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The winning numbers for the EuroMillions jackpot have been drawn, which could see a lucky player scoop £143 million.
The National Lottery EuroMillions winning numbers are 6, 11, 17, 35, and 44, and the lucky stars are 3 and 7.
The Thunderball numbers are 23, 25, 32, 35, 38, and 3.
If someone in the UK matches all seven numbers, it will be the largest win in the UK so far this year.
The jackpot has rolled over from Friday night’s EuroMillions. The winning numbers were 17, 19, 29, 35, 48, and the lucky stars were 5 and 9, however, nobody managed to claim the top prize. 
The most recent EuroMillions jackpot was won on 10 October, when a lucky UK player took home £25,701,358. 
To win the jackpot, a player must match all five numbers plus the two lucky stars, which will be drawn at 8.45pm on Tuesday.  
The largest EuroMillions win ever in the UK stands at £195M jackpot, and 19 UK players have won prizes of more than £100m in its history.
In August, a ticket holder from France became the third player in 2025 to win a EuroMillions jackpot of €250m, an estimated £210m, which equalled the records set in Ireland and Austria earlier this year.
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Ten counties hit the jackpot on a combined $392 million in lottery-funded grant awards to build, renovate, and reinvent the schools their communities depend on.
 As we gather with gratitude this season, these grants show exactly what lottery dollars can do. They deliver real, visible change in the communities that need it most. And that’s something we can all be thankful for.
This year, the lucky counties include Duplin, Richmond, Rockingham, and Transylvania who are receiving grants for the first time. Since the needs-based program began in 2017, 62 of North Carolina’s 100 counties have received grants. That’s a grand total of $2.4 billion helping rural communities build modern, safe schools.
The Needs-Based Public-School Capital Fund is one of three ways lottery dollars help school districts with their construction needs. Managed and awarded by the N.C. Department of Public Instruction, this year’s grants bring transformation to the following communities:
These projects serve as a reminder of what’s possible when North Carolinians play with purpose. This season of thanks gives us a moment to celebrate the communities who will soon welcome safer, brighter, and more inspiring places for their children to learn and grow.
Take a look at the exciting schools to come in the video below. For details on how lottery funds make a difference for school construction and other education programs, visit www.nclottery.com and click on the “Impact” section of the lottery’s website.

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KEISHA MCCLUSKEY AND Amanda Daubenspeck were among the large crowd at Monday’s turkey bingo at St. Eusebius in East Brady, a holiday tradition for around 100 years.
AMONG THE MANY volunteers who help make the annual St. Eusebius turkey bingo a success were (from left) Jackie Decorte, Julie Griffiths and Jenna Buechele Rupert.

KEISHA MCCLUSKEY AND Amanda Daubenspeck were among the large crowd at Monday’s turkey bingo at St. Eusebius in East Brady, a holiday tradition for around 100 years.
AMONG THE MANY volunteers who help make the annual St. Eusebius turkey bingo a success were (from left) Jackie Decorte, Julie Griffiths and Jenna Buechele Rupert.
EAST BRADY – When you start talking about things that happened a hundred or so years ago, some of the details can get a little sketchy.
So, when organizers with the annual Turkey Bingo at St. Eusebius Catholic Church in East Brady set about planning this year’s pre-Thanksgiving event, they took a little leap of faith in deciding to promote this year’s event as the 100th anniversary.
“A hundred years — who do you even talk to?” bingo organizer Jenna Buechele Rupert asked, noting that anyone who witnessed the first turkey bingo at the East Brady church is long gone, and that accounts of those early days have been passed down through multiple generations over the years.
All evidence points to the fact that the bingo, which is held on the Monday before Thanksgiving, just like it has been for decades, started about a century ago, if not earlier.
Rupert said that fellow bingo organizer Joe Schumacher “thinks that it has to be at least 100 years.”
“We’re assuming it’s at least 100 years — but we’re going to celebrate 100 next year too,” she said.
One of the pieces of evidence that the bingo originated around 100 years ago comes from a story in a 1998 issue of The Leader-Vindicator. In that article, longtime bingo volunteer Joe McClaine, who passed away in 2018, said that the bingo was already well established at the church by the time he started helping out at the age of nine back in 1935.
McClaine said that his father, Joe McClaine Sr., and mother, Eva, helped with the poultry delivery — which was much different than today’s effort which awards frozen turkeys and chickens.
“All chickens and turkeys were live with their heads sticking out of a hole in a burlap bag,” McClaine said in the 1998 interview. “By 8 o’clock in the evening, it was a sight to see! A real mad house!”
He went on to say that as the bingo players, mostly women and children at the time, won the live birds, they would continue playing while holding on to their uncooperative winnings, which were at their feet under the bingo tables.
McClaine said that in the early days, the turkeys and chickens were delivered to the church, and were kept in a basement room that is still known to this day as the “chicken room.”
Rupert said the event still relies on that room, but instead of holding live birds, the unheated room keeps the stash of around 90 chickens and 25 turkeys properly frozen.
She said that her father, Charles Buechele, remembers the live prizes, and that parishioner Mary Barnhart recalls her father helping raise turkeys for the event.
Although the state of the prize birds has changed over the years, Rupert said little else has changed to the longstanding church tradition.
“Very little has changed,” she said. “The price of bingo has not gone up in years. And we still use the hard [bingo] cards and the Rex Hide rubber chips.”
Rupert said the bingo chips, which came from the long-since-closed local Rex Hide factory, are dwindling in number each year, and that younger church members scour the church hall floor after each event in order to find those that fell off the tables during play.
Many of the event’s volunteers have also been a part of the tradition for years, she said, noting that she can count on the same people year after year to help out.
“They know exactly what to do,” she said, noting that they always step up to donate homemade pies and baked goods for the big night.
While Joe McClaine was a fixture as the bingo caller starting in the 1960s, since his passing, several others have taken over the role, with Corey McCluskey handling the duties for the past three years.
Rupert said another tradition the organizers try to keep going is for the volunteers to come together in the church kitchen during the day of the bingo to bake pies together.
She noted that the late Mary Theresa Hile ran the church event for many years, and that she passed along much of the operational knowledge when Rupert started helping out around 2012.
Although much has remained the same, the article from 1998 shows that the early years had some major differences from today.
“The evening itself was a thing out of the past. According to McClaine, the men would sit on benches and buy tickets for a prize wheel to win turkeys,” the article said, with McClaine adding, “They all smoked cigars, pipes and cigarettes. The air was really blue. … The ladies and the kids played bingo — just a lot like today. Turkey on the wheel, chicken on the bingo.”
At Monday’s bingo, Rupert said she was grateful to see the tradition continue, with a strong turnout for the event.
“It’s such a cool tradition,” Buechele Rupert said. “And it’s our church’s last longstanding fundraiser.”
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LEXINGTON, Ky. (WKYT) – A McCreary County man said he nearly fell out of his deer stand when he won $1.1 million after wagering $30 on the Kentucky Lottery’s Wolf Ridge Jackpots online game.
The man, who shared his story anonymously, said he decided to try his luck while hunting because of several big online payouts his family had won recently.
“I’m in the deer stand, and I was sitting there and I thought, you know what, I’m going to try,” he said. “I got on there and I won $1,500, and I added another $200 to my account.”
He said he was getting frustrated because his family was calling him while he was playing, but the frustration didn’t last long.
“It was making me mad because it was freezing up my phone from playing,” he said. “Then my son tries to call, I decline it. And then it was the next thing I hit. The sound is kind of a rumbling sound, and I cannot play anymore. I’m like there ain’t no way and that is echoing through the woods.”
He said he immediately called his wife because he was in disbelief and wanted her to confirm he had actually won.
“I thought he was calling to tell me he had gotten a big buck,” she said.
After sending her a picture of his win, the couple realized they had won the jackpot.
“I couldn’t believe it. We are both crying and stressing out,” he said. “I probably would have fallen out of the deer stand that drops down 30, 40 feet into a holler.”
The couple called the Kentucky Lottery to say they were traveling three hours to claim their prize, $794,500.22 after taxes.
They plan to pay off debt, buy a new home with land and save some of the winnings for their family.
“It’s pretty awesome,” he said. “I can tell you that right now. I mean, you go sit out in the woods and then all of a sudden you look down and like I told her, I said, it took me 50 years to become a millionaire all at once.”
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                                                                          Grant County Sheriff Joey Kriete gets the festivities started at Thursday’s bingo fundraiser at the Moses Lake Taproom.                                                                          <span class="text-primary font-weight-bold">                                                                                      <br>JOEL MARTIN/COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD                                                                              </span>                                 <br>                                                                              Katie Smith, left, with Columbia Basin K9s, talks with Moses Lake Police officer and veteran K-9 handler Nick Stewart at the bingo fundraiser at the Moses Lake Taproom Thursday.                                                                              <span class="text-primary font-weight-bold">                                                                                  </span>                                     <br>                                                                              Patrons line up to buy a beverage at the Moses Lake Taproom Thursday during the bingo fundraiser to benefit Columbia Basin K9s.                                                                              <span class="text-primary font-weight-bold">                                                                                  </span>                                     <br><strong>MOSES LAKE</strong> — About 100 people filled the Moses Lake Taproom Thursday, hoisting pints and stamping bingo cards to support Columbia Basin K9s. So far this year, the bingo nights have raised a bit more than $100,000. <br>“I’ve done a ton of fundraisers down there over the last couple of years, and that was probably one of the biggest ones,” said Grant County Sheriff Joey Kriete, who served as MC and bingo caller for the event. <br>The total amount raised wasn’t available Friday morning, Kriete said, but about $6,000 had come in cash donations alone. The electronic statements hadn’t been sorted out and added up yet, he said. <br>The event benefited Columbia Basin K9s, a foundation that finances the K-9 officer program for local law enforcement agencies. Besides the bingo, there was a 50/50 raffle, where patrons could buy a ticket for a drawing at the end of the night. The winner split the pot in half with Columbia Basin K9s.  <br>“Last year we got almost $2,000 in that pot,” Katie Smith, with Columbia Basin K9s, told the crowd. “The winner took home about $920, which is a pretty good Thursday night.” <br>There was also a table of merch including hats, hoodies and stuffed K-9s, and A-Crew BBQ and Catering had a trailer set up outside with dinner for $15 per plate. The proceeds from those sales were split 50-50 with Columbia Basin K-9s. <br>The GCSO has been holding bingo fundraisers at the Moses Lake Taproom for several years, Kriete said, supporting not just Columbia Basin K9s but also Care Moses Lake, the Boys &amp; Girls Club, the Columbia Basin Cancer Foundation and other local organizations. In 2023 and 2024, more than $65,000 was raised through bingo fundraisers, Kriete said, and ihe expressed appreciation for the Taproom’s partnership and the community’s support. <br>“And the Taproom keeps nothing,” Kriete said. “Everything that the charity raises at the Taproom goes 100% to the charity.” <br>The owners also contributed several times Thursday to the pot, Kriete said. <br>Bingo calling isn’t the first thing most county sheriffs put on their resume, but Kriete added it in 2023 shortly after the Moses Lake Taproom opened, he said. He and the Stakelin Family, which owns the Taproom, had been longtime friends and when a local charity approached them about doing a charity night, Kriete volunteered to help. <br>“I said, ‘Oh, man, that sounds fun. I’d love to call bingo for you. That’d be a hoot,’” he said. “I filled in for him, and that night I had probably three or four people from different charities say 'Can you do this again for us?’”  <br>Columbia Basin K9s is an important partner with the GCSO, Kriete said. The dogs themselves cost $15,000-$25,000, he said, and then the handler and dog have to undergo 10 weeks of training. Add food, boarding and veterinary bills and keeping a K-9 unit is a costly business. <br>“The majority of it still (comes from) donations from the community,” Kriete said. “Even though we do now finally have a line item in our budget for a K-9 program, it’s pretty miniscule for the need that we have. So the community really picks up the slack on that.” <br>The four-legged officers are well worth it to the law enforcement agencies, Kriete said. <br>“They're a huge resource,” he said. “They're very good dogs when it comes to tracking and apprehension. And they're a deterrent. If (deputies) have to get physical with people, the dogs step in and they do that. We don't have to risk the injuries to the deputies … When you’ve got a fur missile coming at you, you don’t want to have to have a conversation with it.” <br>Grant County is an exceptionally generous community when it comes to fundraisers like the ones at the Moses Lake Taproom, Kriete said. <br>“It's unbelievable the giving power of our community and the support that we have as law enforcement,” he said. “We are very, very fortunate to live here, and we're extremely fortunate to have the support that we have from our community.” <br><br/><br><br/><br>twitter<br>facebook<br>LinkedIn<br>Email<br>             <small class="d-block">                 copyright &copy; 2025 Columbia Basin Herald             </small>             <small class="d-xl-flex justify-content-around px-xl-5 font-weight-bold align-items-center">                 <a href="/terms-of-use/" class="text-primary">Terms of Use</a> |                 <a href="/privacy-policy/" class="text-primary">Privacy Policy</a>             </small>             <small class="d-block  font-weight-bold">                 PO Box 910 Moses                 Lake, WA 98837<br>                 <a href="tel:5097654561" class="h5">                     509-765-4561                 </a>             </small>         <br><br><a href="https://news.google.com/rss/articles/CBMiogFBVV95cUxNQ1V4eTNhckNCamt0cUc3NFVGSVdhX3NUc0xOUEFQdDY2eHlJbHV1WGU4MURqTzdGWUR6S2FVMkFXX0liaWFheEVkVjFXV3ZMczJZRlphcFRlMURrUHJRTEI1VmlaTHN3SWRIY2lxb3EyUHM4S244bVZhajRjVTY2QnUzOURPdWQySmZWa0FhSTJ2YUg1cm83emV2bVhjNm10Q1E?oc=5">source</a>

Powerball Jackpot Reaches $681 Million—What The Winner Could Take Home After Taxes  Forbes
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The NC Lottery offers several draw games for those aiming to win big. Here’s a look at Monday, Nov. 24, 2025 results for each game:
08-16-26-30-58, Powerball: 14, Power Play: 2
Check Powerball payouts and previous drawings here.
03-11-18-24-38, Lucky Ball: 02
Check Lucky For Life payouts and previous drawings here.
Day: 0-2-2, Fireball: 5
Evening: 1-6-6, Fireball: 2
Check Pick 3 payouts and previous drawings here.
Day: 2-4-4-5, Fireball: 2
Evening: 5-4-4-3, Fireball: 0
Check Pick 4 payouts and previous drawings here.
06-14-25-28-33
Check Cash 5 payouts and previous drawings here.
06-10-32-35-40
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All North Carolina Lottery retailers will redeem prizes up to $599.
For prizes over $599, winners can submit winning tickets through the mail or in person at North Carolina Lottery Offices. By mail, send a prize claim form, your signed lottery ticket, copies of a government-issued photo ID and social security card to: North Carolina Education Lottery, P.O. Box 41606, Raleigh, NC 27629. Prize claims less than $600 do not require copies of photo ID or a social security card.
To submit in person, sign the back of your ticket, fill out a prize claim form and deliver the form, along with your signed lottery ticket and government-issued photo ID and social security card to any of these locations:
Check previous winning numbers and payouts at https://nclottery.com/.
This results page was generated automatically using information from TinBu and a template written and reviewed by a Carolina Connect editor. You can send feedback using this form.

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