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Irish Independent
4 days ago
- Entertainment
- Irish Independent
Wife hits $500,000 lottery jackpot after husband forgot to buy tickets
The unidentified woman recently stopped at a Redi Mart gas station in Lyman, South Carolina, and bought herself three Money Madness Extra Play scratch-off game lottery tickets. She told the South Carolina Education Lottery that the 'bright, shiny, and glittery tickets caught my eye.' She didn't win anything from the first two tickets after scratching off the hidden numbers. However, she said her third ticket was 'magical,' since it won her the top prize of $500,000. 'I felt like Jed Clampett when he discovered his bubblin' crude,' she said, referring to the character on The Beverly Hillbillies discovering oil on his land. This resulted in Jed's family's new wealth and their move to California. The woman also shared her plans for her earnings, adding: 'I'll have a little fun, take some trips, and retirement will come sooner rather than later.' As a result of her win, the petrol station where she got the lottery ticket received a commission of $5,000. According to the South Carolina Education Lottery, the odds of winning $500,000 in the Money Madness Extra Play game are one in 1.152 million. This isn't the first lottery player in the US who ended up winning big. ADVERTISEMENT Earlier this month, school bus driver Russell Ruff, who's based in Connecticut, discovered that his lost lottery ticket was worth $150,000. He lost the ticket shortly after purchasing it on Friday, June 13. So, it was 'miraculous' that his 16-year-old cat was the one who later discovered the Powerball ticket. 'We lost the ticket at home. It went behind a headboard, and we didn't think too much of it,' he said in the release shared by the Connecticut Lottery. 'We didn't really check the numbers.' Ruff said he had to move his bed when he realized the cat was stuck behind it. With the ticket back in his possession, he realized he had four of the five winning numbers, plus the Powerball number. He also had Power Play added to his ticket, which allows you to multiply your non-jackpot winnings by a specific amount. As a result, Ruff's prize increased from $50,000 to $150,000. In June, a Kentucky woman, Pamela Howard-Thornton, also won the state lottery after nearly losing the winning ticket by throwing it in the trash. Howard-Thornton bought four tickets for the Flamingo Bingo scratch-off game at a rest stop store in nearby Lebanon Junction after having a dream about winning a large jackpot. 'The first three were not winners, so I put them in the trash,' she added. 'Then I was like 'Where's my fourth ticket?' I looked in the trash and I was like, 'Oh, my gosh, I threw it away.'' Luckily, Howard-Thornton was able to recover the ticket and won the game's top prize of $80,000, or $57,600 after taxes.
Miami Herald
09-07-2025
- General
- Miami Herald
Lottery player finds lost winning ticket — thanks to family cat. ‘A miracle'
When a Connecticut man lost his lottery ticket, he 'didn't think too much of it.' However, fate had other plans. Looking 'for some superstitious fun' on Friday, June 13, Russell Ruff of Somers bought a Powerball ticket for the drawing the next day, Connecticut Lottery officials said in a July 7 news release. The ticket, though, vanished. 'We lost the ticket at home,' Ruff told lottery officials. 'It went behind a headboard.' The family didn't check the numbers for the Powerball drawing and life went on. But then, by a twist of fate, the family's 16-year-old cat 'somehow made its way behind a bed,' lottery officials said. To reach the cat, Ruff and his sons moved the bed. 'In the process, they found the cat—and the ticket,' lottery officials said. Ruff scanned the ticket, then rescanned it 'just to be sure' and learned he had won $150,000 on the 'long-lost ticket,' lottery officials said. 'It was a miracle,' the school bus driver said. Ruff missed the jackpot by one number, matching four of the five white balls and the Powerball, lottery officials said. 'His prize increased from $50,000 to $150,000,' as he added a Power Play option, lottery officials said. Somers is about an 80-mile drive northeast from Bridgeport. What to know about Powerball To score the jackpot in the Powerball, a player must match all five white balls and the red Powerball. The odds of scoring the jackpot prize are 1 in 292,201,338. Tickets can be bought on the day of the drawing, but sales times and price vary by state. Drawings are broadcast Saturdays, Mondays and Wednesdays at 10:59 p.m. ET and can be streamed online. Powerball is played in 45 states, Washington, D.C., Puerto Rico and the U.S. Virgin Islands.
Yahoo
09-07-2025
- General
- Yahoo
CT Lottery Mega Millions, Lucky For Life winning numbers for July 8, 2025
The Connecticut Lottery offers several draw games for those willing to make a bet to win big. Those who want to play in Connecticut can enter the CT Lotto, Lucky for Life and Cash 5 games as well as play the national Powerball and Mega Millions games. There are also two drawings a day for the Play 3 with Wild Ball and Play 4 with Wild Ball games. Drawings are held at regular days and times, check the end of this story to see the schedule. Here's a look at Tuesday, July 8, 2025 results for each game: 04-06-38-44-62, Mega Ball: 24 Check Mega Millions payouts and previous drawings here. 16-26-27-34-43, Lucky Ball: 15 Check Lucky For Life payouts and previous drawings here. 14-21-33-34-41-42 Check Lotto payouts and previous drawings here. 05-08-25-27-31 Check Cash 5 payouts and previous drawings here. Day: 8-7-5, WB: 2 Night: 1-7-4, WB: 2 Check Play3 payouts and previous drawings here. Day: 9-8-7-4, WB: 8 Night: 4-4-7-1, WB: 6 Check Play4 payouts and previous drawings here. Feeling lucky? Explore the latest lottery news & results Connecticut Lottery prizes up to $599 can be easily claimed at any authorized CT Lottery Retailer without additional forms or documentation or by mail. For prizes between $600 and $5,000, winners have the option to claim by mail or in person at any CT Lottery High-Tier Claim Center or CT Lottery Headquarters. For prizes between $5,001 and $49,999, winnings must be claimed in person at the Connecticut Lottery headquarters or by mail. All prizes over $50,000 must be claimed in person at CT Lottery Headquarters. Winners are required to bring a government-issued photo ID and their Social Security card. CT Lottery Claims Dept. 15 Sterling Drive Wallingford, CT 06492 For additional details, including locations of High-Tier Claim Centers, visit the Connecticut Lottery's claim information page. Powerball: 10:59 p.m. on Monday, Wednesday, and Saturday. Mega Millions: 11 p.m. on Tuesday and Friday. Lucky for Life: 10:30 p.m. daily. Lotto: 10:38 p.m. on Tuesday and Friday. Cash 5: 10:29 p.m. daily. Play3 Day: 1:57 p.m. daily. Play3 Night: 10:29 p.m. daily. Play4 Day: 1:57 p.m. daily. Play4 Night: 10:29 p.m. daily. This results page was generated automatically using information from TinBu and a template written and reviewed by a Connecticut editor. You can send feedback using this form. This article originally appeared on The Bulletin: CT Lottery Mega Millions, Lucky For Life winning numbers for July 8, 2025
Miami Herald
25-06-2025
- General
- Miami Herald
Couple wins big lottery prize after years of playing game. ‘It finally happened!'
For 16 years, an unwavering Connecticut couple played the same lottery game with the same strategy, officials said. Then, the couple finally won big — matching all five numbers in the June 21 drawing of Lucky for Life, the Connecticut Lottery said in a June 23 news release. The lucky duo won $25,000 a year for life in the game, which they've been faithfully playing since its debut in March 2009, according to the lottery. 'I couldn't believe it,' the winners told lottery officials. 'It finally happened!' Over the years the pair's strategy has not changed: using their birthdays, their kids' birthdays or other loved ones' birthdays as their numbers, the lottery said. The winning numbers for the June 21 drawing were 8, 10, 22, 26, and 28, according to lottery officials. The couple took a lump-sum payout of $390,000, which they plan to use to help their kids with wedding plans and to take a vacation, lottery officials said. They bought their ticket for $2 at a gas station in Waterbury, about a 30-mile drive southwest from Hartford, the lottery said. The odds of matching all five numbers in the game are 1 in 1,813,028. The odds of matching five numbers and the lucky ball to win the top prize of $365,000 a year for life are 1 in 30,821,472. Drawings for the game happen every night, lottery officials said.
Yahoo
09-06-2025
- General
- Yahoo
CT Lottery Lucky For Life, Cash 5 winning numbers for June 8, 2025
The Connecticut Lottery offers several draw games for those willing to make a bet to win big. Those who want to play in Connecticut can enter the CT Lotto, Lucky for Life and Cash 5 games as well as play the national Powerball and Mega Millions games. There are also two drawings a day for the Play 3 with Wild Ball and Play 4 with Wild Ball games. Drawings are held at regular days and times, check the end of this story to see the schedule. Here's a look at Sunday, June 8, 2025 results for each game: 05-11-20-42-43, Lucky Ball: 10 Check Lucky For Life payouts and previous drawings here. 02-03-19-28-33 Check Cash 5 payouts and previous drawings here. Day: 5-5-7, WB: 3 Night: 6-2-6, WB: 5 Check Play3 payouts and previous drawings here. Day: 3-4-4-7, WB: 8 Night: 9-3-7-7, WB: 1 Check Play4 payouts and previous drawings here. Feeling lucky? Explore the latest lottery news & results Connecticut Lottery prizes up to $599 can be easily claimed at any authorized CT Lottery Retailer without additional forms or documentation or by mail. For prizes between $600 and $5,000, winners have the option to claim by mail or in person at any CT Lottery High-Tier Claim Center or CT Lottery Headquarters. For prizes between $5,001 and $49,999, winnings must be claimed in person at the Connecticut Lottery headquarters or by mail. All prizes over $50,000 must be claimed in person at CT Lottery Headquarters. Winners are required to bring a government-issued photo ID and their Social Security card. CT Lottery Claims Dept. 15 Sterling Drive Wallingford, CT 06492 For additional details, including locations of High-Tier Claim Centers, visit the Connecticut Lottery's claim information page. Powerball: 10:59 p.m. on Monday, Wednesday, and Saturday. Mega Millions: 11 p.m. on Tuesday and Friday. Lucky for Life: 10:30 p.m. daily. Lotto: 10:38 p.m. on Tuesday and Friday. Cash 5: 10:29 p.m. daily. Play3 Day: 1:57 p.m. daily. Play3 Night: 10:29 p.m. daily. Play4 Day: 1:57 p.m. daily. Play4 Night: 10:29 p.m. daily. This results page was generated automatically using information from TinBu and a template written and reviewed by a Connecticut editor. You can send feedback using this form. This article originally appeared on The Bulletin: CT Lottery Lucky For Life, Cash 5 winning numbers for June 8, 2025
