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 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.

RALEIGH – Kevin Halterman of Pfafftown tried his luck on a Powerball ticket and, thanks to some luck numbers, won a million-dollar prize.

“My dad passed away in March and he had some numbers that he used to play,” he said. “I dug them back up and I started playing them and those happened to be the numbers that hit.”

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.

CLIVE, Iowa — For nearly a year, a Powerball® ticket winning a $50,000 prize rode around forgotten in a West Des Moines man’s work car. Fast forward to this month, and it’s a bad news-good news situation for the man.

RALEIGH – Lawrence Ginn of Washington, N.C. took home Wednesday a $1 million Powerball prize.

Ginn put together a set of lucky numbers that matched all five white balls in the Oct. 21 drawing, beating odds of 1 in 11.6 million.

NEW YORK (November 10, 2020) - A Malta man has claimed the $94.8 million jackpot from the September 16 Powerball drawing. His ticket matched all six numbers drawn, making him New York’s newest Lottery multi-millionaire.

The winning Powerball numbers for the September 16 drawing were 10-17-31-51-53 Powerball 1.

The lucky winner has claimed the prize through the September 2020, LLC. He will receive a one-time lump sum payment totaling $50,868,332 after required withholdings.

LANSING, Mich. - Patience paid off - to the tune of $1 million - for a Saginaw man who regularly plays Powerball.

Richard Martinez, 72, matched the five white balls - 05-12-34-45-56 - in the Aug. 15 drawing to win the big prize. He bought his winning ticket at the 7-Eleven, located at 7970 Gratiot Road in Saginaw.

Salem, Ore. – When Shelley Arnold realized she had won $1 million playing Powerball no one could see how happy she was.

“I was at Safeway and when I realized I won $1 million, my husband and the clerk couldn’t see how happy I was because I had a mask on!” she said. “I was very happy, in fact, I didn’t believe it.”

Not only did Arnold use the self-serve Lottery ticket scanner, she also had the clerk scan it, and she checked the numbers again at home.

Lincoln, NE – Peter and Tammy Van Winkle of Grand Island won $1 million playing Powerball from the Nebraska Lottery.

Van Winkle purchased his winning ticket at Fast Mart at 6835 North 27th Street in Lincoln. The ticket contained a single quick pick play that matched five out of five winning numbers (05, 21, 36, 61, 62) but not the winning Powerball number (18) from the July 25 drawing.