If you’ve been clutching your lucky numbers tighter as the Powerball jackpot balloons to a brain-melting $1.1 billion, you’re not alone — but don’t kid yourself into thinking the math is suddenly on your side. At 11 p.m. EST tonight, America will be watching in anticipation as five white balls and one red Powerball are … Read more
Can AI predict winning lottery numbers? For Tammy Carvey, the answer was a resounding yes. On Sept. 6, with Powerball skyrocketing toward a dizzing $2 billion jackpot, the 45-year-old Michigander opened up ChatGPT, asked it for a set of numbers, and played them — later consulting Google to find out if she’d won anything. She had … Read more
A group of Ohio teachers hit a $1 million Powerball prize and turned it into a tribute to a colleague who died of cancer. The 10-member pool from Crestview Elementary in Ashland had kept playing in memory of Mary Jo Manocchio, 60, a longtime kindergarten school teacher who died in March 2021. For years after … Read more
Winner, winner. A new study revealed the U.S. states that have the highest chances of winning the Powerball — and sadly, none of the tri-state area was included in the top five. The lottery game played in 45 U.S. states offers several different ways to win a prize, ranging from a player matching just the … Read more
A $1 million lottery ticket was cashed in the nick of time, just three weeks before it was about to expire. The trust, represented by trustee Elizabeth Caruso, claimed the multi-state Powerball prize on Wednesday, July 31. Nearly one year ago, on August 21, 2023, is when the drawing took place. The winning ticket was … Read more
Love in affluent circles. Billionaire Powerball winner Edwin Castro and his new self-described poet and bikini model girlfriend enjoyed a romantic date night on Wednesday, marking the first time the lovebirds appeared in public as a couple. Payten Vincent, 24, snapped a photo alongside the California-born jackpot winner during an event at the Soho House … Read more
The secret lottery-winning numbers that have netted Australians huge cash prizes have been revealed ahead of the mammoth Powerball jackpot being drawn. Thursday will see the numbers drawn on the second biggest lottery prize in Australian history, with a $150 million [Australian approximately $991M USD] Powerball jackpot up for grabs. The prize is only surpassed … Read more
It costs a lot of money to look this cheap. Edwin Castro, who claimed the record-setting $2.4 billion Powerball prize in February, was seen stepping out of a limo at Los Angeles International Airport Thursday sporting a casual but pricey travel outfit, exclusive photos obtained by The Post show. The 31-year-old and an unidentified blond were both … Read more
Edwin Castro, who won Powerball’s record-breaking $2 billion jackpot this February, isn’t quite done spending his newfound cash on luxury real estate. The lucky lotto player has already purchased at least two other California mansions since coming into the money this past winter — and now he has splurged yet again, this time on a … Read more
The Powerball jackpot rose yet again to an estimated $1 billion after no winning ticket was sold for the latest drawing. No ticket for Monday’s drawing matched the white balls 5, 8, 9, 17, 41 and red Powerball 2. The jackpot was estimated at $900 million. The new jackpot for Wednesday’s drawing would be the third … Read more
A Houston, Texas woman pleaded guilty this week to stealing a $1 million “scratch-off” lottery ticket from her cousin and taking the lump-sum payout of $500,000 in November 2020, according to the Nassau County, New York district attorney. Nassau County District Attorney Anne T. Donnely announced the plea in a press release on Friday, saying Iris Amador Argueta, … Read more
Jessie James Decker was seeing red one New Year’s Eve. Right before the 2020 broadcast of “Dick Clark’s New Year’s Rockin’ Eve with Ryan Seacrest,” the country singer was given a COVID test. The results were fine, but her nose was not. “I have a very sensitive Sicilian nose, and if I even get whacked in … Read more
She hit the jackpot. Brenda Gomez Hernandez had the best day of her life on Nov. 9 when she gave birth to her first baby girl — and won $100,000 in the lottery. “I feel like she brought me my luck, I’m so thankful,” she told North Carolina Education Lottery officials, per Jam Press. The … Read more