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One Oregon lottery ticket wins first Powerball jackpot of the year worth $328.5 millionNews Story
First Powerball jackpot of 2025 goes to one lucky winner in Oregon By Kate Northrop One Oregon lottery player became the first Powerball jackpot winner of the year, laying sole claim to a multi-million-dollar prize worth a hefty $328.5 million Saturday night. The multi-state Powerball lottery game produced its first winner of 2025 from Oregon on Saturday, Jan. 18, which resulted in a single ticket worth $328.5 million in 30 payments over 29 years or $146.4 million in cash all at once
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Cash 5 winner's chance meeting with New Jersey Lottery official confirms $678,674 jackpot prizeNews Story
What are the odds? By Kate Northrop A Jersey Cash 5 jackpot winner was skeptical of their $678,674 win, but a coincidental run-in with a New Jersey Lottery official assured them that it was entirely real. The odds of winning the lottery are high enough, but simultaneously winning the lottery and running into an off-duty New Jersey Lottery official and having them confirm the win must certainly be an astoundingly rare sequence of events. The odds of winning the Jersey Cash 5 jackp
Jan 10, 2025, 9:20 am - Lottery News

Texas Lottery adds age verification to self-service vending machinesNews Story
State-issued ID scans now required at vending machines By Kate Northrop The Texas Lottery has implemented age verification measures on its self-service vending machines across the state to deter ticket sales to underage individuals. As of Dec. 30, 2024, the Texas Lottery has officially introduced an additional step when purchasing tickets using a self-service vending machine that aims to curtail underage gambling. Under Texas state law, players must be at least 18 years of age to
Jan 9, 2025, 7:46 am - Lottery News

Maryland man uses rude driver's license plate numbers to win $500,000 in a single Pick 5 drawingNews Story
Perturbed lottery player turns unpleasant driving experience into $500,000 By Kate Northrop An encounter with an inconsiderate driver on the road led to a Maryland man using their license plate numbers in a Pick 5 drawing and winning an astounding $500,000 prize. A Maryland man noted the license plate of a rude driver and won a $500,000 prize in a single drawing using those numbers. While safe driving practices are what we'd expect to see on the road, we don't always encounter th
Jan 8, 2025, 8:51 am - Lottery News

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

Previous Arkansas lottery winner upgrades from $5,000 to $200,000 winNews Story
Regular lottery player's expectations are higher as a result of larger win By Kate Northrop A seasoned Arkansas lottery player rounded off 2024 with a $200,000 win, a significant improvement from her previous prize record of $5,000. An Arkansas woman's expectations of winning the lottery are higher now that she has successfully added a $200,000 prize to her record of notable prize wins. Judi D. of Sevier County didn't just walk into 2025 she victoriously skipped into the New Year
Jan 6, 2025, 9:39 am - Lottery News

Maryland Pick 5 lottery player wins $50,000 top prize twice using the same numbersNews Story
Identical wins two years in a row after 35 years of playing By Kate Northrop A longtime lottery enthusiast, who has dedicated 35 years to playing, won the Pick 5 $50,000 top prize for the second time using the same numbers. One Maryland lottery player proved lightning can strike twice, having claimed his second $50,000 Pick 5 top prize with the same numbers that won him the first one. Paul Cypress of Baltimore claimed his second $50,000 Pick 5 prize from the Maryland Lottery righ
Jan 5, 2025, 8:30 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

Iowa woman's dream comes true on Christmas after being gifted $250,000 winning lottery ticketNews Story
Dreams do happen, and it only takes one ticket. By Kate Northrop One Iowa woman's dream of winning the lottery came true on Christmas Day after she received a gift from her husband in the form of a winning $250,000 ticket. An Iowa couple were as giddy as children waking up to presents on Christmas morning when they discovered that a gifted lottery ticket was worth $250,000. Lottery tickets are common gifts and stocking stuffers around the holidays, and one Iowa couple was no exc
Jan 2, 2025, 12:15 pm - Lottery News

$1 million Powerball lottery prize claimed by Indiana winner five hours before expiration deadlineNews Story
Couple discover winning ticket at the last minute in Christmas miracle By Kate Northrop After a month's worth of attempts from the Hoosier Lottery to locate the missing winner of a $1 million winning Powerball lottery prize, one Indiana couple stepped forward just five hours before it was set to expire to claim it. Everyone is breathing a sigh of relief after an anonymous couple came forward to claim a $1 million winning Powerball lottery ticket in what can only be described as a Chr
Dec 31, 2024, 10:13 am - Lottery News