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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Another lucky player is yet to claim £1M after winning in the EuroMillions the night before. People who took part in both the Lottery and EuroMillions draw are being encouraged to find, check their tickets in case they have unexpectedly won the large amounts of money. Andy Carter adviser at the National Lottery has said: ‘It’s just a couple of weeks ago that these 2 life-changing prizes were won by 2 lucky ticket-holders who have yet to come forward and claim.

‘We’re hoping that both winners will now come forward and claim their incredible prizes.’

If a winning retail bought lottery ticket worth more than £50,000 has not been claimed after 2 weeks, Camelot will announce the area in which the ticket was bought; from then Lottery players have 6 months from the day of the draw the numbers were announced to claim their prize if they have the winning ticket and can prove its theirs or even if by mistake sitting on a winning ticket for too long which was the case for someone last month means that someone missed out on £1 million prize!

A Millionaire maker player in London failed to claim their winnings with a code of VSHS38986, which was bought from a retail shop in Lewisham, South London, on 29th January. The money was given to lottery-funded local projects which go nationwide across the UK.

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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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The ticket holder from the Midlands became the 3rd  Lotto jackpot winner of the this year. The lucky person bought their winning ticket at the Applegreen service station located just off the M6/N6 motorway in the Arcadia Retail Park in Athlone, Co. Westmeath.

“We are delighted to confirm that the lucky Lotto winner who scooped the €6.4M jackpot on Saturday 22nd May 2021 has at last made contact with our prize claims team, we are now in the process of making arrangements for the jackpot prize to be paid out.” A National Lottery spokesperson said.

This win marked the first of three consecutive Lotto jackpot wins over the course of three weekends. Following the €6,489,165 win on Saturday 22nd May, a Lotto player in Cork scooped the €2.4M jackpot on 29th May after purchasing their ticket at a foodstore in the seaside town of Myrtleville. The third Lotto jackpot win came on Saturday 5th June when an online player in Galway won a €2,475,303 jackpot.

Meanwhile, the Lotto jackpot for 14th July is set to to an estimated around €6M.

The Lotto says nearly 30 cent in every €1 spent on all National Lottery games goes back to Good Causes in the areas of sport, youth, health, welfare, education, arts, heritage. In total more than €6 billion has been raised for Good Causes since the National Lottery was established 34 years ago. In 2020, €254 million was raised for local Good Causes in communities across Ireland.

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The lucky Brit has made their claim to the prize after correctly matching all 5 of the EuroMillions numbers alongside the 2 Lucky Star numbers.07, 20, 36, 40, 46 and Lucky Star numbers 02 and 04 – which tumbled out during the evening’s draw. It is the 4th UK EuroMillions jackpot winner this year inwhich 2 were won in April and another was won on New Year’s Day.

Once the ticket has been fully validated and paid, the ticket-holder will then decide whether or not to go public and share their news. Camelot said there would be no information on whether the winner is an individual or syndicate, or where the ticket was purchased, unless the ticket-holder decides to go public.

Andy Carter, Senior Winners’ Advisor at The National Lottery, said: “What sensational news on a sunny summer weekend for 1 lucky EuroMillions player. “They have instantly become the 9th biggest winner in UK National Lottery history and have a fortune which can make their dreams come true.

In April, an anonymous EuroMillions ticket holder became the UK’s 5th biggest National Lottery winner after their £122m prize was paid out. The highest ever UK winner claimed a jackpot of £170m in October 2019, but chose to stay anonymous. The record for the highest amount ever won on EuroMillions was set in February 2021 when a Swiss player took home €210M.

Excitingly the National Lottery will now look to support the fortunate ticket-holder through the process and help them to start to enjoy their life-changing win.”

The ticket-holder, entering at number 9 on The National Lottery Rich List, is on a par with Frances and Patrick Connolly who are at number 7 on the list of biggest-ever National Lottery winners.

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After the winner from Altona Meadows in Melbourne’s south-west hung up the phone she went to check her numbers, she then immediately realised she did in fact hold 1 of the 7 division 1 winning entries in the TattsLotto draw 4159; She called the shocked officials back to apologise and explain that she had only just hopped out of bed when she answered the phone. ‘Oh my gosh, I am so sorry. I have only just woke up and I thought it must be some kind of scam or joke, so I hung up,’ she laughed. ‘I checked my ticket online just then and knew I had to call you straight back. This isn’t even registering right now. I can’t believe this.’ When asked how she would spend her winnings, the woman said it would speed up her retirement plans. Being in lockdown at the moment, the couple said that they can’t do too much in a way of celebrations, so perhaps get some takeaway and crack open a bottle of wine tonight,’ she said.

The winning ticket was bought at Central Lotto at Central Square Shopping Centre in Altona Meadows, the store owner was thrilled to hear about the win. ‘This is the 2nd division 1 winning entry we have sold in 2 months,’ he said. He also said he has sold 30 division 1 winning tickets over the past 20 years. ‘Congratulations to our winner. We hope this is the beginning of a very bright future,’ he added.

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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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The Devonshire family, say the jackpot means they can buy a bigger house and car to help care for their youngest aged nine child, who also suffers from associated conditions, and needs hospital support and regular trips to Birmingham.

The win will also mean a bigger car for the couple, which will make their regular 300-mile round trips to Birmingham a lot more comfortable. Neil, 50, and Sue, 51, have three kids – and thought the win, after the draw on Friday March 5, 2021, was a joke at first, we just never thought we could win this kind of money to help us as a family.

Neil, who is a builder’s merchant, I don’t check after every draw only when i remember and only got around to it later on that week. Sue had gone to work, and the children were upstairs, so I thought I’d check to see if I needed to put on a line for the next week. When I logged into my online account, I immediately saw a message which said, ‘Congratulations you’ve won £1M’. “I thought no way and called my daughter to re-read it. We both thought it couldn’t be real, even though it was clearly on the official app. She posted on our family group chat that Dad had won the lottery and Sue came back saying it was probably just a fiver”.

Not discouraged patiently Neil was up early to open the local builder’s merchant where he works. “I wasn’t going to stay in bed and leave them in the lurch, what if I was wrong about the win?” Neil called the official claims line to be told you are correct you are a millionaire and, after letting Sue know the good news, he went back to work to complete his shift.

The couple admitted to being excited but remained very calm until everything was finalised and in their account. Once the money was cleared in the bank the following week, the pair popped the Champagne and celebrated their amazing luck. Neil said: “We’ve never struggled for money, we have always been careful, but this will make such a difference to us as a family. “While they will stay local, the new home means more space to support and help him as he grows up, entertain their grandchild and support their own parents as they get older.

Neil said: “People have said, ‘well done, it couldn’t happen to a nicer family’, that it is nice to see ordinary people win, which is all lovely to hear.

“But the win, and especially the new home, will make a difference to our whole family for years to come, and that is so important.”

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