Crowds Line Up for $175-Million Lottery
From Times Wire Reports
Crowds in the District of Columbia and the 20 states that take part in the Powerball lottery lined up to buy tickets for the $175-million Powerball being drawn tonight. One store in New Castle, Del., chose to close rather than deal with a line that stretched outside the door. The store had to call the police to handle angry customers, some of whom waited four hours. The odds of matching all six numbers for a share of the jackpot are 80.1 million to 1.
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