Jerry and Teresa Maples had been traveling through 11 states, and in each state, they bought a couple of Lottery tickets. That’s how they happened to buy a Powerball ticket at the Stop In Food Store at 2375 Roanoke Street in Christiansburg.

That ticket ended up being a $2 million winner!

“It still doesn’t feel real yet!” Ms. Maples told Virginia Lottery officials as they claimed their prize.

DORCHESTER, MA – Victor Van of Haverhill is the second $1 million prize winner from Massachusetts in the Monday, October 4 Powerball drawing that featured a $699.8 million jackpot.

Van won this prize by matching the first five numbers on his Quic Pic ticket. He claimed his $1 million prize (before taxes) at the Massachusetts State Lottery’s Dorchester headquarters Wednesday, October 13. He plans on putting his winnings toward his education and helping his family pay off their mortgage.

Baltimore – Eric Brown is a faithful Powerball player. The Maryland resident doesn’t care if the jackpot is $40 million or $600 million – he always buys a month’s worth of Powerball tickets. This time, his favorite numbers proved very lucky for the St. Mary’s County man. Although he didn’t bring home the $570 million jackpot on Sept. 29, he did win a $50,000 third-tier prize that tripled to $150,000 because of a 3X Power Play. 

DORCHESTER, MA – Raymond Carey of Seekonk is the winner of a $1 million Powerball prize after the first five numbers on his Quic Pic ticket matched those selected in the game’s Monday, October 4 drawing.

Carey claimed his $1 million prize (before taxes) at the Massachusetts State Lottery’s Dorchester headquarters Tuesday, October 5.

Motivated by the game’s large jackpot, Carey bought his ticket at Quality Gas & Mart, 430 Taunton Avenue in Seekonk. The store will receive a $10,000 bonus for its sale.

RALEIGH – Ronald Statzer of Elizabeth City woke his wife up Thursday morning with some good news: “How does it feel to be a millionaire?”

TALLAHASSEE - The Florida Lottery announces that Clay Tousey, 69, of Ponte Vedra Beach, trustee of The Love You More Trust, claimed a $286 million jackpot prize from the POWERBALL® drawing held on June 5, 2021 at Florida Lottery Headquarters in Tallahassee. The Love You More Trust chose to receive their winnings in a one-time, lump-sum payment of $196,706,252.17.

RALEIGH – Fredderick Russell Carroll of Coats went nearly three weeks without realizing his Powerball ticket won him a $1 million prize.

“Honestly, I put it in my wallet and forgot about it,” he said. “I’ve been all over the place and I had a million dollars in my pocket. We’ve been working around the ponds and everything and I didn’t know!”

INDIANAPOLIS – Stilianos Kyriakakis, 59, of Chicago claimed a $1 million Powerball® prize on Monday, May 24 at the Hoosier Lottery Headquarters in Indianapolis. He purchased the winning ticket on May 15 in the Hoosier State at Stateline Tobacco & Vape in Hammond, Ind.

RALEIGH – Elizabeth Johnson of Lucama bought her Powerball ticket too late for last Wednesday’s drawing, but in plenty of time to win $2 million in Saturday’s.

The lucky twist of fate started last Wednesday when, at the end of a busy day, she rushed to get her numbers into that night’s Powerball drawing.

LANSING, Mich. – A Flat Rock man’s wish came true when he won a $1 million prize playing the Michigan Lottery’s Powerball game.

James Porter, 50, matched the five white balls – 11-13-55-56-69 – in the May 19 drawing to win a $1 million prize. He bought his winning ticket at the Flat Rock Oasis gas station, located at 26102 Telegraph Road in Flat Rock.