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 lucky group of NHS workers are ecstatic after winning more than £100k in the EuroMillions lottery. Each member in the group will now take home just over £2.2k of winnings thanks to the 1 ticket, which was a bit of good fortune itself. Usually, the syndicate only buys tickets for the National lottery draw but because the EuroMillions jackpot was so high recently they decided to have an extra go.

The incredible jackpot on 8th October 2021 was an impressive £174,236,090 and the health workers came up winners by bagging the 2nd prize which was £118,041.10. The syndicate leader and pharmacy technician at Morriston Hospital in Swansea, Kim Owen, said: “We don’t always play EuroMillions but because the jackpot has been so high, we thought it was worth a try as the prizes would be big enough for us to share!

“I checked and double checked the numbers drawn on Friday night straight after the draw and I just couldn’t believe it, i was speechless. I had to ask my husband to triple check the ticket and as soon as I was sure it was true, I tried to call a few people in our group to share the good news. As it was late, no-one picked up, so I put it on the shared WhatsApp group instead.

“People were so excited and there were others, like me, who just couldn’t sleep so my phone was going off with messages throughout the night!” The syndicate is predominantly made up of staff in the pharmacy department at the hospital who are said to get on really well with each other and have given themselves the fitting nickname, “The Pharmily Crew,” according to online source.

After a challenging nearly 2 years working on the frontline especially during the pandemic, the EuroMillions win has helped lift all our syndicate members’ spirits, according to syndicate leader Kim.

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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.

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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 National Lottery has already so soon confirmed after the weekend that the winning ticket was sold in Spain. The winning numbers were 6, 12, 44, 47, 49, with Lucky Stars 8 and 12.

It was not a poor win across the rest of Europe for Lotto players in Ireland, as over 74k players won prizes in the EuroMillions and Plus games. Not only that but a cool €1M  would have made someone waking as the country’s newest millionaire on Saturday morning.

The huge prize won in the Ireland Only Raffle on Friday night has the winning code of I-LLD-48404. Doesn’t stop there 95 people won €2k in the draw after matching four numbers.

While in the main EuroMillions draw, 5 people across Europe won over €220k each after matching five numbers and a Lucky Star. 2 online players also scooped €500k as a result of the Euromillions Plus and Daily Million Plus draws last Tuesday.

The online player who lives in Dublin scooped the EuroMillions Plus top prize of €500k won by selecting their own lucky numbers on a ticket they purchased online on the day of the draw.

The other online player from Co Meath who won in Tuesday’s Daily Million Plus top prize played a Normal Play ticket which also meant that they selected their own numbers to win them their half a million euro prize.

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For the golf and car fanatic the discovery of his life-changing winnings certainly gave him the early morning kick he needed as he prepared to head out for work, He said: “I car share with two colleagues, and it was my turn to do the driving so i had to be up and ready

“It was about 4:30am; I then got this overwhelming urge to check my Lotto numbers which i had done as a Lucky Dip. I checked my ticket and just sat there in complete disbelief. “I’m not an emotional sort of person but I just stop myself bursting into tears. I ran back into the house shouting my wife’s name and woke Louise up to tell her. We just couldn’t believe it.

“As I was the designated driver that day I still had to go and pick up the guys for work. It was so hard to keep it to myself. I went into the office and just said I wouldn’t be able to come in that day”.

“The people who I drove to work that day knew something was up and that I was acting strangely so it wasn’t long before people figured out my secret news. Our friends, family and colleagues are over the moon for us, they’re really chuffed, which is great.” Louise went into panic mode when Paul rushed into the house at the crack of dawn, immediately thinking something was wrong and immediately thought the worst.

Paul added: “We’ve both worked hard all our lives, as did our parents before us. This money is absolutely life changing, and it will help our lives dramatically from a financial perspective, but we won’t let it change who we are.

“Normally I am quite organised with my playing my numbers but this time, I must’ve been in a rush, probably getting 1 of the boys to an activity! “I ended up just asking for three Lucky Dips.

It comes hours after it was revealed two NHS front line workers Linda & Stewart Priston from Kent scooped £300k on the Lottery, which is fantastic news!

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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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