JACKSON, Miss. (WJTV) – While no ticket matched all six numbers to claim the Powerball jackpot on Wednesday, two Mississippi Lottery players are celebrating wins totaling $150,000. One winning ticket was purchased at Tobacco Warehouse 41 in Kosciusko and matched four of the five white balls plus the Powerball,

The odds of winning the lottery are low, but some states hit the jackpot more than others. Here are the luckiest states to play the lottery.

There were eight winning Florida Lotto tickets sold in 2025. The largest jackpot was $43 million in the Jan. 15, 2025, drawing. The ticket was sold at a Tom Thumb in Destin. The winner selected the cash option, taking home $22,783,077.

He watched the numbers. He followed the pattern. Then everything clicked. A Danbury man who calls himself a “numbers guy” scored the $2 million top prize in the CT Lottery’s “$2,000,000 Jackpot” scratch game.

Vincenzo Spagnolo received quite the thrilling Christmas gift this past December. In fact, it was a life-changing present in the form of a $1 million lottery win for the 69-year-old Mississauga man who’d been hoping his lucky numbers would turn up for some four decades.

A Frankfort, Ky. man said he dreamed he would win the lottery and ended up claiming a $2 million Mega Millions prize from the Dec. 26, 2025, drawing.

The mom of one said she's been playing Instant games with the Ontario Lottery and Gaming Corporation since she was old enough to buy a ticket.