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North Carolina woman starts off 2025 with $1 million Powerball lottery prize on New Year's DayNews Story
Soap opera enjoyer enters the New Year with a million-dollar win By Kate Northrop A North Carolina woman entered the New Year with a $1 million Powerball prize, having bought her ticket on New Year's Eve for the New Year's Day drawing. Grace Landon of Albemarle started off the New Year with a million-dollar Powerball prize, effectively crossing off winning the lottery from her bucket list for 2025. Landon has been a regular Powerball player for 20 years, and it was on New Year's
Jan 7, 2025, 9:24 am - Lottery News

$139 million goes up in smoke as Ohio Powerball ticket expiresNews Story
Life-changing sum of money quietly expires over the New Year By Kate Northrop The $139 million Powerball jackpot from the July 3, 2024 drawing, won by a single ticket purchased in Ohio, quietly expired amid the excitement of the New Year. The deadline for one lone Ohio winner to claim a $139 million Powerball jackpot from July 2024 has passed. Last month, the Ohio Lottery made a final push to locate the winner of the multi-million-dollar prize. Today, the Lottery announced that n
Jan 3, 2025, 9:59 am - Lottery News

One California ticket wins $1.269 billion Mega Millions jackpotNews Story
Fifth $1 billion+ jackpot won in California Updated with final jackpot totals By Todd Northrop After a run of 30 drawings without a jackpot winner, the 31st drawing of the multi-state Mega Millions game produced a single $1.269 billion winner last night when one lottery ticket sold in California matched all five numbers plus the Mega Ball. It was the 12th time a lottery jackpot had grown to more than $1 billion, and the 11th time a single ticket won $1 billion or more. For C
Dec 28, 2024, 8:08 am - Lottery News

$1.15 BILLION: Mega Millions keeps rolling after no winner TuesdayNews Story
Now the 9th-largest lottery jackpot in history By Todd Northrop After nobody won a billion-dollar Christmas Eve jackpot, lottery players around the country are lining up for an even larger jackpot set to draw Friday. Tuesday night nobody won the Mega Millions multi-state lottery drawing, triggering another jackpot rollover that created a Friday jackpot estimated at $1.15 billion with a cash value of $516.1 million. Based on past multi-state lottery jackpots, that estimate may get
Dec 26, 2024, 8:01 am - Lottery News

Valencia flood victims among winners of Spain's annual €2.7 billion El Gordo lottery drawingNews Story
By Kate Northrop Spain's legendary annual El Gordo, which translates to The Fat One, has once again captivated the nation with millions of viewers glued to their screens for the annual event that handed out 2.7 billion (US$2.8 billion) in prize money. Several residents of flood-ravaged Valencia were among this year's El Gordo winners, bringing a ray of hope to a community still recovering from devastating floods. With an incredible prize pool of 2.7 billion, winners across Spain have
Dec 24, 2024, 8:41 am - Lottery News

New Jersey lottery winner claims $1.13 billion Mega Millions jackpotNews Story
Lottery officials verify that the winner has come forward with the winning ticket By Kate Northrop The New Jersey lottery winner of the $1.128 billion Mega Millions jackpot drawn on March 26 has officially submitted the winning ticket and started the claims process. New Jersey Lottery officials announced today that the winning ticket for the $1.128 billion Mega Millions jackpot has been validated and that the claims process has begun. After nine months, one anonymous winner final
Dec 23, 2024, 4:58 pm - Lottery News

$944 MILLION: Mega Millions lottery jackpot set to make holiday wishes come trueNews Story
Biggest jackpot in 9 months closes in on a billion dollars By Todd Northrop Nine months after Mega Millions delivered a $1.13 billion jackpot to one ticket sold in New Jersey, the multi-state lottery game is back with a jackpot to be drawn Tuesday that is also nearing the $1 billion mark. When nobody won Friday night's $862 million grand prize, the Mega Millions jackpot grew to an estimated $944 million the largest since a March 26, 2024 $1.128 billion Mega Millions jackpot was won b
Dec 21, 2024, 7:41 am - Lottery News

North Carolina man "accidentally" wins $177,749 online lottery jackpotNews Story
Epic jackpot won by surprise By Kate Northrop A North Carolina man told North Carolina Lottery officials that his $177,749 online jackpot win was purely accidental, but it'll have a great use. A happy accident while playing the lottery online resulted in a $177,749 lottery win for one North Carolina resident. Alphonzo Oates of Raleigh was toying around with the North Carolina Lottery's online offerings when he tapped into the Wheel of Bonuses digital instant game, one of his go-t
Dec 14, 2024, 8:36 am - Lottery News

New Jersey Lottery offers free Powerball tickets in "Jackpot Was Hit!" promotionNews Story
$256 million won in New York means one week to take advantage of low jackpot By Kate Northrop The New Jersey Lottery announced today that players can receive a free Powerball ticket this week in the Jackpot Was Hit! state-wide promotion. Thanks to the $256 million Powerball jackpot being won by a single ticket in New York on Saturday, New Jersey lottery players can take advantage of a promotion that grants them free Powerball tickets. The Jackpot Was Hit! promotion is running now
Dec 9, 2024, 6:10 pm - Lottery News

$500,000 Powerball lottery win leaves North Carolina woman "in disbelief"News Story
Incredible win thanks to Power Play add-on By Kate Northrop A North Carolina woman was stunned when her otherwise $50,000 Powerball lottery prize turned out to be worth $500,000 instead. One lucky North Carolina lottery player emerged from a Powerball drawing with a spectacular $500,000 Powerball win on a $3 ticket purchase. Linda Wilkes of Roaring River purchased a Powerball Quick Pick ticket online for the Nov. 4 drawing and added the Power Play option for an extra dollar. What
Dec 8, 2024, 8:34 am - Lottery News