Unemployed Mom Says She's Powerball Jackpot Winner

A North Carolina woman has come forward with what she says is one of the three winning tickets in the $564 million Powerball jackpot. Marie Holmes, 26, of the town of Shallotte, told NBC affiliate WECT on Thursday that she was on her way to confer with lawyers and a financial adviser before turning in the ticket to state lottery officials.

80-Year-Old Retired Principal Wins $326 Million In Mega Millions Jackpot

Harold Diamond, an 80 year old retired school principal is the sole winner of a Mega Millions jackpot worth $326 million which was drawn on Nov. 4. Officials say this is the biggest prize in New York Lottery history. Diamond said he waited to cash in his ticket until after Jan. 1 for tax reasons.

Harold Diamond received his giant ceremonial check to Diamond on Monday after he chose to take the cash value of the annuitized prize, which comes to about $130 million after taxes.

MTN Aeroplane Winner, Ebube Essien-Garricks, On Life After Receiving Her N64million

Ebube Gladys Essien-Garricks won the MTN Ultimate Wonder “Win An Aeroplane” Promo on November 13, 2012. The student of the Rivers State College of Health Science and Technology decided to pick the N64million cash prize instead of the plane, and since then her life has not remained the same.

2 years on, YNaija spoke with the 27-year-old lottery millionaire to find out how winning such a large amount of money has changed her life. Excerpts below:

Man Wins Same Lottery Twice Accidentally - Gets Total Payout of $546,000

Kenneth J. Stokes is one of those people with overflowing luck, and in this case, he had the help of his family too. Beating very high odds of such a thing happening, the family man who is from Norwood Massachussets, had two tickets with the same exact winning numbers!

So how did this happen?

Couple Who Lost $50M Lotto Max Ticket Finally Get Money, Friend Returned it on April Fools Day

What will you do with your ticket when you realize you've just won the lottery? Hakeem Nosiru, originally from Nigeria, and now living in Canada, put the $50-million Lotto Max winning ticket in an envelope and taped it to his body for safekeeping. However, between the Saturday Jan 17 of the TV show with the announcement of winners, and the Monday when he could present the ticket to the lottery officials, the ticket was lost! What happened and what did he do? Keep reading;