Baltimore – Every time the jackpot in Powerball or Mega Millions hits the $300 million level, “Joe the Brains” makes the rounds at work to see how many co-workers want to join his office pool.

Mary Ann Weinhold has been a faithful Missouri Lottery player since sales began in 1986. While the Union resident prefers to play Pick 3, Pick 4 and Show Me Cash, she does enjoy playing both Powerball and Mega Millions Draw Games when jackpots swell past $300 million.

BATON ROUGE – Castulo Gonzalez of Sinton, Texas, will be returning home from Louisiana $250,000 wealthier. The winner, who is staying in the area for a short period of time while working at a Baton Rouge plant, purchased three Powerball tickets at Port Allen retailer 415 South Truck Stop for the Feb. 27 drawing. Nearly two weeks later, he learned one of those tickets was worth a quarter of a million dollars!

RALEIGH – Lloyd Dockery of Lowell said he’s got a million reasons to sing after winning a $1 million Powerball prize.

The Southern gospel singer bought his Quick Pick ticket for Saturday’s drawing when he stopped to get gas at the Lowell Mini Mart on McAdenville Road in Lowell.

CONCORD, N.H. – A 30-person winner pool comprised of employees at Jordan’s Furniture in Nashua claimed a $1 million Powerball prize today at New Hampshire Lottery headquarters. The New Hampshire Lottery made a formal check presentation to the group today, with about 20 members of the winner pool present. The group purchased the winning $1 million ticket at Cumberland Farms on Daniel Webster Highway in Nashua for the drawing on Saturday, March 23.

Baltimore – Powerball mania is here and Baltimore resident Ernest Clements has joined the crowd chasing multi-million dollar dreams. He also is among the lucky Maryland players winning prizes of $4 to $50,000 as the jackpot rolled to $750 million for the Wednesday, March 27 drawing.

On March 20, the 30-year-old matched four of his numbers and the Powerball, winning the game’s $50,000 third-tier prize.

MADISON, Wis. (April 23, 2019) – The winner of the largest jackpot in Wisconsin Lottery history came forward to claim the prize today at Wisconsin Lottery Headquarters in Madison. Manuel Franco, who won the Powerball jackpot on March 27, claimed the cash option of approximately $477 million and will receive just over $326 million after state and federal taxes.

DOVER, Del. - A 79-year-old Selbyville man matched five white balls for the March 2nd POWERBALL® drawing, winning $1,000,000 before taxes. The man, who wished to remain anonymous, purchased two Quick Pick POWERBALL® tickets for the drawing from the Fenwick Island Goose Creek.

"I won $500 before, but obviously nothing this big," the man said. "I checked my numbers on the website (delottery.com) the morning after the drawing. I couldn't believe it."

After taxes, the man took home $760,000.

While visiting southeast Missouri, a man from the Memphis, Tennessee area happened to purchase one of two $50,000 winning tickets sold in the Show Me State for the March 9 Powerball drawing.

Michael Watson of Cuba, Tennessee said he generally plays the Powerball when the jackpots start to get higher than usual. With the March 9 jackpot at $414 million, Watson said he picked up some tickets from Huck’s Food Store, 823 E. Malone Ave., in Sikeston.

Lori Butterworth of Harrisonville is one of two Missouri players who matched four of five white-ball numbers plus the Powerball in the March 6 Powerball drawing to win $50,000.

Butterworth, who described her win as “shocking,” purchased her winning ticket from QuikTrip, 11101 E. 40 Highway, in Independence.