Rosalind Abdool describes herself as a calm, not-very-excitable person.

However, that easygoing demeanor was put to the test when she discovered she’d won $1 million in the March 10 Powerball drawing.

“I was really, really surprised,” the Manassas woman told Virginia Lottery officials as she claimed her prize.

It was a Sunday morning, and Larry Baier had some big news for his wife when she woke up.

“I said, ‘We need to talk about something,’” he later said.

His news was indeed big; he had just discovered he’d won $2 million in the previous night’s Powerball drawing.

LANSING, Mich. – Buying a subscription for Powerball tickets paid off almost immediately for a Genesee County man who won a $150,000 prize.

Ken Belcher, of Grand Blanc, matched four of the five white balls and the Powerball – 02-28-31-44-52, PB: 18 – in the Feb. 27 drawing to win a $50,000 prize. Thanks to the Powerplay, the prize was multiplied to $150,000. He bought his winning ticket online at MichiganLottery.com

TALLAHASSEE (April 15, 2021) - The Florida Lottery announces that Thomas Yi, 23, of Land O' Lakes, claimed a $235.4 million jackpot prize from the POWERBALL® drawing held on March 27, 2021 at Florida Lottery Headquarters in Tallahassee. He chose to receive his winnings in a one-time, lump-sum payment of $160,038,447.27.

BOISE, Idaho – The ides of March were far from foreboding for Tailer Olsen of Lewiston, Utah who claimed the second $50,000 Powerball prize from last Wednesday night’s draw.  She, along with her husband and family, made the four-hour drive to Boise to claim their winning ticket late on Monday evening, March 15, 2021.

CLIVE, Iowa — A Woodbury County man learned during his morning stop for coffee that he’d won a $500,000 Powerball® prize.

Gene Dice Sr. of Sergeant Bluff said he stops for coffee most days at a local convenience store and during his visit there on Sunday, he asked the clerk to check his Powerball ticket from the previous night’s drawing.

Albuquerque – Mr. E. Alakbarov of Albuquerque believes in making a wish when he sees a falling star. He recently saw three green falling stars in the New Mexico sky and said, “I want to be a millionaire.” On February 11th, that wish came true when he claimed a winning $1 million PowerballÒ ticket.

A group of 10 Powerball players have split a $50,000 prize won by matching four of five white-ball numbers plus the Powerball number drawn in the Jan. 16 drawing. The ticket was purchased at Casey’s General Store, 502 N. Weber Ave., in Salisbury.

The winners are: Berger residents Gerald and Carolyn Speckhals; James Blackwell of Keytesville; Salisbury residents Connor Brown, Lori Brown, Mylie Brown, Connor Fawks, Brett Kesler and Cambelle Parker; and Gail Zemerick of Smithville.

A regular Louisiana Lottery Powerball player for several years, Josephine Arceneaux of Hammond finally hit it big on Jan. 30 when she won $50,000 by matching four white-ball numbers plus the red Powerball number during that evening’s drawing.

Arceneaux and her kids were excited and surprised by the win since this was the first time she had won such a large amount.

According to Arceneaux, the prize was well timed. 

Arceneaux said that while she is not completely sure what she is going to do with all her winnings, she does plan to pay off a few bills.

CLIVE, Iowa — A Sioux City woman says she’ll stop reminding her husband to wear his glasses now that a hiccup caused by his eyesight led to them winning a $150,000 Powerball prize.

Barbara Haley, 68, claimed the prize after the ticket that she and her husband Steve purchased matched four of five white balls and the Powerball in Saturday’s drawing. She was one number away from winning that night’s $23.2 million jackpot.