The Powerball jackpot has once again reached a staggering estimated amount of $1 billion, following the absence of a winning ticket in the latest drawing. This draw stands as the third largest jackpot in the history of the United States.

The next draw on Wednesday 19th July will hold its position as the nation’s third highest jackpot until won. The winner will defy the odds of one in 292.2 million.

Winners have the choice of receiving the $1 billion prize in yearly instalments or a one-time lump sum of $516.8 million before taxes. The largest Powerball jackpot to date was a massive $2.04 billion in November 2022.

In the latest drawing, three individuals won $2 million each by matching all five numbers plus the Power Play. The winning tickets were sold in Arkansas, Georgia, and Texas. Additionally, five individuals won $1 million each by matching all five numbers. The winning tickets were sold in Connecticut, Florida, Kentucky, New York, and Pennsylvania.

The most recent Powerball jackpot winner secured a top prize of nearly $253 million on April 19. Since then, there have been 38 consecutive drawings without a grand prize winner.

45 states across the US are involved in the Powerball, including Washington, D.C., Puerto Rico, and the U.S. Virgin Islands. The escalating jackpot has led to an increase in lottery participants. For example, according to store clerks, who have observed more frequent visits from eager players.

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The lucky couple from Goulburn held the only ticket that matched all the numbers for the Oz Lotto draw- 22, 23, 27, 33, 38, 39 and 42. They purchased their entry at the First Inland City Newsagency, Shop B, 140-144 Aubern Street.

Additionally, the multimillionaire couple are Southern Tablelands residents and held the only Division One winning entrance ticket. However, the couple are staying publicly anonymous.

They were overcome by emotion when the win was confirmed by lottery operator (The Lott). The couple said they’ve not had the easiest life, so are looking forward to chilling out and will most likely will give up work immediately. Further, the couple described themselves as ‘Aussie battlers’.

“I’m in tears mate! Every time I think I’m okay, the waterworks kick off again,” said the man.

The couple don’t think they’ll make it back to work

“I don’t even know what to do with myself. Retirement is beckoning.”

Reliving the moment they found out about the win, the husband said: “I dropped into the store this morning to check my ticket and the team member gave me a shocked look.

“He said, ‘you might need to sit down, mate’.

He said he couldn’t wait to share it with my family. Overall, their aim is to set everyone up and make sure they don’t have to worry about a thing.

Jeanine Chatfield, the owner of the First Inland City Newsagency, offered her congratulations to the winners and said it was a great moment for the local store.

“I’m pretty sure everyone in town will be talking about it today. It will cause big excitement in the community,” she said.

“It’s pretty cool. We’ve very excited and very happy.”

She continued be saying, “We’ve had a bit of a winning year. We’ve already sold two first prize-winning tickets in Lucky Lotteries Super Jackpot, and now this!

“It’s great for Goulburn. It’s a big thrill for everyone.”

Oz Lotto made changes last May, with the number range changing from 45 to 47. Firstly, the minimum jackpot increased from $2 million to $3 million. Further, every draw now selects a third supplementary number.

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Joe Thwaite, 49, and Jess Thwaite, 44, bagged the huge EuroMillions jackpot of £184 million. The couple were given their oversized cheque during a media event in Cheltenham on 19th May. They said their luck was ‘pretty terrible’ before this big win.

The husband and wife duo matched all five numbers, 3, 25, 27, 28 and 29, plus Lucky Stars 4 and 9, in a historic draw. They contacted the National Lottery immediately after the draw. After getting their claim validated, they waiting a few days before deciding to release their names to the public. It was a decision taken with consideration of their family and friends.

The winning ticket was a Lucky Dip that was purchased on the day of the draw by Joe. His wife did not believe him when he told her they won. They had to check the numbers many before truly believing they’d actually won. Before the win, Jess ran and worked in a salon, while Joe worked as a communication sales engineer. The couple continued to live their lives as normal while they waited for the win to be confirmed.

They told their family members as soon as the win was confirmed and received very mixed reactions. Jess’s mother ‘screamed in the car park and burst into tears’. Jess said her mum is a regular lottery follower and knew the jackpot amount, ‘right down to the 10p at the end’.

Looking towards the future

The Thwaites plan to take some time to think about their future. They describe themselves as ‘normal people’ who got very lucky. The couple bought their current house two months ago, which has plenty of room for renovation.

Lots of holidays could coming-up. The Thwaites have two children, and their youngest has always wanted to visit Hawaii.

Joe has made the decision to leave his job. Jess is not sure what her future holds, but feels it will be a ‘full-time job just managing all of this for quite some time’.

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A record £184m/ €220M EuroMillions jackpot has been won! The amount went unclaimed after Tuesday’s draw – and led to a surge of entries for Friday’s game.  The French winner, who now has exactly 60 days to claim their prize, would be able to count themselves richer than recent single launched singer Adele, who has a net worth of £130m, according to The Sunday Times Rich List. Now, the next jackpot up for grabs on Tuesday sits at an estimated £14m – it’s all still to play for!!

So far this year there have been 5 UK EuroMillions jackpot winners, including the April anonymous winners of £122m and £111m in June. The biggest recent UK winners to go public were Frances & Patrick Connolly from Northern Ireland, who won an incredible £115m prize in 2019. That year a UK ticket holder also bagged themselves a £170m jackpot but in this case decided to remain anonymous.

Where the ticket was bought or whether the winner is an individual or a syndicate will not be revealed unless the ticket-holder decides to go public with their information. Camelot official Andy Carter, senior winners’ adviser at The National Lottery, said before the draw: “It’s all to play for on Friday night as the whopping EuroMillions jackpot of an estimated £184M / €220M remains up for grabs.

“EuroMillions has now hit its cap, which means any money that would have gone into the jackpot will now boost prizes in the next winning prize tier.

“If one UK winner banks the lot, they would instantly become the UK’s biggest ever National Lottery winner. Players were encouraged to get their tickets early to be in with a chance of winning this extraordinary prize.”

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The winning numbers which were drawn last Monday night were 12, 22, 54, 66 and 69. The Powerball was 15. The $699.8m was the 7th largest in US lottery history to be won. No one had won the game’s grand prize since the 5th  June. According to the California Lottery, the winning ticket was sold at a store in Morro Bay, which is along the central coast. The lucky winner will be able to choose between the annual option paid over 29 years or the ultimate cash option of $496m. Both prize options will be subject to taxes.

Lottery officials will not know the identity of the jackpot holder of the winning amount until a claim form is filed, the California Lottery said,.

There were also 5 $1m tickets sold; 2 in Massachusetts and 1 each in Virginia, Florida and Arizona.

The 41st drawing set a record, topping the previous mark of 36 drawings that ended in January 2021. The longer the game goes without a grand prize winner, the larger the payout grows and grows.

The jackpot dry spell was by design, as the game’s long odds of an impressive 292.2m to 1 are intended to generate massive prizes that draw more players for the ultimate jackpot.

Lottery officials have noted that despite the long wait for a winning jackpot ticket, plenty of people have won smaller prizes, including 2.8M players in Saturday’s drawing alone. Those winnings ranged from $1m to $4m.

Powerball is played in 45 states plus Washington DC, the US Virgin Islands and Puerto Rico.

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The jackpot was an estimated at $545M with an exciting cash option of around $3921M according to the Powerball officials. As there was no winner the grand prize has risen to $570M with a cash option of around $410M – for Wednesday 29th September draw. It will be the 8th largest jackpot in the history of Powerball.

1 ticket which was sold in Virginia matched all 5 white balls and had the Powerplay to take home a rather nice win of $2M.

There are now 3 chances to play online with us and win the Powerball each week – Monday, Wednesday as well as Saturday.

Whomever has the $2M ticket has 180 days from the drawing date of Monday 27th to claim the prize. It’s been advised as well before doing anything else, the winner should sign the back of the ticket to establish ownership.

Recent lucky Powerball winner of a sizeable jackpot of $285.6M was sold in Florida. Meanwhile, the Mega Millions jackpot was at $22M with a cash option of $15.8M. A MegaMillions winning ticket of $432M was sold at New York City pizzeria.

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Have you seen? Excitingly Mega Millions and PowerBall jackpots both over $400M, there are likely a lot of players daydreaming about how they’d spend such a awesome winning amount.

They also may want to think about what to do as a winner before the money actually gets banked to them. That is, there would be some big decisions to make before they even think about heading to lottery headquarters to claim the prize. “This is extreme wealth,” said Walt Blenner, a legal official. “You really need to have everything in order.”

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The life changing figure would put the winner on a wealth level with some of the richest celebrities on the planet, but he admits to only buying a “new truck and a house”. Despite the winner having a living sister he admits in the letter to not liking her or her husband, and has concerns that she would make him give half the money to her church if she knew about the win; he not only didn’t tell his sister but not even his parents, or friends.  The 67 year old said “I know that my parents would not have asked for a thing, but I couldn’t risk my sister finding out and forcing me to donate half to her church. I have not donated money to anyone or any organisation”.

The winner hasn’t been able to fully enjoy the winning amount and claims to have had to keep a low profile – Buying only a new truck and a house, but told anyone that asked that he was renting the house.

“I am now 67 and very comfortable with my life. I don’t spend a lot. I have no children, and both parents have now passed on. I have not provided for my sister because I do not like her or her husband, and I have not spoken to her in over 10 years.

“She hopefully has no clue where I live; besides, my parents took her out of the estate before they died. She tried to do some horrible things to our parents, which I managed to put a stop to. Was I wrong in not telling anyone about my winnings?”

In a reply full of much wisdom financial agony uncle Quentin advised the winner that he should not feel bad he has not told anyone. Uncle Quentin did raise the point that he is surprised the man has remained anonymous in a state where the names of lottery winners are part of the public record.

He concluded by adding: “Enjoy your good fortune, and your privacy, as long as it lasts. Once the latter is gone, no amount of money will get it back.”The agony uncle suggested he will decide who he will leave the money to when he dies.

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Here are the top 5 biggest lottery jackpots ever won in Europe over the years…

1. €209.1 Million for the August 13, 2019 SuperEnalotto draw. Won by an anonymous individual from Italy.
2. €190 Million for the October 8, 2019 EuroMillions draw. Won by an anonymous individual from the UK.
3. €190 Million for the August 10, 2012 EuroMillions draw. Won by Adrian and Gillian Bayford from England.
4. €190 Million for the October 24, 2014 EuroMillions draw. Won by an anonymous individual from Portugal.
5. €190 Million for the October 6, 2017 EuroMillions draw. Won by an anonymous individual from Spain.

The biggest EuroMillions wins from the UK; Not forgetting that the lottery’s base currency is the euro (€), but if a UK player who lives in the UK, the prize is converted to its equivalent in GBP (£) – based on the exchange rate at that moment in time, and a special formula that accounts for the UK’s contribution to the total prize fund… some other exciting jackpots won by anonymous players…

£170M EuroMillions Lottery Winner, Anonymous

A single winning ticket-holder has become the UK’s largest every lottery jackpot prize of £170 million, equivalent to €190 million. The lucky individual has chosen to remain anonymous – and rightfully so, as far as we’re concerned. The record-setting win was for 8th October 2019, where the numbers drawn were 7, 10, 15, 44, 49, with Lucky Star numbers 3 and 12. The winner managed to beat some very tough odds – 116,531,800 to 1, to be more exact– and is now richer than some of the country’s biggest stars, including singer Adele and actress Rachel Weisz.

€209.1M SuperEnalotto Lottery Winner, Anonymous

The current record for the biggest lottery jackpot ever won in Europe went on 13th August again in 2019 SuperEnalotto. This historic jackpot was the result of 14 massive months worth of rollovers. Again 1 single lucky ticket-holder took home the massive prize.

The anonymouswinner, purchased their ticket in Bar Marino in Lodi, a city in northern Italy, with the number combination 7, 32, 41, 59, 75, and 76. They came forward to claim their prize 8 weeks after their winning numbers were announced!! Could you wait that long?

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Last Thursday marked the last day to redeem the winning ticket, which was sold at a convenience store in a suburb of LA, and no-one came forward to claim the prize. The winning ticket was purchased on Nov. 14, 2020, with last Thursday being the last day the ticket could be redeemed for the prize.

Her claim is being investigated by California Lottery officials, with the store’s manager providing CCTV video showed the women who purchased the ticket, she is also known to staff at the store as a regular customer. California Lottery officials have the footage, but have said that its not enough proof to claim the amazing winning money – Officials need a picture of the front and back of the ticket in order to allow a person to win without the physical ticket. Rules state that someone who believes they are a winner, must complete a claim form.

Spokeswoman from the lottery Cathy Johnston has said if someone has lost their ticket, they must also provide evidence they owned it in the first place, such as a photograph of the front and back of it. The $26m prize can be taken in annual instalments or as a $19.7m (£14m) cash option.

If the prize is not claimed, the $19.7m will go to public schools in and around California. The store that sold the ticket would have received a $130k (£92,000) bonus.

It is uncommon for large jackpots to go unclaimed, officials said. 4 prizes of $20m (£14.2m) or more have gone unclaimed since 1997, including a $63m (£45m) jackpot from 2015.

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