After an Arkansas woman won a lucky $50 prize in the lottery, her husband, inspired by the win, scooped up a $200,000 prize in the same game the very next day.
An Arkansas man was motivated by his wife's $50 lottery win to buy some more tickets of his own, and in doing so won an even bigger prize in the exact same game just one day later.
In April, E. Withers caught wind from his wife that she had won a $50 prize on a $10 "Ultimate Riches" scratch-off game. A daily lottery player himself, he's consistently played that game since it launched in October 2024 but had no luck landing a big prize.
On Thursday, Oregon Governor Tina Kotek signed a bill into law that grants full anonymity to all Oregon lottery winners, regardless of the prize amount.
Just days after claiming a $167.3 million Powerball jackpot, a lottery winner was arrested alongside his girlfriend at a Florida resort bar for punching another customer and kicking a police officer during an altercation.
The winners of a $349 million Mega Millions jackpot are feeling "blessed" after they jointly came forward to claim the prize a month after the drawing.