New Jersey resident says no thanks to road rage, wins $600,000 lottery prize instead

Comment #18

Nurdug — Fri, 04 Jul 2025 19:54:21 GMT

Yeah.. I also am a conservative player who keeps to a budget but my son (a grown man) has BLOWN thousands of dollars.. literally and has NEVER WON anything substantial.. I think there maybe something like NEGATIVE ENERGY or something. Virginia for sure keeps track of winners. Once all the for example all the trips are gone.. they are gone.

I was thinking of quitting all together after I saw today's Virginia PICK 4 .. like how can that happen? That is statistically IMPOSSIBLE. but .. Virginia... [ More ]

Comment #17

welington — Mon, 30 Jun 2025 15:48:59 GMT

Is he that lucky or I'm missing something.

Congratulations on the wins

Comment #16

Lotterologist — Mon, 30 Jun 2025 01:46:56 GMT

Fortunately, my state still uses mechanical balls drawings. I hope they never switch to RNG. On the other hand, Kentucky pays $600.00 for a $1.00 straight hit, if i'm not mistaken. Perhaps Kentucky is where I need to be

Comment #15

Bleudog101 — Sun, 29 Jun 2025 22:20:09 GMT

Is your pick 3 RNG????

Kentucky lottery folks were down the road last week and guy told me statewide folks complain all the time about us switching to RNG. Said RNG cost $100K/year whereas mechanical balls cost over $400K....make it make sense to me.

Comment #14

Lotterologist — Sun, 29 Jun 2025 19:40:33 GMT

That's a shame. I don't play Powerball too often. I hope that someone from Lottery Post wins the jackpot.

The Daily 3 is my game.

Comment #13

Bleudog101 — Sun, 29 Jun 2025 18:11:26 GMT

Yes, she did. Asked if she said anything after getting the $15 returned and she said nothing.

How about Powerball, on another subject? Jackpot went up a measly bit from Saturday

Comment #12

Lotterologist — Sun, 29 Jun 2025 14:51:16 GMT

I would have done the same thing. Did the lady come back

Comment #11

Bleudog101 — Sat, 28 Jun 2025 17:36:32 GMT

Great story from New Jersey!

Now onto me. This morning taking my $21 Mega Millions to cash in machine. I looked down and it said that machine had a $15 credit....so I played it. Never cashed the MM ticket for more. One of the employees was out emptying many trash cans in the gas area. She came up to me and said a lady was playing and 'would be right back'. Well she asked me to leave the $15 @ register. I waited 1/2 hour for her. Asked Tabitha if she was working tomorrow and if lady neve... [ More ]

Comment #10

billybucks — Fri, 27 Jun 2025 22:10:49 GMT

I don't want the PB or MM jackpots so I stick to my beloved Cash 5 and state lotto dividing an equal amount into both. I think you should go a little deeper than 3 PB plays a week. That matrix though is discouraging to do more than double your play there. Most cash 5 games are daily now so on the days there is no PB you want to have something going.

Comment #9

JustMaybe — Fri, 27 Jun 2025 20:21:19 GMT

You could be very right, I think we got folks that spend a lot on the lottery.

There is the other story of the active duty army guy that put $100 and won the jackpot in Pennsylvania I believe.

I think I need to up my $2 PB play pattern maybe do $10 a draw lol.

Nway, I know that there are people that play hundreds of dollars and don't win anything, so will stick with my conservative play

Comment #8

Brock Lee — Fri, 27 Jun 2025 01:10:08 GMT

i like this guy.

Comment #7

Lotterologist — Thu, 26 Jun 2025 19:38:24 GMT

Comment #6

grwurston — Thu, 26 Jun 2025 15:01:59 GMT

It's called being in the right place at the right time. Congrats

Comment #5

Lotterologist — Thu, 26 Jun 2025 13:34:44 GMT

Since the Pick 3 and Pick 4 combined only netted them around $100.00, they must have played them for .50 cents boxed.

Comment #4

billybucks — Thu, 26 Jun 2025 13:16:59 GMT

These people must spend over 200.00 a day on the lottery I guess. But still, hitting a pik 3 and pik 4 which in NJ are two separate draws along with selecting a 600k scratch ticket I find not possible but also not believable either.

Comment #3

Lotterologist — Thu, 26 Jun 2025 13:12:28 GMT

Good point

Comment #2

LottoBux — Thu, 26 Jun 2025 13:03:44 GMT

I mean really,

What are the odds of getting a winning ticket in each of the games you played all at once?

Ridiculous, Congrats to the lucky winner.

Guess it was meant for them to win something.

Comment #1

Lotterologist — Thu, 26 Jun 2025 12:34:52 GMT

They turned a negative into a positive.

Congrats

New Jersey resident says no thanks to road rage, wins $600,000 lottery prize instead

Lottery Post — Thu, 26 Jun 2025 12:16:21 GMT

Potentially sour encounter with other driver is blessing in disguise

By Kate Northrop

A New Jersey resident was not in the mood to engage with road rage during a traffic stall, and the strategy of avoidance led to a $600,000 lottery win instead.

A New Jersey lottery player turned a potentially sour encounter on the road into a positive happenstance when they decided to take a detour to avoid a traffic dispute.

On June 3, traffic through Essex County was congested, much to the dis... [ More ]