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NAME: US LOTTERY2 20070826I TAPE: EF07/1012 IN_TIME: 10:06:19:23 DURATION: 00:02:30:17 SOURCES: ABC DATELINE: Various - 25 Aug 2007 RESTRICTIONS: No NAmerica/ Internet SHOTLIST No NAmerica/ Internet ABC (Multi State Lottery Association) ++NEW++ 1 Various of lottery draw ABC Greenwich, Connecticut 2 Store clerk working on lottery ticket machine and putting money into cash register 3 Close of a Powerball ticket being printed 4 Store clerks serving customer who bought Powerball tickets 5 Clerk running a number selection card through the Powerball machine 6 Close of customer's Powerball tickets, zoom out to store clerk 7 Close of Powerball tickets ABCN (WITI) Milwaukee, Wisconsin 8 Close of woman typing into lottery computer 9 Powerball ticket printing 10 Closet of Powerball ticket being taken off printer 11 SOUNDBITE (English) Harold Bahr, Powerball ticket buyer: Five dollars' worth, yeah, when it gets over 100 million Otherwise, I buy a couple of dollars 12 Close of clerk packing up Bahr's purchase 13 Bahr at store counter 14 Various of man filling out his Powerball numbers 15 Man holding money and his number selection 16 SOUNDBITE (English) Elizabeth Schieble, Store clerk ++part overlaid by shot of clerk removing ticket from machine++: It's just funny to watch all the people buy Powerballs that don't normally buy them 17 Various of tickets printing 18 Store clerk handing ticket to customer STORYLINE Powerball officials in the United States said the one winning ticket sold for Saturday's 314 (M) million US dollars jackpot was purchased in Indiana The jackpot was huge because there had not been a big winner in any of the drawings since late June The game is played in 29 states as well as Washington DC and the US Virgin Islands In Wisconsin and Connecticut, scores of people had lined up to buy last-minute tickets during the day It's just funny to watch all the people buy Powerballs that don't normally buy them, said one shop clerk who was kept busy selling tickets Saturday night's six Powerball numbers were: two, eight, 23, 29 and 35, with a Powerball of 19 The jackpot for the next draw, on Wednesday, is to start over at a mere 15 (M) million dollars But Americans wanting a bigger gamble, the Mega Millions jackpot has reached at least 200 (m) million for Friday's drawing Mega Millions is played in 12 states and hasn't had a top winner since 6 July