One lucky person from Danville, won $25,000 for life playing the KentuckyLottery's Lucky for Life game.
The person who won started playing the
Kentucky Lottery Lucky for Life game 12 years ago after seeing a commercial for
it. He purchased his ticket from the Five Star on Jan 30, finding out he won $25,000
for life prize the next day.
"I couldn’t believe it when I saw
$500,000 show up on the screen," he told lottery officials. "I was
shocked! I felt truly lucky for life."
The lucky man’s ticket matched the
five white balls, but not the Lucky Ball. If he had matched Lucky Ball, he
would've won the top prize of $1,000 a day for life.
He had a choice between $25,000 a year for life
or a cash option of $390,000. The man chose the cash option, taking home
$280,000 after taxes.
Someone has started the new year off on the right path. The
first Powerball jackpot of 2025, valued at $328.5 million, was sold in
Beaverton Oregon. The winning Powerball ticket
for Saturday's drawing was purchased on January 17 in the 97006-zip code and
the numbers were 14 31 35 64 69
with a Powerball of 23.
The location of the retailer will not be revealed until a
winner has come forward due to security protocols. The lucky person or people
have a year to claim their prize.
Once the winner comes
to claim their Powerball winnings, it will take time before the winner will be announced due to security and payment processes and according
to Oregon law which mandates that the winner cannot remain anonymous, with a few exceptions.
The largest Powerball prize previously won in Oregon was in
2024’s $1.3 billion jackpot, which was
split between a Portland man, his wife, and a friend.
The $1.22 billion-dollar
Mega Millions jackpot was won in Friday night's drawing in the sunny state of California
at Circle K (Sunshine Food and Gas) on Rhonda Road in Cottonwood, about 150
miles (240 kilometers) north of Sacramento.
The winning numbers were
3, 7, 37, 49, 55 with a Mega Ball of 6
and a Megaplier of 3X. Friday’s jackpot was the fifth-largest prize in Mega
Million’s history.
Four lucky players, in
California, Texas, Arizona and Missouri won $1 million dollars by matching all
five white.
The estimated $1.22
billion grand prize carries a one-time cash payout option of $549.7 million.
The odds of winning the grand prize are 1 in 302,575,350
and the jackpot on 12/31 is $20 million. Remember that Mega Millions price will
increase
to $5 in April 2025.
According to the California Lottery, the California Lottery is subject to public disclosure laws
that allow access to certain governmental records. Your full name, the name and
location of the retailer who sold you the winning ticket, the date you won and
the amount of your winnings, including your gross and net installment payments,
are matters of public record and are subject to disclosure.
