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Powerball drawing produces huge number of big winners, including two who split the jackpotReply
The reason for this unusual # of winners is not the layout of the slip but the winning numbers being straight down on some of those arrangements. And since each drawing is independent of the others with each combination having the exact same probability, any pattern, if it's been shared by multiple states has the potential for a similar scenario.
Apr 30, 2026, 6:28 pm - johnnyBlaze - Lottery News

Arkansas lottery winner of $1.8 billion Powerball jackpot comes forwardReply
Yes, it seems like as these billion dollar jackpots become more frequent, people start to forget which state won the jackpot. This seems to be more true if an unusual state wins like Arkansas. A lot of naysayers are always griping when California wins a lot, not knowing that state, has more lottery vending machines in more places than any other state in the US.
Jan 24, 2026, 6:38 am - winterhug - Lottery News

Millionaire for Life multi-state lottery game to replace Cash4Life and Lucky for Life in FebruaryReply
I haven't paid any attention to this game nut I just saw it on the NY lottery's home page for the first time. Obviously everybody gets to decide whether or not they want to play, but here are a couple of thoughts. The first is largely about playing this or playing PB (or MM) when the jackpot is still small. Generally, at least 8 to 10 million people (5 to 7 isn't unusual for Monday drawings) spend $2 when the annuity is $20 to $30 million (even if you die before the drawing) and the cash val
Feb 23, 2026, 3:50 am - KY Floyd - Lottery News

Oklahoma couple checked forgotten Powerball lottery ticket, found out they won $1 millionReply
You never hear about serious players losing a ticket because they don't lose their tickets. The people who find their winning tickets at the last minute get in the news because it's unusual.
Mar 7, 2026, 12:19 pm - Tucker Black - Lottery News

Virginia Lottery players rake in $7.9 million with 4-4-4-4 in Pick 4Reply
That's a true statistic, and very unusual because according to the odds, triples should occur once every 100 draws. Virginia Pick 3 went from August 25, 2024, to June 4, 2025 without triples drawn (2 draws per day).
Jun 9, 2025, 6:53 pm - Todd - Lottery News

UK lottery winner misses claims deadline for £10.6 million jackpotNews Story
Lottery officials scratching their heads wondering why prize wasn't claimed By Kate Northrop The lottery player who won a 10.6 million (US$14.2 million) Lotto jackpot missed out on the opportunity to collect their winnings, a rare occurrence for the UK National Lottery. In what National Lottery officials are calling an unusual circumstance, the winner of the 10.6 million Lotto jackpot missed their chance to claim a lifechanging sum of money. Lottery winners in the UK have 180 day
Apr 13, 2026, 7:46 am - Todd - Lottery News

Powerball drawing produces huge number of big winners, including two who split the jackpotReply
It is a fluke but it came in on row 5 this time. Just to be clear, there are plenty of patterns and lots of people playing them so the fluke is that the 5 winning numbers happened to match one of the relatively few combinations that can be played by using a pattern. I'm not going to try to count how many possibilities there are, but if we include all of the sequential possibilities, simple/obvious multiples or skips, and straight and diagonal lines I'll guess at about 150 to 200, but call i
May 3, 2026, 4:45 pm - KY Floyd - Lottery News

California Lottery vending machine stolen and dumped on the side of the roadNews Story
Machine discovered battered and broken open in unusual crime Includes video report By Kate Northrop A California Lottery vending machine was found cracked open and dumped on the side of the road with unscratched lottery tickets still inside last week. A single, battered California Lottery vending machine was found haphazardly left in the dirt on a rural strip of road in Fresno County, California. On Sept. 16 at around 7:00 a.m., the lottery vending machine was found discarded
Sep 25, 2025, 8:37 am - Todd - Lottery News

Three $1 million winning Powerball lottery tickets sold at the same New York storeReply
While it is unusual, people buying multple identical lines isn't all that uncommon. We don't hear about all the times that it was done but it didn't produce a jackpot winner. We only hear about it when it wins big. In New York City, especially Brooklyn, many savvy players buy multiple tickets with the same set of numbers. They do it a lot with Take5 to reduce the pari-muteul aspect of the game. Many times I've read the Top Prize Winners report published on The NY Lottery website that showed
Oct 28, 2025, 9:27 am - GiveFive - Lottery News

Powerball reaches $643 million: highest lottery jackpot of 2025Reply
Yep it's not even a top 25 jackpot per the cash value. What really matters is that the advertised annuity is #23 but the cash that a winner will almost certainly take is only #37. It's getting there, but as of now this one isn't a huge jackpot in terms of the biggest jackpots of the last few years. The 5% annual increase in payments makes the lump sum even less than it would be with constant annual payments. I'm surprised that you got that completely backwards. With fixed annual pa
Aug 21, 2025, 3:43 am - KY Floyd - Lottery News