DORCHESTER, Mass.—A Massachusetts woman has won $1 million twice on lottery tickets in the last 10 weeks. Christine Wilson, of Attleborough, won the most recent prize on Wednesday playing the “100X Cash” $10 instant ticket game, the state lottery announced. Ms. Wilson decided to receive the winnings in a one-time payment of $650,000 before taxes, […]
A 26-year-old man from Genessee County, Michigan, is half a million dollars richer thanks to a “sign” he says he took from his movie star doppelganger. The man, who chose to remain anonymous, according to the Michigan Lottery, said he was watching a movie where the main character wins big on a lottery ticket. “The […]
DES MOINES, Iowa—The Powerball jackpot has increased to an estimated $1.23 billion after another drawing without a big winner Wednesday night. The numbers selected were: 11, 38, 41, 62, 65, and the Powerball 15. The jackpot, which now ranks as the eighth-largest in U.S. lottery history, has been growing for more than three months, reflecting […]
DES MOINES, Iowa—The Powerball jackpot climbed to an estimated $1.09 billion after no one matched the six numbers drawn Monday night, continuing a three-month winless streak for the top prize. The numbers drawn were: 19, 24, 40, 42, 56, and the Powerball 23. No one has won Powerball’s jackpot since New Year’s Day, a stretch […]
DES MOINES, Iowa—The Powerball jackpot increased to an estimated $935 million after no one matched the six numbers drawn Wednesday night. The numbers selected were: 37, 46, 57, 60, 66, and the Powerball 8. The drawing came a day after a player in New Jersey won a $1.13 billion Mega Millions prize after 30 straight […]
DES MOINES, Iowa—The Powerball jackpot increased to an estimated $865 million after no one won Monday night’s drawing, continuing a winless streak that dates to New Year’s Day. The numbers drawn were: 7, 11, 19, 53 68, and red ball 23. Since the last winner on Jan. 1, there have been 36-straight drawings without a […]
The stars have aligned in the lottery universe like never before, with two jackpots totaling nearly $2 billion. With an estimated $1.1 billion Mega Millions prize and an estimated $800 million Powerball jackpot, it’s the first time the two nearly national lottery games have each grown so large at the same time. Both massive prizes […]
The Mega Millions jackpot has reached $977 million for Friday night’s drawing after no tickets matched all six numbers drawn on Tuesday night. The winning numbers drawn on Tuesday were 24, 46, 49, 62, 66 and the gold Mega Ball was 7. The estimated jackpot was $893 million with a cash prize of $421.4 million. […]
FRAZIER PARK, Calif.—The California Lottery has revealed the name of one of the winners of the second-largest U.S. lottery jackpot—last October’s $1.765 billion Powerball bonanza. Theodorus Struyck represents a group of winners who bought the ticket at a store in the small Kern County mountain town of Frazier Park, the lottery said in a press […]
JOHNSTON, Iowa—Someone in Michigan won an $842.4 million Powerball jackpot on the first day of 2024, the first time it has been won on New Year’s Day since the game’s start in 1992. The winning numbers drawn were: 12, 21, 42, 44, 49 and red Powerball: 1. Final ticket sales pushed the jackpot beyond its […]
Wednesday night’s penultimate Powerball draw of 2023 failed once again to provide a Grand Prize winner, leaving the jackpot for the last drawing of the year to exceed three quarters of a billion dollars. Wednesday’s winning numbers were 4, 11, 38, 51, and 68, with the red Powerball 5. The Power Play option was 3X. […]
DES MOINES, Iowa—Powerball losers in Iowa were actually winners for about seven hours this week after the state’s lottery mistakenly posted the wrong winning numbers for the game. Lottery officials blamed an unspecified “human reporting error” for the wrong numbers being posted for Monday night’s Powerball drawing. The incorrect numbers were posted on the Iowa […]
A watchdog has revealed that over 66,000 people stayed on food stamp rolls despite winning enough money in lotteries to make them ineligible—and that’s just based on data obtained in just 13 states—with the figure for all 50 states “likely in the hundreds of thousands.” The Foundation for Government Accountability (FGA) submitted Freedom of Information […]
ST. LOUIS—A player in California won a $1.73 billion Powerball jackpot Wednesday night, ending a long stretch without a winner of the top prize. The winning numbers were: 22, 24, 40, 52, 64 and the Powerball 10. The winning ticket was sold at Midway Market & Liquor in Frazier Park, according to the California Lottery. […]
DES MOINES, Iowa—The Powerball jackpot climbed to an estimated $1.73 billion after no one matched the game’s six numbers Monday and won the giant prize. The winning numbers announced were: 16, 34, 46, 55, 67 and the Powerball 14. There has been no winner for 35 consecutive drawings, since the last time someone won the […]
DES MOINES, Iowa—The Powerball jackpot climbed to an estimated $1.55 billion after no one matched the game’s six numbers Saturday and won the giant prize. The numbers drawn Saturday night were: 47, 54, 57, 60, 65, and red Powerball 19. The $1.55 billion prize is for a sole winner who is paid through an annuity, […]
FORT LAUDERDALE, Florida—The Powerball jackpot climbed to an estimated $1.2 billion after no players hit it big Monday night. The winning numbers announced were: 12, 26, 27, 43, 47 and the Powerball 5. The jackpot for the next drawing on Wednesday night will be among the largest lottery prizes of all time, behind earlier prizes […]
DES MOINES, Iowa—The Powerball jackpot climbed to an estimated $925 million after no players hit it big Wednesday night, continuing a stretch of lottery futility that has lasted for more than two months. The winning numbers were: 1, 7, 46, 47, 63 and red Powerball 7. The jackpot for the next drawing Saturday night remains […]
DES MOINES, Iowa—The Powerball jackpot climbed to an estimated $835 million after no one beat the immense odds Monday night and won the top prize. The winning numbers were: 10, 12, 22, 36, 50, and 4. With the latest bit of lottery losing, there now have been 29 consecutive drawings without a jackpot winner, dating […]
Lottery players have another chance to win big on Monday after the Powerball jackpot grew to a record-breaking $785 million. The prize became the fourth largest in history after Saturday’s drawing produced no winners matching all six drawn numbers. White balls 1, 12, 20, 33, and 66 and red Powerball 21 were drawn on Saturday. […]
