Lottery News for September 2025

September 2025

Tuesday, September 30, 2025

Special numbers win Kentucky couple $225,000 lottery prize in Cash Ball 225 9:11 am - A Kentucky couple won a $225,000 Cash Ball 225 lottery prize using a set of sweet and sentimental numbers near and dear to them. 5 comments (last)

Monday, September 29, 2025

Illinois lottery winner uses numbers from old, forgotten ticket and wins $1 million in Powerball 1:50 pm - An Illinois lottery player rediscovered an old, forgotten lottery ticket sitting in his drawer and decided to repurpose them for another Powerball drawing, winning a $1 million prize. 7 comments (last)

Thursday, September 25, 2025

California Lottery vending machine stolen and dumped on the side of the road 8:37 am - A California Lottery vending machine was found cracked open and dumped on the side of the road with unscratched lottery tickets still inside last week. 12 comments (last)

Wednesday, September 24, 2025

Missouri lottery winner of $1.8 billion Powerball jackpot comes forward: "I'm a homebody" 8:41 am - The Missouri lottery winner splitting the historic $1.787 billion Powerball jackpot has come forward to claim his share of the prize just over two weeks after the drawing took place. 11 comments (last)

Tuesday, September 23, 2025

North Carolina lottery winner of $100,000 lets wife decide what to do with winnings 8:08 am - A North Carolina man who calls himself "very lucky" won $100,000 in the lottery, but he's going to let his wife decide what to do with the winnings. 5 comments (last)

Monday, September 22, 2025

Virginia woman wins $150,000 Powerball lottery prize using ChatGPT, donates entire prize 4:13 pm - A Virginia woman who won a $150,000 Powerball lottery prize with help from ChatGPT has donated all her winnings rather than pocketing the money. 26 comments (last)

Friday, September 19, 2025

Montana Lottery aims to prohibit bulk purchases after group takes gamble on $1.6 million jackpot 2:10 pm - The Montana Lottery is the latest state to propose rules that would prohibit bulk ticket purchases after an unknown entity bought hundreds of thousands of tickets to scoop a $1.6 million Montana Cash jackpot in May. 19 comments (last)

Thursday, September 18, 2025

$2 mistake turns into $150,000 Pick 5 lottery prize for Maryland player 8:15 am - A $2 mistake while purchasing some Pick 5 lottery tickets ended up becoming the happiest accident yet for one Maryland woman, who won a $150,000 prize in a single drawing because of it. 17 comments (last)

Wednesday, September 17, 2025

Virginia father takes home $290,000 in Pick 4 with 100 winning lottery tickets 7:20 am - After playing Pick 4 for 20 years, one Virginia man came up lucky when he netted $290,000 in a single drawing with 100 winning lottery tickets. 14 comments (last)

Tuesday, September 16, 2025

New Jersey Lottery aims to further relax administrative regulations on courier services 7:19 am - The New Jersey Lottery announced another proposal that would further relax the administrative burden on regulating and overseeing courier services in the state. 1 comment (last)

Monday, September 15, 2025

New Zealand Lottery to change its Powerball game and simplify online spending 3:43 pm - The New Zealand Lottery announced fundamental changes that will impact the flexibility players will have to spend on tickets online, with a potential increase in difficulty to winning the nation's flagship Powerball game in the coming years. 3 comments (last)

Saturday, September 13, 2025

Indiana mother-daughter pair claims $150,000 Powerball lottery win together 9:57 am - A mother-daughter duo from Indiana decided to try for the Powerball jackpot after hearing about its billion-dollar lottery prize and in doing so ended up celebrating a $150,000 win together. 8 comments (last)

Friday, September 12, 2025

Arkansas lottery player who waits for big jackpots rewarded with $100,000 in Powerball 8:18 am - An Arkansas man who prefers to wait to buy lottery tickets until the jackpots grow high enough had his patience rewarded when his strategy won him a $100,000 prize in Powerball. 2 comments (last)

Thursday, September 11, 2025

84-year-old Michigan man will share $481,582 Fantasy 5 lottery jackpot with loved ones 7:35 am - An 84-year-old Michigan lottery player wants to make use of his $481,582 Fantasy 5 jackpot by sharing the riches with his family. 8 comments (last)

Wednesday, September 10, 2025

North Carolina man scoops $2 million in Powerball thanks to family numbers 8:51 am - A North Carolina man is in the market for a new home after family numbers scooped him a $2 million Powerball lottery prize. 6 comments (last)

Tuesday, September 9, 2025

Forgetful Maryland man doubles Powerball Double Play lottery win to $1 million 9:08 am - A Maryland man's forgetfulness inadvertently doubled his Powerball Double Play lottery win to a cool $1 million. 5 comments (last)

Monday, September 8, 2025

Six co-workers split $100,000 Powerball lottery prize in North Carolina 4:08 pm - A group of colleagues walked into their workplace with pep in their step after finding out they collectively won a $100,000 lottery prize in Powerball. 4 comments (last)

Sunday, September 7, 2025

$1.8 billion Powerball jackpot to be split by two tickets sold in Missouri and Texas 7:19 am - In a historic run of drawings that produced the second-largest lottery jackpot in world history, two Powerball tickets sold in Missouri and Texas will split a grand prize worth nearly $2 billion. 38 comments (last)

Friday, September 5, 2025

$1.8 BILLION: Powerball jackpot now second-largest ever as ticket sales surge across the USA 11:21 am - Due to a ticket-buying frenzy for Saturday's Powerball drawing, the Multi-State Lottery Association (MUSL) has raised the official Powerball lottery jackpot estimate to $1.8 billion, making it the second-largest lottery jackpot in world history. 109 comments (last)

Kentucky couple who won $250,000 in lottery: "This is literally going to change everything for us." 8:45 am - A Kentucky couple was hit with a swirling mix of giddy emotions after hitting the lottery for $250,000, a prize that they say will truly change their lives. 6 comments (last)

Thursday, September 4, 2025

$1.7 BILLION: Powerball jackpot juggernaut keeps rolling 7:09 am - Last night, the multi-state Powerball lottery game produced no top winner for the 41st consecutive drawing, prompting lottery officials to raise the game's jackpot to an astonishing $1.7 billion. 52 comments (last)

Wednesday, September 3, 2025

Maryland "Tank" carves out a $1 million lottery win with pocket knife 12:43 pm - A Maryland man won a "tank" of a lottery prize using his trusty pocket knife to carve out a $1 million win from his scratch-off ticket. 4 comments (last)

Tuesday, September 2, 2025

$1.3 BILLION: Powerball jackpot soars to 5th-largest in game history 6:51 am - 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 $1.3 billion. 81 comments (last)

Monday, September 1, 2025

North Carolina lottery winners of $5 million and more could remain anonymous 6:30 am - North Carolina lawmakers are heavily considering a bill that would allow all lottery winners of $5 million or more to keep their identifying information hidden from the public. 12 comments (last)