(Sept. 27, 2018) - Forty-two-year-old Nandlall Mangal, from Staten Island, has come forward to claim the $245.6 million sole jackpot-winning ticket from the August 11, 2018 Powerball drawing.

Mangal, said he purchases his Lottery tickets when the jackpots reach $100 million.  “I was grocery shopping and knew the Powerball jackpot was big,” he explained.  “I decided that was a good time to buy my tickets.”

Jim R. stopped at Sheetz in Brookville to get ice cream for his grandkids. While waiting in line, he decided to play Powerball for the June 16, 2018, drawing. He picked his own numbers at random using a touch-screen self-service terminal.

The next morning, he retrieved the tickets from his truck and checked the winning numbers online over a cup of coffee.

Vincent F. had never played Powerball® but managed to win $1 million on his first try!

He purchased his ticket at Stop & Shop in Pittsburgh. It matched all five white balls drawn in the July 28 Powerball drawing.

“When I returned to the store, the clerk said they had sold a $1 million winner,” Vincent said. “That’s when I scanned my ticket and realized I was the big winner -- I was elated!”

Sean B., who enjoys chasing big jackpots playing Powerball® and Mega Millions®, wasn’t exactly sure how to inform his wife that his Powerball ticket was a winner.

He opted to have a little fun while breaking the big news.

“I called my wife and told her I have good news, and I have bad news,” he said. “The bad news is that we didn’t win the Powerball jackpot. The good news is that we DID win $50,000!”

MISSOURI - A man’s 18-year-old fortune cookie has finally proven itself lucky. Paul Winters of Lee’s Summit says he uses the “lucky numbers” on the back of a fortune cookie he received 18 years ago when purchasing his weekly Missouri Lottery Powerball ticket.

“I had to make an adjustment to my numbers when the Powerball game changed a few years ago,” laughed Winters, saying that his numbers have otherwise stayed the same for the past 18 years.

LANSING, Mich. - Two lucky feelings led to two $100,000 Powerball prizes for a Wayne County man.

Baltimore – When it came to cashing in a $50,000 Powerball ticket, it was a case of “Better Late than Never” for a Maryland woman from the Frederick County community of Monrovia.

CHARLESTON, W.Va. – Robert Thomas and his wife Mary were introduced by Lottery Director Alan Larrick as West Virginia’s newest millionaires at a press conference at Lottery Headquarters in Charleston on Monday.

ROSEVILLE, Minn. – Brandon Stevenson of St. Paul is Minnesota’s most recent $1 million winner! Stevenson’s quick-pick ticket matched the first five Powerball® numbers drawn on July 11 to win the $1 million prize.

LOUISIANA - As Saint Landry resident Anthony Colligan walked into work on Monday, June 25, one of his tennis shoes broke apart. While the 57-year-old started to duct-tape it back together, he remarked “It’s funny that a millionaire would be walking into work with duct-taped shoes.” His boss began to chuckle, but little did he know, Colligan had won $2 million during the Powerball drawing over the weekend!