How much money did Jack Whittaker win when winning the Powerball?
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Jack Whittaker (lottery winner) Andrew Jackson "Jack" Whittaker, Jr. (born 1947) is the winner of a 2002 lottery jackpot. When he won US$314.9 million in the Powerball multi-state lottery it was, at the time, the largest jackpot ever won by a single winning ticket in the history of American lottery. After winning the lottery, he had several brushes with the law, as well as personal tragedies.
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Powerball Powerball is an American lottery game offered by 44 states, the District of Columbia, Puerto Rico and the US Virgin Islands. It is coordinated by the Multi-State Lottery Association (MUSL), a nonprofit organization formed by an agreement with US lotteries. Powerball's minimum advertised jackpot is $40 million (annuity); Powerball's annuity is paid in 30 graduated installments or winners may choose a lump sum payment instead. One lump sum payment will be less than the total of the 30 annual payments because of the time value of money.
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Wheelock Whitney, Jr. Wheelock "Whee" Whitney, Jr. (July 30, 1926 – May 20, 2016) was an American businessman, educator, sports team executive and owner, philanthropist, and politician.
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1987 World Series of Poker The 1987 World Series of Poker (WSOP) was a series of poker tournaments held at Binion's Horseshoe.
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Mickey Appleman Mark "Mickey" Appleman (born July 15, 1945) is an American professional poker player, sports bettor, and sports handicapper now living in Fort Lee, New Jersey. His poker accomplishments include winning four WSOP bracelets, all in different variations of poker and four top 25 finishes in the WSOP Main Event.
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Joe Hachem Joseph Hachem (Arabic: جوزف هاشم‎ ‎ ; ; born 11 March 1966) is a Lebanese Australian professional poker player known for winning the Main Event of the 2005 World Series of Poker. He was the first Australian to win the Main Event, which earned him $7.5 million, then a record for all-time biggest tournament prize.
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2001 Talladega 500 The 2001 Talladega 500 was a NASCAR Winston Cup Series racing event that took place on April 22, 2001, at Talladega Superspeedway in Talladega, Alabama. A prize purse with a grand total of $3,233,740 was used ($ when adjusted for inflation); with $173,855 being used as the winner's portion of the earnings ($ when adjusted for inflation).
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Power blackjack Power Blackjack is a variant of the card gambling game Blackjack, modified by certain doubling and splitting rules, called "Power Double" and "Power Split," that are advantageous to the player, offset by the rule that, when the dealer makes a total of twenty two, any active player hands push rather than winning.
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2008 World Series of Poker The 2008 World Series of Poker was the 39th annual World Series of Poker (WSOP). Held in Las Vegas, Nevada at the Rio All Suite Hotel and Casino, the series began on May 30, 2008, and featured 55 poker championships in several variants. All events but the $10,000 World Championship No Limit Texas hold 'em Main Event, the most prestigious of the WSOP events, ended by July 15. As has been the WSOP custom since 1976, each of the event winners received a championship bracelet in addition to that event's prize money, which (after the casino's rake) ranged from $87,929 to $9,119,517.
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Jack Smith (coach) John Archer Smith is a former coach for Hofstra University's football, baseball and basketball programs. Smith earned 179 wins as the baseball coach for Hofstra, the most in the program's history, with a win percentage of .560.
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1973 World Series of Poker The 1973 World Series of Poker (WSOP) was a series of poker tournaments held at Binion's Horseshoe. The 1973 series marked the first time a single player won more than one preliminary World Series of Poker event.
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Ohio Lottery The Ohio Lottery is run by the Ohio Lottery Commission. Its games include Pick 3, Pick 4 and Pick 5 ("numbers games"), Keno, Classic Lotto, Powerball, Mega Millions, and scratch tickets. The Lottery's slogan is "Take a chance on education. Odds are, you'll have fun!"
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Marty Smyth Marty Smyth is a professional poker player from Belfast, Northern Ireland with a track record including wins in the 2007 Irish Poker Open Championship and the 2008 Poker Million. He won his first WSOP bracelet in the 2008 $10,000 Pot Limit Omaha World Championship.
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Abraham Shakespeare Abraham Lee Shakespeare (April 23, 1966 – ca. April 7, 2009) was an American casual laborer who won a thirty million dollar lottery jackpot in Florida, receiving $17 million in 2006. In 2009, his family declared him missing, and in January 2010 his body was found buried under a concrete slab in the backyard of an acquaintance. Dorice "Dee Dee" Moore was convicted of his murder and is now serving life in prison without the possibility of parole. Shakespeare's troubles began after winning the lottery. The case was profiled in the American E! television program "Curse of the Lottery"; and also was made the subject of an episode of "Snapped" on Oxygen Channel, DTV, on March 16, 2014 as well as the subject of a 2013 episode of "American Greed". The case also featured on Season 7 of "Deadly Women". Also showcased on "I Killed My BFF" on Lifetime Channel.
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World Series of Poker Tournament of Champions The World Series of Poker Tournament of Champions is an invitational freeroll poker event. Wins in this event do not count as official WSOP bracelets, but the winner receives a large trophy in the shape of the official World Series of Poker logo. In 2010, the WSOP Tournament of Champions returned with a new format more akin to a typical sports league All-Star Event format. 27 players vied for $1 million, with 20 of those players selected by the fans via online vote at the WSOP's website.
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Phil Hellmuth Phillip Jerome Hellmuth Jr. (born July 16, 1964) is an American professional poker player who has won a record fourteen World Series of Poker bracelets. He is the winner of the Main Event of the 1989 World Series of Poker (WSOP) and the Main Event of the 2012 World Series of Poker Europe (WSOPE), and he is a 2007 inductee of the WSOP's Poker Hall of Fame. Hellmuth is also known for his temperamental "poker brat" personality.
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William Lee Bergstrom William Lee Bergstrom (1951 – February 4, 1985 born in Austin, Texas) commonly known as The Suitcase Man or Phantom Gambler, was a gambler and high roller known for placing the largest bet in casino gambling history at the time amounting to $777,000 ($ present day amount) at the Horseshoe Casino, which he won. Bergstrom returned to the Horseshoe three years later in 1984 and placed several additional bets, including a $1 million bet ($ present day value) which he lost. This bet remains as one of the largest bets ever placed against a casino.
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1972 World Series of Poker The 1972 World Series of Poker (WSOP) was a series of poker tournaments held during early May 1972 at the Binion's Horseshoe in Las Vegas, Nevada. It was the third annual installment of the World Series of Poker, and also the second one to feature the freezeout structure. In comparison with the previous year's series, the number of events was cut back and the buy-ins were raised, resulting in one preliminary event and the Main Event both having the same buy-in of $10,000 (equals about $54,000 in 2011 U.S. dollars). The preliminary event featured five-card stud poker and was won by Bill Boyd, the same man who won the 1971 five-card stud preliminary event. The previous years' double champion Johnny Moss was defeated early in the main event and Thomas "Amarillo Slim" Preston went on to win the tournament after a series of deals.
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Power of 10 (Australian game show) Power of 10 was a short-lived Australian game show which is based on the original American version created by Michael Davies. The game featured contestants guessing the correct percentage range of answers to polls which have been taken from surveys, for a chance to win a million dollars.
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Double Double Bonus Double Double Bonus is a video poker game based on Bonus Poker, which is in turn a variation of Jacks or Better. Double Double Bonus offers a higher payout percentage for four of a kind. The player is dealt five cards and can then choose which cards to keep or discard. New cards are dealt accordingly. The final hand must consist of a pair of Jacks or better in order to win.
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David Bach (poker player) David Bach is a professional poker player, and the winner of the $50,000 World Championship H.O.R.S.E. event at the 2009 World Series of Poker. Bach defeated John Hanson heads-up after a record breaking marathon final table that lasted 20 hours and 492 hands.
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Deal or No Deal (Norway) The Norwegian version of Deal or No Deal airs on TV 2 Norway. The grand prize is 3,000,000 kroner (about US$363,000, €350,000, and £258,000), and the smallest prize is 0,5 kr (about US$0.1, €0.06, and £0.05).