Powerball player misses $579 million jackpot in Texas
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A woman who filed a lawsuit against the Texas Lottery Commission for preventing her from recieving her $83.5 million jackpot — amid controversy over the use of third-party couriers to buy tickets — will finally get paid after an agreement was reached with lottery officials.
Someone won a $1 million prize from Powerball with a ticket purchased in Texas, according to the Texas Lottery. The winner purchased their ticket at Sam Beer Grill Grocery, at 3211 S. Hampton Road in Dallas.
A Texas woman received about $34 million from a lottery jackpot win after a six months of waiting and legal battles with state officials who initially refused to pay out her winnings purchased
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The agency initially blocked the payout because of two state investigations into now-banned lottery courier services, one of which sold the winning ticket.
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Texas woman whose $83M lottery jackpot was denied will get paid. She plans to honor her late husband
Kristen Moriarty was the only person to hit the $83.5M jackpot in February, but she had the bad timing to win as lawmakers became furious with the state lottery commission.
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More than 840,000 other Powerball tickets sold in the United States also won prizes ranging from $4 to $1 million, the lottery said.
More than 745,000 other Powerball tickets sold in the United States also won prizes ranging from $4 to $100,000, the lottery said.