The Wonton factory (top left) where the lucky fortune cookies were made.
How's this for luck? A fortune cookie message fluked the correct numbers to a Powerball game, and 110 second-prize winners got $176,000 each. A further 89 players won $100,000 each in the same game.
Lottery officials suspected foul play. But it turned out that the cookies…
Read MoreIt is the natural combination of a lot of money and the need for exotic transport that makes many lottery winners go overboard when they select their cars. Some of the cars lotto winners chose will surprise you. Take a look at these photos:
Read MoreBrad Duke in 2005 with his oversize check. After taxes the prize amounted to $126 million.
It was one of the most unusual wishlists in lottery. After Brad Duke of Star won the lottery in 2005, he set a goal of turning his $220 million Powerball winnings into $1 billion in 15 years.
It was originally 3 years. So what changed, and how far has he got up to now?
Read MoreDo you prefer the instant appeal of scratchies like the couple above... or are you happy to wait it out for the lottery to draw?
You'll be surprised to know the game you prefer often reveals your personality.
Answer these 5 quick questions to find out about your lottery personality:
Read MoreHoosier Lottery winners Larry and Connie Miller show that big jackpots can come from small state lottery games.
Most people are playing the wrong lottery game and don't know it.
Read MoreAs you win larger lottery jackpots - like Maureen Smith and David Kaltschmidt's third share of the Powerball's $1.5 billion jackpot above - something extraordinary happens.
Read MoreIt's Saturday night and millions of players sit down in front of their screens to watch the draw.
A large Powerball draw takes a few minutes and doesn't seem to involve much work. But the reality is a different story...
Read MoreIt's official. The lottery winner who wants to remain anonymous will shortly be allowed to start collecting some of her $559.7 Million US Powerball jackpot.
But the New Hampshire woman - who won the Jan 6, 2018, draw - still has to wait for...
Read MoreMoney does strange things to people. But in this case it's acceptable to move house when you suddenly come into a fortune - especially when it is a one third of a $1.6 BILLION Powerball jackpot. Lottery officials revealed that Southern California couple Marvin and Mae Acosta were the winners, but they were nowhere to be seen when the news cams came a-calling. The Acostas' winning ticket is the largest in California history. Wise moving move guys!
There's quite a stir about Bitcoin these days. Investors like the Winklevoss twins - the first Bitcoin Billionaires - are making massive profits.
Or so they say. Although they might forget - this is on paper only. They still have to cash up, and to do that they need willing buyers.
Read MoreIn an astonishing interview, the new winner of the South African Powerball says he won't be telling his family about the win.
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Brad Duke displays his winning ticket for the 2005 Powerball $220 million jackpot.
Winner Brad Duke was different to other lottery winners. Soon after his win he optimistically set a goal to multiply it into $1 billion. Has he made it, 12 years later? See the latest information we have on his plans here:
Update: $220M Powerball Jackpot Winner Brad Duke Talks About Growing His Win To $1 Billion
Wise advice to all giant jackpot winning players, skedaddle! And that's what this Californian couple did after winning a third share in the largest US Powerball jackpot ever of $1.5 billion. Inside Edition tried to find out more about the mysterious couple who were identified by name, but have never been found.
The winning California ticket was purchased at a 7-Eleven, lottery officials said, at 4092 Chino Hills Parkway. That store will receive about $1 million for selling the winning ticket.
Kathy Scruggs collects her $25 million Powerball jackpot winnings at the Georgia Lottery headquarters.
A mix-up at the lottery store saw Kathy Scruggs, 44, walk away with $25 million.
She originally wanted to buy a Mega Millions ticket, but the clerk made a mistake and gave her a Powerball one instead.
"If you're not disciplined, you will go broke. I don't care how much money you have." That's the opinion of a Powerball winner who spoke from real experience.
Sandra Hayes (pictured above) won a $224 million Powerball jackpot with a dozen co-workers in 2006, collecting a lump sum of over $6 millon.
The Stocklas brothers both bought tickets at the same time while on holiday in Florida, but the wins turned out quite differently.
After a month-long fishing vacation in the Florida Keys, James Stocklas and his brother Bob decided to buy some lottery tickets on their way home.
Then Senior District Judge James Stocklas, 67, discovered he and two others had won the $291million jackpot.
This is the last time William and Heather ten Broeke were seen in public after their $246 Million Powerball win.
It was a gentle reminder from his wife that caused William ten Broeke to buy the Powerball ticket that changed their lives.
William and Heather were grocery shopping when she reminded her husband to buy a Powerball ticket for the Sept. 17 drawing.
Flames engulf the Whittaker home as firefighters battle the Rocky Gap blaze.
One of the world's biggest early Powerball lottery winners is facing disaster after his West Virginia home burnt down yesterday.
Jack Whittaker won US$314.9 million in the 2002 Powerball multi-state lottery. At the time it was the largest jackpot ever won by a single winning ticket in the history of American lottery.
Read MoreCalifornia Lottery officials presented 7-Eleven owner Balbir Atwal with a $1million check, just for being the lucky place where one of the Powerball winners purchased her ticket…
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Members of the 'Tennessee 20' Powerball jackpot group with Rebecca Hargrove (center), President and CEO of the Tennessee Education Lottery.
The factory boss asked his staff - 20 new multi-millionaire Powerball winners - if they would be quitting straight away.
The group, named the Tennessee 20 by lottery syndicate leader Amy O'neal's son, work together at the North American Stamping Group in Portland.
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