Illinois lottery player has surprise run-in with grandma at the store, wins $1 million in Powerball

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Tucker Black — Sun, 30 Nov 2025 20:08:47 GMT

Too bad he didn't spring for the extra dollar to win 2 million

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sully16 — Sun, 30 Nov 2025 19:11:14 GMT

Congrats winners, spoil Grandma just a little or a lot.

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billybucks — Sun, 30 Nov 2025 16:46:05 GMT

Nice win but I hardly think running into your grandmother in a convenience store when she obviously lives in the area can be considered a good luck charm and the reason he won. Unless it was a quick pic. Then the time he took to chat with her enabled the lottery machine to circulate it's tumblers at the right time to give him the winning ticket.

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noise-gate — Sat, 29 Nov 2025 21:32:38 GMT

Illinois lottery player has surprise run-in with grandma at the store, wins $1 million in Powerball

Lottery Post — Sat, 29 Nov 2025 19:49:47 GMT

Chance encounter with family member is winner's lucky charm

By Kate Northrop

An Illinois lottery winner was grateful this Thanksgiving for the $1 million Powerball prize he won after experiencing a chance encounter with his lucky charm his grandmother.

An Illinois man is crediting his grandmother for winning a $1 million prize in Powerball.

The player, who requested to remain anonymous under the pseudonym Grandma is my Lucky Charm! was already planning on buying a lottery ticket... [ More ]