One lucky winner residing in New Mexico has matched all 6 numbers in the Powerball draw held on Saturday and walked away with the $206.9 million jackpot. The winner will now have to decide to either take the 29-year, 30-installment annual payment, or the one time cash “lump sum” amount of $102,903,652. There were a total of 1,192,531 other winners in the draw that was held on Saturday evening. Those winners won prizes totaling $14,196,973.

The numbers drawn were 13, 24, 29, 40, 52 and the Powerball was 29. The Power Play multiplier was 4. There were fifteen tickets that correctly matched the 5 white numbers and won $200,000. These tickets were sold in the states of Arizona, Colorado, Connecticut, Iowa, Idaho, Kentucky, Louisiana, Missouri, New Mexico and Tennessee. While the states of Pennsylvania and North Carolina had two and three winners respectively. Three other tickets at this prize level sold had the Power Play and multiplied their winnings by four for a total of $800,000 cash each.

Fifty-eight tickets matched 4 white numbers plus the Powerball and won $10,000. Thirteen additional players not only matched 4+1, but also purchased the Power Play option, multiplying their prize by 4 for a total win of $40,000. A total of 170,885 winning Powerball plays were multiplied by 4 Saturday evening. Winners were able to do so by purchasing the Power Play option for one dollar. With Power Play you can multiply your winnings, except for the jackpot, from 2 to 5 times. At the beginning of each drawing a wheel is spun to select that night’s multiplier.

Players purchased $51,299,454 in Powerball and Power Play tickets between Thursday and Saturday night. The jackpot for Wednesday, October 1st will be $15 million. The lotteries sold more than $2.56 billion in Powerball tickets in FY08. That translates into more than $743 million for worthwhile state projects.

Award-winning online bingo site 32Red Bingo had 3 big wins occur – the even bigger news, they happened within 3 days of each other!

A member of gaming giant 32Red PLC, 32Red Bingo has grown into a top choice Bingo site for many players around the world – and it’s easy to see why as the site recently reported the 3-in-3 win! The amounts are undisclosed but you as many know, Bingo jackpots can run into the tens of thousands of dollars.

Bingo manager Jaydeep Chakravartty commented on the three wins, “The fact the same jackpot fell twice in three days shows that big winners can be made at any time; the fact that we had three in quick succession also shows that 32Red Bingo rewards it players often and generously.”

“We value all our players, reward loyalty and keep entertainment levels high with regular and varied bingo promotions. That’s why our bingo roomies receive £10 on joining, a 100% welcome bonus and a 25% match on all further deposits.”

32Red Bingo also offers great sign up bonuses and promotions. Currently they have a free £10 sign up bonus, a 100% first deposit bonus and 24% loyalty deposit bonus and even offer refer a friend promotion. There are also monthly bingo offers, regular bingo sweepstakes and bingo chat bonuses!

The online poker site FullTiltPoker.com, which is licensed at Alderney has announced its special Happy Hour promotion. The newly launched promotion will be giving players the chance to earn double and triple points for playing, which can then be used to purchase items in its store. Players can find tables participating in the Happy Hour promotion by looking for round yellow smiley faces in the far right column of the schedules page. If a smiley face appears than the table is participating in the Happy Hour promotion and players can win double or triple FullTilt points. Players can also locate participating tables by visiting the Happy Hour promotions section of the cashier’s page at FullTiltPoker.com.

Points can be collected for every dollar in rake that is dropped while fractions are employed when the rake is less than one dollar. Up to three points can be earned per hand in a normal game while seven points are earned for every dollar in entry fee in a sit and go competition. The points can be redeemed at the site’s store for items including plasma televisions, laptop computers, iPods, golf clubs and branded jerseys while this area is continually being expanded to include more items.

The site is open to US players. With its genuine dedication to poker, Full Tilt has become one of the market leaders. They have acquired a huge player base and it’s still growing. The online poker room is endorsed by lots of well known poker pros such as Chris Ferguson, Phil Ivey, Howard Lederer and Jennifer Harman.

The Swedish online gaming provider Svenska Spel has announced that it is launching a next-generation bingo and lottery project based on a platform from software developer NYX Interactive. The company that is based in Stockholm had launched online bingo in 2002 and has stated that the new platform would see it take the next step into the market featuring many new functions including responsible gaming.

Mikael Franzen, Vice-President for SvenskaSpel.se said, “’With this new platform, we will take a strong position among the ever-tougher competition on the Swedish market.”.

He added, “Keeping a market-leading position requires innovation, speed, flexibility and constant originality. With the NYX Interactive platform and products, we will create these conditions.”

NYX Interactive platform will allow Svenska Spel to offer many types of new tournament games along with web television broadcasts, add-on features such as betting on even or odd numbers, advanced jackpot functionality and customized bingo rooms.

Staffan Lindgren, Chief Executive Officer for NYX Interactive said, “We have taken a market-leader position in the bingo and the lottery market. It is, of course, of the utmost importance that we can develop our technology and our products and also do so with the largest operator on the Swedish market.” He added, “We are one of the most innovative, security driven and forward-thinking gaming operators on the state-regulated gaming market, which naturally mirrors our quality at a high level. Because of our excellent collaboration with Svenska Spel, we can now launch the next generation of bingo where Swedish bingo players can enjoy the entertainment.”

While there were no jackpot winners in the Powerball draw that was held on Saturday, there was a lady who took home a million dollars. The million dollar winner was Tara Halderman who was picking up her groceries at Wal-Mart and the receipt caught her eye.

The winner a resident of Noble County headed to Scott’s J-418 at 310 W. North St. in Kendallville to make the purchase. The winner’s ticket matched five of the six Powerball numbers for a $200,000 win, but because she purchased Power Play for an extra $1, her win was multiplied five times for a $1 million win.

She went along with her husband on Monday, to Indianapolis to claim their prize. Her husband said, “I never thought I am going to see that cheque.  I couldn’t believe my eyes.”

They plan to buy a home with their winnings. He added, “We’ve been renting all of our life.”

The winning numbers in Saturdays draw were: 6, 28, 30, 40 and 47. The Powerball number was 24. The Power Play multiplier was 5.  Another winner won a million in Connecticut.  Two other lucky tickets sold in Montana (1), and Wisconsin (1), each won $200,000 cash by matching all 5 white ball numbers. The jackpot for the Wednesday, September 24th drawing will be $176 million with the cash option at $89 million.

A huge number of 42 tickets matched 4 white numbers plus the Powerball and won $10,000.  Nine additional tickets of that prize level had the Power Play and had the prize multiplied by 5 for a $50,000 cash win. A total of 865,771 tickets across the nation won more than $9.5 million in prizes playing America’s favorite game.

The online casino, River Belle Casino, has announced the launch of its 14,000 Credit Giveaway Promotion. The promotion will run from September 1st - November 2nd and the casino will be offering 90 of its loyal players free credits to use on online slots this month.

All a player has to do to be in the draw to win these credits is wager 55 credits across any casino game to qualify. These can be bet on any of River Belle Casino’s vast range of online casino games. The games include popular blackjack and video poker, to other games such as baccarat and roulette.

During each week of the promotion, 10 lucky players will win up to 250 credits worth of free spins. These credits can only be used for one online slot game depending on the week the free spins are won. Winners will be drawn every week, with the promotion running for nine weeks. This means a total of 90 winners over the promotional period.

So if a player wants to spin for free at their leisure, they should log onto River Belle Casino today to start earning entries into the draw. The casino is offering new players a 100% bonus up to $100, as well as the Captain’s Cash Back Club.

The online poker room Titan Poker, announced that a player, Olivier Lombard, has just won first prize of $500,000.  The 23 year-old almost missed the chance to play at the final $2,500,000 GP tournament table on Sunday. His play ended with his hard-won victory in the early hours of Monday morning after fourteen consecutive hours of tournament play.

The winner won his seat to the final just four days before in a qualifying tournament he ‘nearly forgot’ to play in. After redeeming a free token to the last $2,500,000 Satellite, the winner finished in the top five seat. He was now faced with the last minute dilemma of whether to reschedule his holiday or take part in the monumental tournament. He ended his holiday suddenly by taking his seat at the table on Sunday evening - via remote internet access from Senegal.

Olivier is a French Civil Engineer and is also known as player ‘axp15′ has already created a formidable reputation as cash table player after a year of playing at Titan Poker. Using the element of surprise to his advantage, the young player emerged from the wings triumphant over his more experienced opponents.

Olivier states that he was extremely lucky. He added, “One always needs a lot of tournament experience to win such huge events. I kept the stakes far from my mind and played as rationally as I could. I made sure to change strategy often during the game, depending on the opponents and the blinds.”

The winner Olivier stuck to his game through fourteen hours of grueling ups and downs and finished number one out of a total 1596 players who competed that day.

Winning a single jackpot is considered to be lucky, but for a single player known as Miss MA, luck is clearly something she doesn’t have to worry about. The player opened her account at BlackJackBallroom.com in April 2001. She has won a huge sum of $657,290 after winning the progressive jackpot 10 times. Each win has been over $20,000, with the largest single payment being $183,000. Last week she won a sum of $40,989 playing on the video slot game.

At the casino, new players have the chance to use $500 of the casino’s money to play any of the 280+ Las Vegas style online games absolutely free for one hour. Any credits that the player earns can be used after the free hour in any of the Rewards Affiliates. Lucky players can hit the jackpot without ever having touched their wallets.

As the 10 time jackpot winner Miss MA says, “I used to be a big casino player, but I like this so much better because it’s in the comfort of my own home and ‘no smoking’.” The casino not only has free online blackjack, but it also features 15 progressive jackpot games, including table games, slots and card games catering for every player.

In April this year, a new player called Klaus E from Finland hit the $5.5 million jackpot at Blackjack Ballroom with only a $0.50 bet. The Casino Rewards group continues to make online gambling more accessible to new players with its frequent promotions and signature bonus offers.

The online gambling site, Royal Gaming.com has launched a promotion that will help raise money for the SOS Children’s Villages. This promotion will help those affected from war, poverty, natural disaster and HIV/AIDS. Children are being torn apart or displaced on a daily basis, leaving thousands orphaned or abandoned with no one to turn to for even their most basic needs. Keeping all this in mind the site is making a stand to support SOS Children’s Villages in its tireless work to bring care and support to thousands of affected children across the globe through the launch of its “Play, Win & Change a Life” promotion.

According to Daniel Stratton, head of Marketing for the site, “For a long time we have been concerned about the plight of orphaned and abandoned children. So we have decided to help make a difference to their lives by running the “Play, Win & Change a Life Promotion”. The site has pledged to donate $25 to SOS Children’s Villages for every new player that signs up, deposits and plays at one of the recommended casinos or bingo halls listed. All proceeds will be donated to SOS Children’s Villages at the end of the promotional period, and distributed to the SOS Community Development and Family Strengthening Programme, Mamelodi, South Africa project.

The money raised will help offer assistance in the form of skills training, education, counseling, micro-loans and improved nutrition to the most disadvantaged members of society, including child and grandparent-headed families, many of whom are affected by HIV/AIDS. This assistance will enable families to provide for their children and stay together through difficult times.

Stratton adds, “We are sure that this will be the first of many promotions aimed at empowering the less fortunate. After all, it is a great way for people to make a significant difference while enjoying their favorite pastime.”

Online casino, Casino Treasure, has announced the hosting another of its famous holiday packages prize in September. All a player has to do is bet a certain amount, and they could be enjoying a vacation of a lifetime. The promotional period will be from September 1 – October 31 and is titled the $12,000 Bali Holiday Giveaway. The online casino is offering a $12,000 vacation package for the player and one guest to Bali. This six-day, five-night package for two includes round-trip airfare, hotel accommodations, and guided tours worth a total of $12,000.

To participate, players must enter the coupon code BALI08 with any deposit and then bet $250 on their favorite game whether its online slots, video poker or blackjack, and the player will receive one entry into the Bali Holiday Giveaway promotion.

For every $250 the player bets, they will gain an additional entry into the competition. Players can have unlimited entries, so the more you play, the more entries you gain. It also pays off to earn the most points, with the top 15 players gaining extra 1,500 submissions into the competition. These extra points improve the player’s chances of winning dramatically. The player should start checking the leader board often, to see where they are placed. So a player should start collecting the entries today, to be in a position to win this exclusive Bali holiday.