In November 2022, Edwin Castro of Altadena, California, became the largest lottery winner in US history for his record $2.04 billion Powerball win.

ASHLAND, Ohio — We have a big lottery winner in Northeast Ohio who just hit one of the top prizes in the Lucky For Life drawing on Monday, Nov. 3, 2025. Having won the second-tier prize, Ohio Lottery officials say the winner gets $25,000 a year for life or the option to take a one-time payment of $390,000.

Two winners hit all five numbers in the daily Mass Cash drawing, while another scored big on a scratch ticket game.

After taxes, the dad brought home a whopping $364,375, officials said. The dad “still can’t believe he won,” so he hasn’t yet decided how to spend his winnings, lottery officials said. Dover is about an 80-mile drive southeast from Cleveland.

Stedman resident William Cox was playing his favorite digital instant game on Oct. 24, when he put $5 toward the jackpot, according to an Oct. 30 news release from the NC Education Lottery. The game is called The Lamp: Dark Arts, and Cox played into the “Cadabra” jackpot, according to the release.

Someone in Massachusetts claimed the first $1 million lottery prize in this $5 scratch ticket game on Wednesday.

A Maryland man who randomly had a set of numbers pop into his head while he was mowing a neighbor's lawn ended up using them to win a $150,000 lottery prize.

Big lottery wins around the U.S. include a lucky lottery ticketholder in California who won a $1.27 billion Mega Millions jackpot in December 2024. See more big winners here. And if you do end up cashing a jackpot, here’s what experts say to do first.