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.

Lincoln, NE – Zach Norenberg of Fremont won $1 million playing Powerball from the Nebraska Lottery.

Norenberg purchased his winning ticket at Hy-Vee Gas at 828 East 23rd Street in Fremont. The ticket contained three plays, one of which matched five out of five winning numbers (06, 10, 21, 35, 68) but not the winning Powerball number (23) from the March 6 drawing.

Baltimore – After joking with his wife of 40-plus years that he and his son were going to start doing some traveling, the Columbia, Md. woman countered, “With what?” Her husband replied, “I won a few dollars.”

That’s when he showed her the $50,000-winning ticket from the Feb. 20 Powerball drawing.

LANSING, Mich. - A Clare County woman is looking forward to financial relief after winning a $200,000 prize playing the Michigan Lottery's Powerball game.

Baltimore – A self-proclaimed lucky Marylander from Ellicott City has played the same set of Powerball numbers for years and won small prizes with the combination. For the Feb. 9 drawing, however, he hit for a much larger sum: $50,004.

CLIVE, Iowa – An Illinois woman has plans to buy a house and a new car and get a big jump start on her retirement planning now that she has won a $2 million Powerball® prize.

"If I do it right, this should set me up for the rest of my life," Lisa Hays said as she claimed her prize Monday at Iowa Lottery headquarters in Clive.

Baltimore – Robert Stanton, a utility worker in Anne Arundel County, Md., is what Maryland Lottery officials refer to as a “jackpot hunter.” While he may buy a Pick 4 ticket or scratch-off occasionally, this Lottery player is after the bigger money that a Mega Millions or Powerball jackpot can deliver.

Although he missed hitting the jackpot, the 46-year-old was more than pleased to claim a $50,000 prize in the Jan. 30 drawing!

RALEIGH – Margo Konopacke of Travelers Rest, S.C., treated herself to a Powerball ticket for her birthday and ended up with a $2 million present.

“It’s an incredible birthday gift,” Konopacke said. “I still can’t believe it. Everything feels surreal.”

LANSING, Mich. – Two members of a Genesee County lottery club are celebrating after winning a $2 million Powerball prize.

The Mo + Jack Lottery Club matched the five white balls drawn – 07-36-48-57-58 – in the Jan. 12 drawing to win a $1 million prize. Thanks to the Powerplay, the prize was multiplied by two for a $2 million prize. The winning ticket was bought at Randy’s Food Center, located at 5272 Miller Road in Flint.