WBSM - New Bedford's Local Source For News, Talk, and Sports! » lottery http://wbsm.com For over 60 years, WBSM has been the #1 source for News, Talk, and Sports in New Bedford! Thu, 23 May 2013 00:43:47 +0000 en-US hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.4.2 Powerball Jackpot Sits At $550 Million http://wbsm.com/powerball-jackpot-sits-at-550-million/ http://wbsm.com/powerball-jackpot-sits-at-550-million/#comments Fri, 17 May 2013 10:47:30 +0000 Jack Peterson http://wbsm.com/?p=79625 The Powerball jackpot is now over half a billion dollars.  Tomorrow's drawing for an estimated $550 million offers a cash payout of just over $350 million. 

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]]> http://wbsm.com/no-powerball-winner/feed/ 0 YouTube No Powerball Winner, Jackpot Moves To $270-Million http://wbsm.com/no-powerball-winner-jackpot-moves-to-270-million/ http://wbsm.com/no-powerball-winner-jackpot-moves-to-270-million/#comments Thu, 09 May 2013 10:57:53 +0000 Jack Peterson http://wbsm.com/?p=77443 The Powerball jackpot is swelling to an estimated 270-million dollars for Saturday night's drawing. 

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]]> http://wbsm.com/no-powerball-winner-jackpot-moves-to-270-million/feed/ 0 YouTube Office Workers Who Won $1 Million in Lottery to Generously Share Winnings With Colleague Who Didn't Buy Ticket http://wbsm.com/office-workers-lottery/ http://wbsm.com/office-workers-lottery/#comments Wed, 27 Mar 2013 17:21:42 +0000 Drew Weisholtz http://tsminteractive.com/?p=158669 There are about a million reasons why Jennifer Maldonado has the best coworkers in the world.

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]]> http://wbsm.com/office-workers-lottery/feed/ 0 Hemera Massachusetts and Rhode Island Lottery Results http://wbsm.com/massachusetts-and-rhode-island-lottery-results/ http://wbsm.com/massachusetts-and-rhode-island-lottery-results/#comments Tue, 12 Mar 2013 21:22:28 +0000 BJ Ragone http://wbsm.com/?p=62160 Think you hit it big? Well you better check your numbers before you go out spending a bunch of money you might not have. Get the complete lottery results for Massachusetts and Rhode Island.

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]]> http://wbsm.com/massachusetts-and-rhode-island-lottery-results/feed/ 0 Getty Images Massachusetts Lottery Hold 'Em Scratch Winners Still Waiting After Eight Years http://wbsm.com/massachusetts-lottery-hold-em-scratch-winners-still-waiting-after-eight-years/ http://wbsm.com/massachusetts-lottery-hold-em-scratch-winners-still-waiting-after-eight-years/#comments Mon, 04 Feb 2013 19:49:24 +0000 Phil Paleologos http://wbsm.com/?p=53776 Remember the Lottery scratch ticket, Texas Hold 'Em? After nearly 8 years of making eligible winners wait and wait for a virtual card game ending, the Lottery said they plan to have a Hold 'Em party in April to determine winners!

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]]> http://wbsm.com/massachusetts-lottery-hold-em-scratch-winners-still-waiting-after-eight-years/feed/ 0 WBZ New Bedford Police ID Robbery Suspect http://wbsm.com/new-bedford-police-id-robbery-suspect/ http://wbsm.com/new-bedford-police-id-robbery-suspect/#comments Thu, 17 Jan 2013 19:23:01 +0000 Taylor Cormier http://wbsm.com/?p=48719 New Bedford Police have obtained an arrest warrant for the individual who robbed another man of his lottery ticket winnings.

According to Detective Captain Steve Vicente, 27-year-old Deangelo Vaughan is wanted for unarmed robbery and assault and battery after he punche

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]]> http://wbsm.com/new-bedford-police-id-robbery-suspect/feed/ 0 New Bedford Police 50 Million Dollar Powerball Sold In Massachusetts http://wbsm.com/50-million-dollar-powerball-sold-in-massachusetts/ http://wbsm.com/50-million-dollar-powerball-sold-in-massachusetts/#comments Thu, 13 Dec 2012 14:40:25 +0000 Jack Peterson http://wbsm.com/?p=40458 The Massachusetts Lottery says the winning ticket in last night's Powerball drawing was sold in Lexington. 

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]]> http://wbsm.com/online-lottery-proposed-in-massachusetts/feed/ 0 andrewmalone, flickr The Other Winner of That Big Powerball Prize? The I.R.S. — Dollars and Sense http://wbsm.com/powerball-lottery-taxes/ http://wbsm.com/powerball-lottery-taxes/#comments Mon, 03 Dec 2012 14:00:52 +0000 Chris Chaberski http://tsminteractive.com/?p=151692 On Wednesday, the Powerball lottery reached a record $587.5 million. So far two winning tickets have been announced, one in Arizona and one in Missouri. But there's at least one more guaranteed winner: the Internal Revenue Serv

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