Lottery jackpot reaches $340 million

[davidinalameda]

http://www.cnn.com/2005/US/10/18/powerball.ap/index.html

With $340 million up for grabs in the second-biggest lottery jackpot in U.S. history, people trekked to a small-town West Virginia convenience store to buy their tickets Tuesday in the apparent belief that lightning can strike twice in the same place.

Nearly three years ago, it was the C&L Super Serve in Hurricane that sold the ticket that made West Virginia contractor Jack Whittaker the winner of the nation's biggest undivided jackpot: $314.9 million in the multi-state Powerball lottery.

Wednesday's Powerball jackpot climbed into the stratosphere after 20 straight drawings in which no one won the grand prize.


Dear Lord, I promise I won't change much if you see fit to let me win.