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Two Illinois friends prove coworkers wrong after splitting $350,000 Lucky Day Lotto jackpotNews Story
You're never going to win. Naysayers eat their words By Kate Northrop A pair of friends didn't let the doubt from their coworkers stop them from giving up hope for a big lottery win, and their perseverance paid off to the tune of a $350,000 Lucky Day Lotto jackpot. Two coworkers didn't let the other employees at work phase them with their low expectations for winning the lottery, and their choice to ignore the naysayers eventually landed them a $350,000 Lucky Day Lotto win. April
Feb 4, 2026, 9:11 am - Lottery News

Arkansas lottery winner of $1.8 billion Powerball jackpot comes forwardNews Story
Anonymous winner sought financial and legal advice before claiming lifechanging wealth By Kate Northrop The Arkansas Lottery announced today that the winner of the $1.8 billion Powerball jackpot has come forward to claim their lifechanging prize. The Arkansas lottery player who held the only winning ticket in the nation for a $1.8 billion Powerball jackpot has officially been validated by the Arkansas Lottery as the true winner. The winner opted to remain anonymous and chose to r
Jan 22, 2026, 4:54 pm - Lottery News

Georgia lottery winner starts off new year by claiming $983 million Mega Millions jackpotNews Story
One lone individual officially becomes the largest lottery winner in state history By Kate Northrop The Georgia Lottery has announced that the single lottery winner of the $983 million Mega Millions jackpot has come forward to claim the largest prize in Georgia state history. Whoever won the $983 million Mega Millions lottery jackpot back in November started off the new year on the right foot. Just two days into 2026, they presented their winning ticket to Georgia Lottery officials.
Jan 7, 2026, 7:47 am - Lottery News

Michigan Lottery offers more ways to win in Daily 3 and Daily 4 with Straight Back Bonus promotionNews Story
Michigan players get extra shots at winning bonus prizes this month By Kate Northrop The Straight Back Bonus promotion has returned to the Michigan Lottery, which will offer extra chances at winning bonus prizes in both Daily 3 and Daily 4. This month, Michigan lottery players have additional shots at winning prizes in Daily 3 and Daily 4 with the reemergence of the Straight Back Bonus promotion. The promotion, which began on Jan. 1, awards bonus prizes to players whose Daily 3 a
Jan 6, 2026, 10:28 am - Lottery News

Pennsylvania Lottery releases its own Cash Pop draw gameNews Story
Fast-growing game offers four daily drawings with prizes of up to $5,000 By Kate Northrop The Pennsylvania Lottery launched its own local Cash Pop draw game on Tuesday, offering players four daily drawings for one of the most fast-growing games in the nation. Pennsylvania is the latest state to add the Cash Pop draw game to its lottery repertoire, becoming the 17th jurisdiction to adopt their own iteration of the game. All it requires is picking one single POP number between 1 an
Nov 20, 2025, 7:42 am - Lottery News

Arkansas woman credits husband's $550,000 lottery win to his "diligence"News Story
If diligence will win you the jackpot, he's got it. By Kate Northrop An Arkansas woman says it's thanks to her husband's diligence in playing the lottery that he scooped up a $550,000 Natural State Jackpot prize. An Arkansas woman had nothing but praise for her partner when she figured out he was telling the truth about winning $550,000 in the Arkansas Lottery's Natural State Jackpot (NSJ) game. A Hackett resident, who told his winning story to Lottery officials anonymously, rec
Nov 17, 2025, 7:19 am - Lottery News

Mississippi Lottery triples all Cash 3 prizes for NovemberNews Story
Lottery increases Cash 3 prize payouts to celebrate 6th anniversary By Kate Northrop The Mississippi Lottery is celebrating its 6th anniversary by tripling all Cash 3 prizes for the entire month of November. For all of November, Mississippi lottery players have the chance of walking away with three times the amount in Cash 3 than usual. The Mississippi Lottery launched its Cash 3 Times 3 promotion on Nov. 1, which awards players with triple the winnings in Cash 3. Any prize that
Nov 4, 2025, 8:24 am - Lottery News

Connecticut man awarded $1 million Powerball lottery prize for birthday present of a lifetimeNews Story
What could be better than winning a million dollars for your birthday? By Kate Northrop There was no better birthday surprise a Connecticut man could have ever given himself than the $1 million Powerball prize he won in the lottery. A Powerball lottery drawing gifted one Connecticut man the birthday present of a lifetime when he was awarded a $1 million prize. The day of the August 30 Powerball drawing, the anonymous lottery player noticed the looming Powerball had ballooned past
Oct 30, 2025, 9:40 am - Lottery News

Three $1 million winning Powerball lottery tickets sold at the same New York storeNews Story
New York Lottery Commissioner says event is infrequent By Kate Northrop One lottery retailer in New York sold three $1 million winning tickets for a single Powerball drawing, an occurrence that the New York Lottery says is infrequent. There were three winning Powerball tickets for the second-tier prize in a drawing last week, and all three came from the same store in New York. On Tuesday last week, the New York Lottery announced that there were three second-tier prize-winning tic
Oct 27, 2025, 5:56 pm - Lottery News

Iowa man had to ground himself with household chores after $1 million Powerball lottery winNews Story
Vacuuming through the shock of it all By Kate Northrop An Iowa man had such a nervous reaction to winning a $1 million prize in a Powerball lottery drawing that he decided to reach for the vacuum and do some household chores. What do you do to overcome the shock of winning a million dollars in Powerball? Race back home and hide the lottery ticket? Call a loved one or friend and ask if it's real? Jump up and down and scream? For one Iowa man, the answer to processing an overwhelming l
Oct 7, 2025, 8:33 am - Lottery News