NBC4 Washington / YouTube screen shot Powerball Player Gets $340 Million Jackpot Rejected After Massive Website 'Mistake' “Hey, this ticket is no good,” the man said a lottery employee told him. “Just throw it in the trash can.” By Johnathan Jones February 19, 2024
Rogelio V. Solis / AP Photo Kroger Begins Rolling Out In-Store Betting Kiosks Kroger had received approval over a year ago, but delayed the launch of the kiosks until it could "finalizing its sports betting strategy." By George C. Upper III January 20, 2024
withGod / Shutterstock Bank Accidentally Deposits $86 Million in Unsuspecting Woman's Account Overnight The woman pointed out that although it was not her mistake, the bank blocked her account and made it difficult for her to regain access. By Ben Kew December 3, 2023
AP / Keith Srakocic Lottery Scrambles After Publishing Wrong Winning Numbers, Blames 'Human Error' "As long as human beings are involved, there will occasionally be mistakes made," an Iowa Lottery spokeswoman said. By Lorri Wickenhauser December 1, 2023
Scott Olson / Getty ImagesCommentary Woman Wins $750 Million After Noticing Message on Lottery Machine, Says 'It Was a Sign' “After my meeting, I scanned my first ticket and it wasn’t a winner. Then I scanned the second ticket, and it said ‘Winning ticket.'" By C. Douglas Golden March 6, 2023
Gene J. Puskar / AP We Have a Winner: Historic $1.35B Jackpot Goes to 1 Ticket While the prospect of winning millions of dollars is enticing, the odds of claiming Friday's jackpot were about 1 in 302.6 million. By Elizabeth Delaney January 16, 2023
Damian Dovarganes / AP Photo Third-Largest Jackpot in US History Up for Grabs - But It May Soon Turn Into the Ultimate Prize “As the jackpot grows, we encourage our players to keep within their entertainment budget and enjoy this jackpot run right along with us.” By The Associated Press January 6, 2023
Victoria Ambrosi - EyeEm / Getty Images Woman Let Down When White Elephant Gift Is 'Stolen,' Doesn't Realize Life-Changing Item She Got Instead After having her White Elephant gift stolen, Lori Janes was a little upset - until she realized what she ended up with. By Josiah Upper December 18, 2022
@nclottery / Twitter screen shot North Carolina Teenager Wins Major Lottery While on Way to 2nd Job: 'I Think I'll Buy a Brand New Chevrolet Silverado' Imagining what you'd do with lottery money winnings can be fun, but actually winning a major lottery is a very rare event. By Elizabeth Delaney December 8, 2022
William Thomas Cain / Getty Images 'Sounds Suspicious': Mysterious Delay Halts Record $1.9 Billion Powerball Drawing, Putting Players On Edge A record Powerball jackpot of nearly $2 billion didn't happen as scheduled on Monday night, with officials citing a security-related delay. By Ryan Ledendecker November 8, 2022