Albuquerque Co-Workers Share $10,000 Powerball® Prize
Seven employees from the quality department at UTC Aerospace Systems in Albuquerque, New Mexico shared a $10,000 prize from the May 18 Powerball drawing.

Michael Tang, Jesus Gonzalez, Patricia Gutierrez, Dean Dominguez, Charlotte Garcia, Paul Durham and Diana Skiles play together when the Powerball jackpot reaches $100 million. Each member of the pool chipped in $10 to put multiple wagers on a quick-pick ticket purchased at the Giant Station located at 6100 San Mateo Blvd. NE in Albuquerque. Earlier in the month, the Giant Station sold a $10,000 winning Powerball ticket to three players who work together at an Albuquerque restaurant.

After missing a share of the record $590.5 million jackpot by only one number, the UTC Aerospace Systems employees said other co-workers were inspired to ask if they could join the pool for the next Powerball jackpot run up.

St. Louis Man Wins $1 Million Powerball Prize
Lots of players were drawn to the giant Powerball jackpot in recent weeks, and one St. Louis man managed to carve off $1 million of that money with a Missouri Lottery Quick Pick ticket. Christopher Henson, 30, said he bought three tickets for the May 15 jackpot, which was estimated at $360 million. Henson and his fiancé, Amy, picked one set of numbers and added two Quick Pick tickets. They matched all five white-ball numbers on one of the Quick Picks to win $1 million. Henson said they aren't regular players.

"Not too frequent," he responded to a question about how often he plays. "Usually, when it's the big numbers."

Henson added that he watched the drawing that night, but didn't realize he was a winner until he was reading KSDK.com the next day. The website stated that the winning ticket had been sold at Telegraph Liquors, 5661 Telegraph Road, in St. Louis. Since he bought his tickets there, he gave them a call.

"So, I called them up and asked him if he had any idea of who it was," he recalled. "He said, 'Well, did you win it?'"

Henson replied negatively, but after checking his numbers, he realized he was, in fact, a millionaire.

"It was pretty jaw-dropping," he said.

Henson said the money would be used to pay for his upcoming wedding, fund college accounts for their children and to purchase a new home. He said they would both keep working.

"It's just a little cushion," he declared.

He was not upset about missing the big jackpot by one number, stating "winning is winning."

"You've got to play to win," he added.

Asheville couple comes forward to claim $1 million Powerball prize
An Asheville couple who won $1 million in the May 11 Powerball drawing has claimed their prize money. Ron and Regina Phelps, who are both nurses, presented the winning ticket at lottery headquarters on Tuesday. It matched all five white balls drawn, but not the red Powerball, beating odds of 1 in 5.1 million.

Regina made the lucky purchase at the Ingles Market on New Leicester Highway in Asheville on the day of the drawing. The next morning, Regina saw her Powerball ticket clipped to the calendar on the refrigerator door.

"I thought, 'Oh, I should check that ticket,'" recalled Regina. "I saw the numbers matching: 6, 13, 19, 23, 43. And I said 'Oh my God.' That's when I tried to call Ron."

She got his voicemail. Although Regina knew she had won $1 million, her message to him was phrased delicately.

"I think something good has happened," she said. In the interest of making that good thing last, the couple met with a financial planner last week. After state and federal taxes were withheld, they received a check for $680,000.

Ron and Regina have more than 60 combined years of experience in the medical field. After all that time providing care, Regina said winning the lottery gives them options.

"It means we can actually think about retirement in a more positive way," she said. The couple added that they would enjoy their good fortune with their two adult children and grandchild.

Phoenix Nurse Claims $1 Million Powerball® Second Prize Winning Ticket
The Arizona Lottery announces that the winner of the $1 million Powerball second prize from the drawing on May 11 has come forward. This is the 22nd $1 million Powerball second prize winning ticket sold in Arizona since $2 Powerball launched in January 2012 and one of three second prize winning tickets sold during the record-breaking $590.5 million Powerball jackpot run.

Krista Crawley, a registered nurse from Phoenix, purchased her winning ticket from the QuikTrip located at 2450 E. Union Hills Drive in Phoenix. Crawley discovered she was a winner on Mother's Day, but waited to speak to a financial advisor to get "all her ducks in a row" before claiming the prize on Monday, May 20.

Crawley said her win didn't seem real to her until she actually saw the check. She is planning to go on a family vacation and invest the rest of her winnings.

24 Co-Workers Share $2 MILLION Powerball® Prize
A group of 24 co-workers at a retail store in North Carolina is sharing a $2 million Powerball® prize won in Saturday night's record-setting $590 million drawing.

After taxes, that's about $56,000 each.

The group pooled their money and bought a total of 80 Powerball® tickets from the K Won Mart on Hwy. 160 W. in Fort Mill. Why did they play in South Carolina?

"We thought there wasn't a tax in South Carolina," laughed one of the winner's realizing their mistake.

The clerk talked the group's buyer into spending the extra $1 for PowerPlay®. They are thankful she complied. Spending the extra $1 increased their would be $1 million prize to $2 million.

The group learned Sunday at work that they had won. One member fell to the floor, others thought they were going to faint, but most were hugging after beating the 1 in 5 million plus odds to match the first five white ball numbers drawn on Saturday, May 18 (10, 13, 14, 22, and 52, PB: 11).

"There was genuine happiness, even from those that didn't play," said one of the winners.

Group members are planning to get braces for their kids, pay bills, take vacations, buy homes and invest.

"My wife still doesn't believe me," said one of the 24.

K Won Mart received a commission of $20,000 for selling the claimed ticket.

Spontaneous purchase wins big!
Kristen Martin purchased her winning Powerball ticket on a whim. Not one to typically purchase Michigan Lottery tickets, Martin had to enlist the help of the clerks at Goldsworthy's Inc. to fully understand the rules.

After her purchase, Martin set the five tickets aside and forgot about them until the next day.

When Martin told her husband of a dream that she had four winning numbers he reminded her that she had to actually play to win. That is when she revealed that she had bought a few Powerball tickets. She soon found out that a winning Powerball ticket had been sold in Blanchard. As the town rumored over the identity of the lucky winner, Ms. Martin spent the day wondering if it was her.

It wasn't until later on Thursday evening that Martin received a call from her 19-year-old daughter, who checked her mother's tickets, telling her that she was the lucky Blanchard winner. Martin had indeed won the $1million match 5 prize in the Powerball drawing.

Martin is going to be conscientious with her new funds, planning responsible choices like paying off bills, and maybe even springing for a new car.

Martin's winning ticket was purchased from Goldsworthy's Inc. located at 6993 W Blanchard in Blanchard.

Sioux Falls Group Claims $1 Million Powerball Prize
A group of 28 co-workers from a Sioux Falls, SD beer distributing company have claimed their $1 million prize from the May 15, 2013 Powerball drawing.

The "Beal 28", comprised of employees from the sales, office and warehouse divisions of Beal Distributing, brought their winning ticket into the Sioux Falls Lottery office this morning. The ticket, one of $140 worth purchased at three lottery retailers for last night's $360 million Powerball drawing, came from Lewis Drug Westgate on 12th and Kiwanis in Sioux Falls. The store will receive a $20,000 bonus for selling the winning ticket.

The group had two winning play lines on the same ticket; one line matched five of five white ball numbers but not the Powerball to win $1 million while another line matched three of five white ball numbers but not the Powerball for an additional $7. The odds of winning $1 million playing Powerball are 1:5,153,633.

Greg McCloskey of Sioux Falls, who claimed the prize on behalf of the "Beal 28", says the group usually begins to pool their money when the jackpot reaches a certain level.

"When the jackpot hits about $200 million, I walk through the office and see who wants to throw in $5 into the pool for tickets. We've been doing it for about two or three years. This is by far the most we've ever won," McCloskey said.

Another member of the group, Natalie Watson of Sioux Falls, is in charge of purchasing the tickets and making sure everyone who contributed to the pool has a copy. It was Watson who discovered the "Beal 28" were winners.

"I got out the tickets when I got to work this morning and started checking the numbers on-line. I saw we matched five of five and I said I've got to get somebody else to look at these, too, so I did. Nobody believed we won. Most everyone in the pool was already at work so I just went around and started telling them," said Watson.

Each member of the "Beal 28" will receive about $26,785 after taxes, and many are still deciding what to do with their unexpected winnings.

Loganville man claims $1M Powerball prize
Lee Pietrobon of Loganville is celebrating a $1 million Powerball prize from the Georgia Lottery. Pietrobon matched the first five numbers from the May 15 Powerball drawing, winning $1 million.

Pietrobon, 78, used his own combination and purchased his lucky numbers at Publix Super Market #0789, 2715 Loganville Highway S.W. in Loganville.

A second winning ticket worth $1 million from Wednesday's Powerball drawing was sold at QuikTrip #713R, 1350 S. Cobb Drive S.E. in Marietta. A winner has not yet come forward to claim the prize. Powerball winners in Georgia have 180 days from the draw date to claim prizes.

"I picked the No. 2 because we're a couple – me and my wife – and our birthdays are in there," the grandfather of four said. "By golly, we lucked out!"

"I wrote the numbers down last night and looked over them this morning," Pietrobon said. "I couldn't believe what I was seeing."

He and his wife, Pat, have no plans at the moment for their windfall.

Hospital housekeeper wins $1 million playing Powerball
Paula Lampkins of Winston-Salem stepped forward on Tuesday to collect her $1 million Powerball prize. She had one of two tickets sold in North Carolina that were just one red Powerball away from hitting the jackpot on Saturday night.

Lampkins checked the lottery's website early Sunday morning to check the winning numbers from the night before. As the numbers on-screen kept matching those on her ticket, Lampkins knew she had won something. She looked up the prize for matching all five white balls.

"I saw the little comma after the '1' and I said, 'Oh my God, I think I won $1 million,'" Lampkins recalled.

Lampkins, a hospital housekeeper, said winning the lottery means she will no longer need to live with a roommate.

"The first thing I want to do is get a house," she said. "And help my roommate, because she was there for me."

Lampkins, a native of Winston-Salem, said she would share some of her after-tax winnings of $680,000 with her nine brothers and sisters and two adult children. She purchased her winning ticket at Sheetz #411 located N.C. 150 North in Winston-Salem.

Mississippi Woman Claims $1 Million Powerball Prize
Reality was still sinking in for Samantha Netterville after she claimed a $1 million Powerball prize from the May 11 drawing. A frequent Louisiana Lottery player, the 29-year-old resident of Woodville, Miss. visited Lottery headquarters in Baton Rouge Monday just hours after learning she held a winning ticket.

"I took it to the store this morning to have it checked and the clerk said, 'You've got a winner here—better head to Baton Rouge!'" said Netterville. As her boyfriend drove her to the Lottery office, Netterville phoned friends and family, who helped her determine how much she had won. "At first I thought it was $10,000, and I was excited," she explained. "Then I found out it was $1 million and I was really excited!"

Netterville, who works in St. Francisville, said she will likely spend part of her winnings on a particular car she has eyed for some time, but also plans to put most of the money into savings.

Netterville received $700,000 after state and federal taxes were withheld.

Netterville purchased her winning ticket at State Line Food Mart in St. Francisville. The store will receive a bonus of $10,000 for selling the winning ticket.