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Miami Herald
12-06-2025
- Business
- Miami Herald
Lottery winner couldn't stop looking at lucky ticket. ‘Am I seeing this right?'
A lottery player scored a huge prize — and couldn't keep her eyes off her lucky ticket. 'I was asking myself, 'Am I seeing this right?'' Prudence Powell, who works in North Carolina and lives in Virginia, told the N.C. Education Lottery. Powell's six-figure win was the real deal. Now, she hopes to save for retirement and help with her daughter's student loans. 'This is life-changing for me,' Powell told lottery officials in a June 11 news release. Powell got richer after she tried her luck on Red Hot Numbers, a Fast Play jackpot game. She works at Blue Ridge Tobacco & Candle Outlet in Winston-Salem and was on her lunch break when she bought the winning ticket from the store, officials said. Because Powell spent $5 on her ticket, she won half of the jackpot prize. That means her ticket was worth $155,241, McClatchy News reported. 'I just kept looking at it,' the prize winner said in the release. 'It was like it wasn't registering.' Powell is from Danville, Virginia, just across the border from North Carolina. She kept $111,387 after taxes.
Yahoo
11-06-2025
- Business
- Yahoo
$1 million lottery ticket sold in Ansonia
ANSONIA, Conn. (WTNH) — The winner of a $1 million Ultimate 7s scratch ticket claimed their prize on Monday, making this Ansonia's second winning lottery ticket in one week, according to Connecticut Lottery officials. Stop & Shop donates lottery win commission to Newington Public Schools 'I couldn't breathe for a moment,' the winner of the top prize said to CT Lottery officials. The woman said she plans to use the money to pay off bills, including her mortgage, and purchase her dream car as a late birthday present to herself. The Ultimate 7s ticket was sold at Big Daddy Food Mart on Beaver Street, which was the largest lottery ticket prize won in the state since a Danbury resident won $2 million in May. The food mart will receive a $10,000 retail bonus for selling the ticket. Hartford man wins $4 million on CT Lottery ticket A $547,414 Fast Play ticket was also recently claimed in Ansonia on Wednesday, June 4. Copyright 2025 Nexstar Media, Inc. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed.
Yahoo
11-06-2025
- Business
- Yahoo
Stop & Shop donates lottery win commission to Newington Public Schools
NEWINGTON, Conn. (WTNH) — When someone hits it big on a lottery win in Connecticut, it's not just the customer that goes home with something. The store that sold the winning ticket gets a 'retailer bonus' too. $500K Fast Play lottery ticket sold in Ansonia So when Stop & Shop in Newington sold a million-dollar scratch game ticket in April, the company got a $10,000 pay out from CT Lottery. On Wednesday, company leaders announced they're donating those winnings to Newington School District to cover unpaid meal balances for the current school year and help with next year. The company plans to present a check to the district at Anna Reynolds Elementary School Thursday morning. Copyright 2025 Nexstar Media, Inc. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed.
Miami Herald
09-06-2025
- Business
- Miami Herald
Lottery ticket worth $339,000 is sold at North Carolina store. Here's where
A lottery player spent $10 on a ticket — and hit the jackpot in North Carolina. On June 9, the player bought a 50X the Cash ticket that won the game's top prize, the N.C. Education Lottery wrote on X, formerly known as Twitter. The winner scored $339,703 after trying their luck in Cornelius, a roughly 20-mile drive north from uptown Charlotte. The ticket was sold at the Cashion's Quik Stop convenience store on Statesville Road. 50X the Cash is a Fast Play progressive jackpot game that offers $10 tickets. To score a prize, a player must match at least one of their ticket numbers to a number from a winning set, rules show. As of about 1:45 p.m. June 9, the lucky ticket holder hadn't claimed their prize yet. In North Carolina, the winners of Fast Play games have about six months to cash in, a lottery spokesperson told McClatchy News via email.
CBS News
06-06-2025
- Entertainment
- CBS News
Online Illinois Lottery player wins $1.3M in FastPlay game
An online Illinois Lottery player has big plans for his family after winning $1.3 million in a FastPlay game. The winner, nicknamed King of the Castle, says he only plays games for fun, but after some challenging times, he took a chance one day. "I was thinking about my family—we've been going through some challenging times. I took a chance on Cash Castle, and couldn't believe it when I actually hit the jackpot. This win truly came at the perfect time." He said he screamed for his wife after realizing he won the prize. "I was overwhelmed with emotion and crying tears of joy. This win still feels unreal, like a dream. It really is a beautiful shock." Lottery officials said the win is the second-largest Cash Castle jackpot prize won, following a $1.4 million jackpot win in April. The winner said he plans on taking his family on a dream vacation. "We've always wanted to take our family to Walt Disney World, but we've never been able to fit it into our budget. Now is the perfect time! We can't wait to treat our five kids and eight grandkids to their first Disney World vacation." Cash Castle is a $30 progressive jackpot FastPlay game. The jackpot begins at $100,000 and grows with each ticket sold statewide until the jackpot is won. FastPlay games require no numbers to pick, pay slips, scratching, or waiting for numbers. Tickets for the game can be purchased in-store, online, or on the Illinois Lottery app. Participants must be at least 18 years of age to play.
