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When Megan Sikora-Stypolkowski of Raleigh saw an article about a $150,000 Powerball winner from Raleigh, she logged on to her account and found out that she was the winner.
“I originally googled ‘NC Lottery’ because I was going to log in to my account to check the numbers from the drawing,” Sikora-Stypolkowski recalled.
That search brought up a Google article from the Raleigh News & Observer about an unclaimed $150,000 Powerball winning ticket from Raleigh.
“I was with my coworker at the time and I said, ‘Wouldn’t that be funny if it was me,’” Sikora-Stypolkowski laughed.
She got her lucky $3 Quick Pick ticket using Online Play. She matched the numbers on four white balls and the red Powerball in the April 21 drawing to win $50,000. Because she bought a Power Play ticket, her prize tripled to $150,000 when the 3X multiplier hit.
“We have never won anything like this before,” she said.
Sikora-Stypolkowski arrived at lottery headquarters Friday to claim her winnings and, after required federal and state tax withholdings, took home $107,626.
She plans to use some of her winnings to take a family vacation.
Monday’s Powerball jackpot stands at a $54 million annuity or $24.8 million in cash. The odds of winning a Powerball jackpot are 1 in 292 million.
Powerball is one of six draw games in North Carolina where players have the option of buying their tickets at a retail location or with Online Play through the lottery’s website or the NC Lottery Official Mobile App.
For details on how $62.7 million raised by the lottery made a difference for Wake County education programs last year, visit www.nclottery.com and click on the “Impact” section.

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Powerball player just misses $474 million jackpot — but still wins big in Texas  Fort Worth Star-Telegram
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EuroMillions rolls over AGAIN with record-breaking £208MILLION jackpot going unclaimed… and now there’s still a chance it could be yours  Daily Mail
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New Homey app helps simplify affordable housing lottery application  PIX11
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A Park MGM guest won more than a million dollars from a $10 bet on Wheel of Fortune Cash Link Reels Double Diamond in Las Vegas.
A lucky player at Park MGM in Las Vegas scored a huge payday while playing the Wheel of Fortune Cash Link Reels Double Diamond slot machine. The lucky play turned a $10 bet into $1,174,483.11. 
Jackpot at Park MGM! Congratulations to Wheel of Fortune Cash Link Reels Double Diamond winner who hit $1,174,483.11!

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The win was announced on the casino’s official X account, accompanied by a photo of the winning slot machine. The player chose to remain anonymous, but the casino congratulated the winner publicly, celebrating another significant payout for one of the most popular slot franchises in the country.
The jackpot adds to a string of high-profile wins from Wheel of Fortune machines across multiple casinos in recent months. On July 13, a player won $1.4 million on Wheel of Fortune Diamond Spins 2X Wilds in Las Vegas, followed by a $1,142,108 jackpot in July at Palms Casino Resort. 
The most recent win at Park MGM on Oct. 25 marked another in a long list of seven-figure payouts for the franchise. Earlier this year, an Army veteran hit a major jackpot at Gila River Resorts’ Santan Mountain Casino in Arizona, while another player took home $1.5 million from Wheel of Fortune Triple Double Diamond at Thunder Valley Casino Resort in California. 
Another major jackpot recently hit the Midwest. MGM Grand Detroit reported that one player won $1,075,996 on July 19 while playing the Dragon Link slot machine. The casino, which did not disclose the winner’s identity, stated that it was the largest jackpot awarded so far in 2025.
MGM Grand Detroit first introduced Dragon Link in July 2024, becoming the first commercial casino in Michigan to feature the popular slot game. Since then, the game has produced several high-value payouts for players, with this recent win marking the largest jackpot at the property since November 2024.
According to its latest figures, MGM Grand Detroit reported that players collected more than $28 million in winnings throughout July and over $215 million during the first seven months of 2025. 
Following these major casino wins, FanDuel Casino has launched an upgraded version of its FanDuel Casino Jackpots feature, giving players in Michigan, New Jersey, and Pennsylvania the option to double their chances of winning by increasing their contribution to $0.20 per wager.
Players can still play at the $0.10 level, which gives them the freedom to choose how much they want to spend and how they want to play.
The new jackpot structure is based on the success of the old one that was introduced in April 2025. It features four progressive random prizes: Mini, Minor, Major, and Mega. Since April, players have won more than 450,000 jackpots, worth over $300 million in payouts, across all participating states.
FanDuel acquired BeyondPlay in February 2024, utilizing the technology to develop dynamic, multiplayer jackpot experiences for users.
Ziv has been deep in the iGaming trenches for over 20 years, long before most people could spell “geolocation compliance.” With a background in marketing and business development at some of the biggest names in gambling tech, Ziv knows the industry from the inside out. Since joining Covers, he’s turned his sharp eye (and sharper keyboard) toward everything happening in the fast-moving world of online gambling. Whether it’s new state launches, the latest twists in regulation, or what the big operators and game providers are cooking up next, Ziv breaks it all down with clarity, context, and just the right amount of snark. He covers the business side of betting, from affiliate trends and revenue reports to the tech powering your favorite slots. His motto in writing is “let’s make it make sense without putting you to sleep.”
When he’s not tracking gambling legislation or looking for the next breaking story, Ziv is living and dying with every pitch and play from his beloved Pittsburgh Steelers, Pirates, and Penguins. As a Pitt graduate, it’s a city loyalty forged in heartbreak, but one he wouldn’t trade for anything, except maybe a few more playoff wins.

When away from the keyboard, Ziv loves to hit the road and soak up the energy of casinos. Whether strolling the neon jungle called the Vegas Strip, or wandering into a smoky riverboat casino in the Midwest, Ziv’s in his element. He’s the guy chatting with players, blackjack dealers, and asking pit bosses way too many questions, all in the name of “research,” of course. The casino floor isn’t just his workplace, it’s a weird and wonderful ecosystem of flashing lights, wild characters, and pure sensory overload, and he wouldn’t have it any other way.
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Mega Millions Jackpot Rises to About $900M Ahead of Drawing  TODAY.com
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COLUMBUS, Ohio — Although no one won the $473.9 million Powerball jackpot in the latest drawing on Saturday, Nov. 8, many players in Ohio took home a bit more cash.
The winning numbers for Powerball on Saturday were 3, 53, 60, 62 and 68. The Powerball was 11 and the Power Play was 2x.
Here is the full list of statewide winners and their prizes from Saturday’s drawing:
The odds of matching all five white balls and winning the $1 million prize are 1 in 11,688,053. The odds of winning the jackpot are 1 in 292,201,338. The overall odds of winning a prize are 1 in 24.87.
The jackpot now climbs to $490 million for the next Powerball drawing on Monday, Nov. 10. The cash option is worth $228.9 million.
Here are some recent lottery winners in Ohio:
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