have started making plans for what they would do with the money if they were to win: buy an island, pay off debt, buy luxury cars. While it might seem tempting to quit your job upon drawing the winning ticket, let’s look into what a…
SPRINGFIELD Illinois has limped along without a budget since July and solving that gridlock will be lawmakers top priority in the impending session, a time when theyve traditionally turned attention to passing a fresh budget for the coming fiscal year. The epic budget fight thats crippling many state services will overshadow other key issues lawmakers…
Inspired by the reputed battling of husband and wife actors Alfred Lunt and Lynn Fontanne during their production of The Shrew, Cole Porter‘s most successful musical Kiss Me Kate is framed as a play within a play whose stars and co-stars can’t seem to settle down to love. A subplot involving a gambling debt to…
Ivan Moreno and John O’connor, Associated Press Updated 12:41 pm, Sunday, January 10, 2016 … Read the full article at: http://www.chron.com/news/article/Lengthy-budget-delay-to-dominate-2016-legislative-6749086.php