Baltimore – The Powerball jackpot was set at $147 million for the Saturday, Sept. 15 drawing when “Roque II” headed to Luxe Liquors in Laurel, Md., to buy his “weekend essentials.”

In the “spur of the moment,” John Poole happened to look at the jackpot sign while checking out at Casey’s General Store, 728 W. Highway 60 in Monett, on Aug. 14. He noticed the Powerball jackpot had been hit and was reset to $40 million for the next night’s drawing.

“I’m not a consistent player. And I thought, ‘I could use $40 million,’” laughed the Monett resident. “I bought a cold drink, or something like that, and three Powerball tickets. I never win anything.”

Baltimore – A Maryland man who retired to Florida 15 years ago returned to the Old Line State to visit his children and grandchildren in Ocean City and win a $50,000 Powerball prize! Richard Rinaudot missed the jackpot by one number in the Aug. 18 drawing.

Baltimore – A $50,000 winning Powerball ticket will help a Maryland man keep on truckin’ and achieve two financial goals.

NASHVILLE — A Millington man who won $2 million playing Powerball last weekend said his father told him to play.

“He told me to play and dream big,” said Donald Coffman, who claimed the mega-prize on Monday at the Tennessee Lottery’s Nashville headquarters with his wife, Joanna. “So I did!”

LANSING, Mich. - A lucky mistake led to a Westland woman winning a $100,400 Powerball prize.

Linda Keyanchuk, 64, matched the four white balls and the Powerball twice - 10-21-30-43-63 PB: 17 - in the Aug. 8 drawing to win two $50,000 prizes. She also matched three numbers and the Powerball four times to win an additional $400. She bought her ticket online at MichiganLottery.com.

RALEIGH – Richard Silverthorne woke up Thursday morning, turned on the news on WITN, and as he watched a report on the winning Powerball numbers discovered he was a $100,000 winner.

(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!”