Aliss Higham is a Newsweek reporter based in Glasgow, Scotland. Her focus is reporting on Social Security, other government benefits and personal finance. She has previously extensively covered U.S.
Nobody won Powerball’s 10-figure grand prize in Monday night’s drawing, but someone who bought a ticket at a Circle K in South Carolina will receive a significant consolation prize, South Carolina ...
A Charlotte woman beat odds of 1 in 1,813,028 to win the coveted “$25,000 a year for life” prize with a $2 North Carolina Education Lottery ticket. However, she technically opted not to take it.
Two tickets from Texas and Missouri will split the second-highest lottery jackpot ever won in the U.S., a $1.79 billion Powerball prize. The Powerball jackpot was won on Saturday, Sept. 6, after ...
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The largest Powerball jackpot of the year continues to grow as an $861 million grand prize went unclaimed after Wednesday night’s drawing, South Carolina Education Lottery officials said in a news ...
Will a $2 Powerball ticket make you a multimillionaire? As they say in the lottery business, “it could happen to you.” After no one matched all five numbers plus the Powerball in the Wednesday, Aug.
The $2 Lucky for Life lottery ticket was purchased at the Circle K on Central Avenue in Charlotte, officials said. Street View image from May 2021. © 2025 Google A ...