Talk about a pit stop payoff. A Michigan man turned a modest $20 win into a seven-figure score after a late-night gas station run spiraled into a full-blown jackpot frenzy. The 31-year-old — who’s opting to stay anonymous — stopped by a Wesco station in Kent County to cash in a small winning ticket, never … Read more
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
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
Sure, the ching-ching and the bling-bling are nice — but if you’re hoping mountains of moolah will make you happy, you may want to think twice. It’s cautionary advice from a purported lottery winner, who warns that hitting the jackpot oft-comes with a side of unsavory surprises. “Yes, I did win the lottery,” Alyssa Mosley, of … Read more
She’s got a lotto luck. A frazzled Washington state mom is on top of the world after learning a months-old lottery ticket she’d neglected to check was actually a huge winner. The woman, identified only as M.B., held onto the Hit 5 ticket — now worth a whopping six figures — for five months after picking it … Read more
This winner wound up empty-handed. Kevin Frey, a 64-year-old pastor, could have cashed in his winning lottery ticket — but he forgot it inside an Iowa general store. “I was so excited and flustered that I left the ticket inside of the Casey’s store and went out to the car and started calling everybody, calling … Read more
They hit the jackpot — and their kids don’t know jack about it. Mums the word on the massive amount of money, money, money, money a fortunate mom and dad won via the lottery. The lucky draw earned the stinking rich sweeties a whopping $22 million. And while the deep-pocketed parents have struggled to keep the cash-heavy … Read more
They missed a lotto emails. A couple ignored messages from the National Lottery for weeks, believing the notifications that they had scored big were just incessant spam. James and Sally Briggs weren’t convinced of their impressive winnings — ringing in at more than $145,000 — until receiving a fourth email a month after the winning numbers … Read more
A lucky lotto winner who thought he would be taking home $29 million almost had the life-changing fortune ripped from his grasp when an underage co-worker made a claim to it. Powerball winner Timothy Schultz was working as a gas station attendant in the Midwest when his lucky numbers came up in 1999. At 21 … Read more