Mega Millions winner who got ticket from Publix in Newnan, Georgia, took cash. Who won $1.817 billion Christmas Eve Powerball in Arkansas?

A Powerball ticket came just one number short of the historic jackpot but still secured a large prize. There was one Powerball drawing during the holiday period that made everyone so excited. One of the participants came so close to claiming the massive $1.8 billion prize money.

The Gaston County Powerball player who won $2 million has been identified as Pegi Campbell of Cramerton and she has an unusual plan for her money, according to the North Carolina Education Lottery.

A Powerball player in Virginia missed out on the colossal $1.817 billion jackpot by just one number, but still walked away with a modest $100,000 payout.

In addition to her winnings, Wednesday’s Powerball jackpot stands at $105 million annuity or approximately $47.4 million in cash, with odds of winning set at 1 in 292 million. “I will make sure it gets used for good,” Campbell said, expressing her plans to contribute to local charities.

A simple and unplanned choice changed a woman’s life in North Carolina. A normal trip to the grocery store ended with her winning $2 million in Powerball. She said she did not plan to buy a lottery ticket that day. The winner is Pegi Campbell, who lives in Cramerton. She went to the Food Lion store on South New Hope Road in Gastonia to shop.

A Powerball lottery ticket worth $50,000 was purchased at a gas station along the Jersey Shore for Monday’s drawing. The winning ticket was sold at the Shell station on Main Street in Bradley Beach, Monmouth County, according to the New Jersey Lottery. It matched four numbers plus the Powerball.

A Powerball ticket sold in Western Washington missed the jackpot but still won big, according to lottery officials. The Powerball player matched four white balls and the red Powerball to win $50,000 in the drawing on Saturday, Jan. 3, according to a ...