Information from the Hoosier Lottery:

INDIANAPOLIS - It took only 12 draws for the Hoosier Lottery's newest game, Cash 5, to produce its first jackpot winner and the winning ticket was purchased at a retailer in Merrillville.

The winning ticket, which matched all five numbers in last [Thursday]  night's Cash 5 drawing, was purchased at GoLo at 6085 Cleveland Circle and is worth $77,500.

Cash 5, which costs just $1 to play and draws every night, features the best cash odds of any Hoosier Lottery draw game and a jackpot that starts at $50,000. The jackpot rolls, or increases, every day until it is hit.

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INDIANAPOLIS - For the sixth time in 2012, the Hoosier Lotto jackpot has been hit - this time via a ticket sold by a retailer in Gary and the owner of the ticket could walk away with as much as $10.5 million.

The winning ticket, which matched all six numbers drawn last [Saturday] night, was purchased at Nagra's Quick Mart at 4321 E. Dunes Highway in Gary.

In addition to last night's hit, five other Hoosier Lotto jackpot-winning tickets have been purchased this year at retailers in Frankfort, Anderson, Columbus, Highland and Shelbyville.

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INDIANAPOLIS - When the Thanksgiving holiday arrives Thursday, Powerball players are hoping they have 250 million new reasons to be thankful.

With no one nationwide matching all six numbers in last [Saturday] night's Powerball drawing, Wednesday's estimated jackpot has grown to an eye-catching $250 million. The estimated cash value of Wednesday's jackpot is $166.8 million.

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