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Turns Out ChatGPT Isn't Bad at Picking Powerball Numbers

Michigan woman let AI select her entries, wins $100K jackpot

(Newser) - A Michigan woman credits artificial intelligence for her $100,000 Powerball win. Tammy Carvey of Wyandotte said she asked ChatGPT to pick numbers for the Sept. 6 Powerball drawing, purchasing her ticket online through the Michigan Lottery, per a release from state officials cited by USA Today . Carvey, 45, matched...

Record Powerball Winner Made One Lucky Goof

One of the chosen numbers was different than intended

(Newser) - The Texas winner of half the record $1.78 billion Powerball jackpot has finally stepped forward, albeit anonymously. The Chronicle reports the $410 million prize was claimed through the Seven Bridges Revocable Trust—that trust being a legal structure that allows the winner's name to be kept under wraps....

$2B Powerball Winner Buys Burned-Out Lots in Hometown

Edwin Castro says he wants to help people in Altadena while making a 'reasonable' profit

(Newser) - Nearly a year after wildfires tore through Altadena, California, Powerball winner Edwin Castro has emerged as one of the biggest buyers of burned-out lots in his hometown, spending $10 million on 15 properties with plans to build single-family homes. Castro, who won a record $2 billion Powerball jackpot in 2022,...

Missouri 'Homebody' Claims Record Powerball Prize

Anonymous winner opts for $410M lump sum payout

(Newser) - The Missouri winner of half the record $1.78 billion Powerball jackpot is calling his windfall the "best problem" he's ever faced. The anonymous man, a self-described "homebody," claimed his prize—a one-time payment of about $410.3 million—at the Missouri Lottery headquarters in...

ChatGPT Helps Woman Nab $150K Powerball Win

Carrie Edwards, who used a bot to help her pick numbers in Virginia, is donating winnings to charity

(Newser) - After winning $150,000 in the Powerball lottery, Virginia's Carrie Edwards is making headlines—not for spending her windfall, but for giving every dollar away to causes close to her heart. Edwards, a widow and grandmother, snagged her prize after matching four numbers plus the Powerball in the...

Two People Just Hit One of the Biggest Lotteries Ever

Winning Powerball tickets sold in Texas, Missouri

(Newser) - Two Powerball players in Missouri and Texas won the estimated $1.8 billion jackpot on Saturday, ending the lottery game's three-month drought without a big winner, per the AP .
  • The winning numbers were 11, 23, 44, 61, and 62, with the Powerball number being 17.
  • The winners have not
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Powerball Jackpot Is Now 3rd-Largest Lottery Jackpot

Prize hits $1.7B ahead of Saturday's drawing

(Newser) - The Powerball jackpot has jumped to an eye-popping $1.7 billion, after yet another drawing passed without a big winner Wednesday, the AP reports. The numbers selected were: 3, 16, 29, 61, and 69, with the Powerball number being 22. Since May 31, there have been 41 straight drawings without...

Powerball Kitty Is Now 6th Highest Ever

No one has won the big lottery prize for 40 consecutive drawings

(Newser) - An estimated $1.4 billion lottery jackpot will be up for grabs Wednesday night, thanks to dozens of drawings without a big winner. The massive Powerball prize is the sixth-largest US lottery jackpot ever, the result of 40 consecutive drawings stretching over the summer without anyone matching all of the...

Powerball's Massive Jackpot Is Going to Keep Growing

Nobody won in Saturday's drawing for $1B

(Newser) - Powerball players will get another chance Monday at a jackpot estimated at over $1 billion, after no one won the big prize Saturday night. No one has matched all six numbers since the end of May, allowing the jackpot to swell to $1.1 billion, which would be the fifth-largest...

Guy Hits Jackpot Twice—by Accident
Guy Hits Jackpot
Twice—by Accident
Jul 21, 2025 11:22 AM CDT

Guy Hits Jackpot Twice—by Accident

Man thought one drawing had already occurred, so he bought second ticket, scored $2M

(Newser) - There are people who hit the jackpot twice, and then there are people who hit the jackpot twice and one of those times is by accident. Such is the tale of Paul Corcoran of Finchburg, Massachusetts, who ABC News reports finds himself in the possession of $2 million after a...

Powerball Winner's Mansion Destroyed in Palisades Fire

Newish billionaire Edwin Castro loses $3.8M luxury home in Malibu

(Newser) - Edwin Castro's good-luck streak has ended. The California man—who won $2.04 billio n in a 2022 Powerball drawing, scooped up tens of millions of dollars' worth of luxury real estate, and won a lawsuit alleging he wasn't the rightful owner of the winning Powerball ticket—has...

Man Goes Through Pile of Lottery Tickets in Car, Finds $50K Winner

He says friend told him it was time to check his pile of tickets

(Newser) - A Maryland man drove around for weeks with a pile of lottery tickets in his car before realizing one of them was a $50,000 winner. The man, who is publicly going by the pseudonym Malcolm Reynolds, tells the Shore News that a friend helped him use a lottery app...

Michigan Breakfast Club Claims $840M Powerball Jackpot

Group consists of a lawyer and a 'thrilled and nervous' couple

(Newser) - A mid-Michigan couple and a lawyer from the west side of the state were announced Tuesday as winners of an $842.4 million Powerball lottery jackpot from a ticket purchased on New Year's Day. The Breakfast Club lottery group opted for a cash lump sum of $305 million after...

$1.3B Powerball Winner Has Been Fighting Cancer for Years

Cheng Saephan says he plans to 'find a good doctor for myself'

(Newser) - One of the winners of a historic $1.3 billion Powerball jackpot last month is an immigrant from Laos who has had cancer for eight years and had his latest chemotherapy treatment last week. Cheng "Charlie" Saephan, of Portland, told a news conference held by the Oregon Lottery that...

Someone Has Finally Won That Huge Powerball Jackpot
Winner of
$1.3B Jackpot
Comes Forward
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Apr 10, 2024 1:30 AM CDT

Winner of $1.3B Jackpot Comes Forward

But officials say it will take weeks to verify Oregon win

(Newser) - A person with a ticket matching all six Powerball numbers in Saturday's $1.3 billion jackpot came forward Monday to claim the prize from last weekend's drawing, but the winner won't be announced for at least a couple more weeks until their ticket is verified and arrangements...

Mega Millions, Powerball Jackpots Are Massive

They're sitting at a combined $1.9B ahead of drawings

(Newser) - No one won the Mega Millions or Powerball jackpots in the most recent drawings for the two lotteries, and the combined total is now at nearly $2 billion. The Mega Millions jackpot rose to $1.1 billion and the Powerball to $800 million, NBC News reports. If someone matches all...

Man Sues DC Lottery After Not Winning $340M Jackpot

John Cheeks says lottery website posted wrong numbers as the winners, but he still wants his cash

(Newser) - When John Cheeks checked his Powerball numbers the day after the Jan. 7, 2023, drawing, he saw them listed as the winning combination on the DC Lottery's website, with a $340 million jackpot at stake. "I got a little excited, but I didn't shout, I didn't...

Somebody Just Had a Pretty Rich New Year's Day

Michigan Powerball player cleans up $842M jackpot

(Newser) - Someone in Michigan won a massive Powerball jackpot on the first day of 2024, the first time it has been won on New Year's Day since the game's start in 1992. The winning numbers drawn were: 12, 21, 42, 44, 49, and the red Powerball of 1. Final...

$1.73B Powerball Jackpot Won by California Player

That'll be $1.73B, or $756.6M for the cash option

(Newser) - A player in California won a $1.73 billion Powerball jackpot Wednesday night, ending a long stretch without a winner of the top prize. The winning numbers were: 22, 24, 40, 52, 64, and the Powerball 10. The winning ticket was sold at Midway Market & Liquor in Frazier Park,...

Powerball Jackpot Hits $1.55B
Powerball Jackpot Now
2nd-Largest in History
UPDATED
Oct 10, 2023 12:00 AM CDT

Powerball Jackpot Now 2nd-Largest in History

It hits $1.73B after rolling over for 35 drawings

(Newser) - And just like that, the Powerball jackpot went from the 4th-largest lottery jackpot ever to the 2nd-largest, the New York Times reports. With no winner Monday night, the pot grew to $1.73 billion ahead of the next drawing Wednesday night. If a hypothetical winner were to opt for the...

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