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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 - Todd - Lottery News

Virginia woman finds two-month-old $100,000 Powerball lottery ticket while rifling through papersNews Story
Don't forget where you put your tickets! By Kate Northrop A Virginia woman was going through some papers when she came across a forgotten winning Powerball ticket worth $100,000. Two months after the drawing had taken place, a Virginia woman found a winning Powerball ticket worth $100,000. An anonymous woman from Springfield, Virginia claimed a $100,000 Powerball prize on Wednesday at Maryland Lottery headquarters in Baltimore. She was sifting through some papers when she found a
Sep 25, 2023, 11:27 am - Todd - 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 - Todd - Lottery News

Group of 78 emergency room staff members claim $1 million Powerball prizeNews Story
By Kate Northrop A 78-member lottery group consisting of nurses, doctors, and other emergency room personnel from Traverse City, Michigan have claimed a $1 million Powerball prize. On Thursday, the Michigan Lottery held a press event to award The Heroes to Zeroooos Lottery Club with their $1 million Powerball prize after they matched all five white balls in the Oct. 31, 2022 drawing. According to lottery club coordinator, Bernard Bossert Jr., the club has been buying tickets for abou
Jan 6, 2023, 12:49 pm - Todd - Lottery News

Any way to view numbers as drawn instead of arrange orderReply
The USA Mega YouTube channel has years of Powerball and Mega Millions drawing videos (including all Powerball Double Play drawings), so you can find/watch them all in one place. Click the Subscribe button there to have new drawing videos appear on your YouTube Subscriptions page as soon as they are published. https://www.youtube.com/UsaMega
Jun 1, 2022, 8:42 pm - Todd - Lottery Discussion Forum

DC man sues the lottery after incorrect numbers posted on website would have won him $340 millionNews Story
A Washington, D.C. man who thought he had won a $340 million Powerball jackpot is suing the lottery and other companies related to the Powerball game after the district's website displayed the wrong winning numbers, which happened to match the numbers on his ticket. John Cheeks purchased a Powerball lottery ticket at the center of the dispute on Jan. 6, 2023. Although Cheeks did not see the Powerball drawing the following day, he saw his numbers posted on the DC lottery's website two days la
Feb 21, 2024, 7:48 am - Todd - Lottery News

30 Kentucky middle school employees win $1M Powerball prize, hid lottery ticket in math textbookNews Story
By Kate Northrop A group of 30 middle school employees carpooled to the Kentucky Lottery after the final school bell rang on Tuesday to collect their $1 million Powerball prize. 30 educators from a Boone County middle school regrouped after work to collect the $1 million Powerball prize they won in the Jan. 27 drawing and showed up at Lottery headquarters in high spirits. The group calls themselves the Jones 30, named after the Rector A. Jones Middle School in Florence that brought t
Feb 3, 2024, 9:27 am - Todd - Lottery News

North Carolina woman collapses on live TV after becoming first Powerball millionaire of the yearNews Story
New Year's Eve celebration is overwhelming with million-dollar lottery win By Kate Northrop The North Carolina winner of the Powerball First Millionaire of the Year drawing collapsed on the ground immediately upon finding out she won a million-dollar lottery prize on live television. The world watched as North Carolina resident Pamela Bradshaw fell over in disbelief, struggling to come to terms with the overwhelming excitement of becoming the first millionaire of 2024 with everyone w
Jan 1, 2024, 7:13 pm - Todd - Lottery News

Arkansas woman sleeps with lottery tickets under pillow, wins $2 million Powerball prizeNews Story
It worked for her in the past! By Kate Northrop An Arkansas woman wanted to win Powerball so badly, she slept with her lottery ticket under her pillow and she woke up to a $2 million prize the next morning. While children will place their baby teeth under their pillow to look forward to a visit from the Tooth Fairy, some lottery players rest their heads on their tickets dreaming of that big win. For one Arkansas woman, that dream came true when she woke up the next day. An anonym
Dec 17, 2023, 9:52 pm - Todd - Lottery News

$1.725 BILLION: Powerball jackpot now 2nd-largest of all timeReply
The $1.725 billion number is the correct, accurate number. Most in the press including the official Powerball website and (as it was pointed out) the Lottery Post results pages have rounded that number off to $1.73 billion. USA Mega, however, always shows the full, accurate amount. And I decided to use the accurate amount in the news story here. Is that a complete accounting of the jackpot number?
Oct 11, 2023, 7:46 am - Todd - Lottery News