In a stroke of luck powered by the recent Powerball buzz, an Oregon woman discovered a $1 million surprise among her unchecked lottery tickets. Leslie Carr, 52, from Portland, almost missed out on her windfall, only prompted to sift through her stash of lottery tickets by the news of a billion-dollar Powerball winner.

Feeling lucky? Just ask a Michigan man who bagged $500,000 in the lottery, all thanks to his uncanny resemblance to a movie character who also hit the jackpot!

FLINT, Mich. — Here’s a lottery winner’s tale with a cinematic twist! A 26-year-old man from Michigan turned a quirky movie moment into real-life fortune, nabbing half a million dollars after buying a lottery ticket because he looked just like the actor in the film. It's not every day you find your twin on the big screen, especially one who's feeling lucky in the lotto department.

Hey guys, remember that insane $1.08 billion Powerball jackpot? Well, it turns out Yanira Alvarez was the big winner all along! The California Lottery finally announced her as the champ, but get this: she actually submitted her claim like five months earlier! Can you believe it?

So, picture this: two dudes in the UK, Mark Goodram and Jon-Ross Watson, decide to use a stolen debit card to buy a lottery ticket. And guess what? They win a whopping £4 million! But here's the kicker: the card actually belonged to this guy named Joshua Addyman, who had no idea his card was being used for a lottery ticket.

​Hey, guys! Guess what? This is straight out of a movie! A Michigan woman just won $500,000 in the lottery on the SAME DAY a tarot card reading told her money was on the way! I mean, talk about insane timing, right?

So, get this — a 59-year-old lady, who wants to keep her identity under wraps, had this weekly ritual of buying lottery tickets, always saying she'd win big someday. This time, she switched things up and bought a $10 "50X Wild Time" scratch-off from a BP gas station in Fenton.

In a remarkable turn of events, a single ticket from Oregon has won the colossal $1.33 billion Powerball jackpot. The draw, which took place on April 7, 2024, was notable not only for its jaw-dropping prize but also for a three-hour delay caused by one state's struggle to process a massive influx of sales data. The winning ticket matched all six numbers, securing a jackpot that offers a choice between $1.33 billion paid over 29 years or a lump sum of $621 million.

In an unbelievable streak of luck (or lack thereof), the Powerball jackpot has surged to a mind-blowing $935 million for the upcoming Saturday draw, marking it as the 11th-largest in U.S. lottery history and the 5th-largest for Powerball itself! This comes after a staggering 37 draws without a grand prize winner, leaving everyone wondering who will become the next multi-generational millionaire.