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North Carolina man uses birthdays to win $2 million Powerball lottery prizeNews Story
Winner says prize was absolutely needed By Kate Northrop A North Carolina man won $2 million in a Powerball drawing this week by using numbers that resembled family birthdays. Robert Crumel of Middlesex says that a $2 million Powerball prize was much needed, and it's thanks to numbers resembling important birthdays that he and his family will get some financial relief. On Sat., Sept. 30, Crumel entered a lottery drawing that would change his luck for the better. He stopped at th
Oct 6, 2023, 9:07 am - Lottery News

$1.4 BILLION: Powerball jackpot juggernaut keeps rollingNews Story
5th-largest lottery jackpot in world history By Todd Northrop Last night, the multi-state Powerball lottery game produced no top winner for the 33rd consecutive drawing, prompting lottery officials to raise the game's jackpot to an astonishing $1.4 billion. A winner who chooses the cash option would receive a lump-sum $643.7 million more than a half-billion dollars in cash! It's the stuff that a lottery player's dreams are made of holding a lottery ticket for an upcoming Powerbal
Oct 5, 2023, 6:52 am - Lottery News

$1.2 BILLION: Powerball jackpot is 3rd-largest in game historyNews Story
Powerball ticket-buying frenzy this week By Todd Northrop This week lottery players across the United States will be pulling out all the stops to try and win Powerball, featuring one of the largest lottery jackpots in history, worth an estimated $1.2 billion. The Powerball jackpot has been building for 32 consecutive drawings since the last winner on July 19 , when one ticket from California won a $1.08 billion jackpot. The ticket was sold at the Las Palmitas Mini Market in downtown
Oct 3, 2023, 6:48 am - Lottery News

$1.04 BILLION: Massive Powerball jackpot increases againNews Story
4th billion-dollar lottery jackpot this year By Todd Northrop For the fourth time in 2023, a lottery jackpot has reached $1 billion or more twice with the Mega Millions game, and now twice with Powerball. The latest billion-dollar jackpot of the year comes after nobody won last night's Powerball multi-state lottery drawing, sending the Monday jackpot to heights that once seemed unattainable for a lottery game. Monday's Powerball jackpot is currently estimated at $1.04 billion, w
Oct 1, 2023, 8:29 am - Lottery News

Florida winner of $1.6 billion Mega Millions jackpot steps forward to claim prizeNews Story
Sole winner of behemoth jackpot comes forward just before the cash option claims deadline By Kate Northrop The winner of the third-largest lottery jackpot in history, the $1.6 billion Mega Millions prize won by one single ticket in Florida last month, has stepped forward to claim the prize. Officials revealed on Wednesday that the $1.6 billion Mega Millions jackpot won in August has been claimed, albeit anonymously. In Florida, lottery winners have 60 days from the draw date to c
Sep 29, 2023, 7:22 am - Lottery News

$1.58 billion Mega Millions lottery winner has two weeks left to claim cash optionNews Story
Winner might wait until last minute to claim lump sum unless they choose annuity By Kate Northrop Time is running out for the Florida winner of the $1.58 billion Mega Millions jackpot, who has two weeks left to step forward if they want the cash option of the prize. There's not much time left to claim the one-time lump sum option of the $1.58 billion Mega Millions jackpot, which was drawn in August. Unless the winner is planning on taking the annuity option of the jackpot, they b
Sep 22, 2023, 3:09 pm - Lottery News

$70 million Michigan Powerball winner says lottery winners should be able to remain anonymousNews Story
Jackpot winner: winning the lottery is too good to be true because of the fallout that comes after By Kate Northrop A $70 million Powerball lottery winner from Michigan, who won the jackpot back in 2020 , has come forward to argue that lottery winners should be able to choose to remain anonymous. The winner of a $70 million Powerball jackpot feels strongly based on her own experiences that there should be legislation passed allowing lottery winners to claim a prize without revealing
Sep 20, 2023, 5:43 pm - Lottery News

$2 billion Powerball lottery winner Edwin Castro buys a third California mansion for $47 millionNews Story
Winner of world's largest lottery jackpot is racking up the properties By Kate Northrop Edwin Castro, the winner of the largest lottery prize in history, has once again expanded his real-estate portfolio with the purchase of a $47 million mega mansion in Los Angeles, California. Not many would ever expect to amass the wealth that Powerball lottery winner Edwin Castro suddenly gained overnight at 31 years old. Having just bought his third California multi-million-dollar mansion, he's
Sep 12, 2023, 6:57 pm - Lottery News

Kentucky man who won $500,000 lottery prize celebrates by giving retailer employees moneyNews Story
First thought from lottery winner is a generous one By Kate Northrop A Kentucky man's first action on his to-do list after winning $500,000 in the lottery was to give money away to the employees at the store he bought the ticket from. A Kentucky lottery winner decided to pay it forward after he won a $500,000 top prize in a scratch-off game. Last Sunday, Daniel Reffitt was leaving the Meijer grocery store on Houston Road in Florence when he walked by a Kentucky Lottery vending ma
Sep 5, 2023, 3:57 pm - Lottery News

North Carolina woman wins largest Keno lottery prize in state history at $168,750News Story
New record to beat in in-state Keno game By Kate Northrop A North Carolina woman set a new record for the largest win in the North Carolina Lottery's Carolina Keno game at $168,750. There's a new record to beat in the Carolina Keno game, with one lucky player setting the bar at a $168,750 win. Durham resident Tiffany Warner was the one to make Carolina Keno history on Friday afternoon when she bought a multiplier ticket during the final Carolina Keno Bonus hour promotion. To
Aug 29, 2023, 12:28 pm - Lottery News