‘She doesn’t believe it.’ Powerball player takes photo proof of win for wife
When a Powerball player told his wife about his big win in Maryland, she thought he was making things up, lottery officials said.
“She doesn’t believe it,” the man from Adelphi told Maryland Lottery officials, according to a July 31 news release.
Now, he hopes a photo of him holding a novelty check will be enough to prove the win to her, lottery officials said.
The lucky player won a prize worth $150,000 in the June 21 Powerball drawing after choosing a ticket because it had his lucky number, the lottery said.
“I usually go with my own numbers, but I liked this quick pick because it had a 24,” he told lottery officials. “I said, ‘let’s go for it!’”
The winning numbers in the June 21 drawing were 3, 16, 32, 52 and 62, according to the game’s web page. The Powerball was 24.
The winner matched four of the first five balls drawn plus the Powerball for a prize of $50,000, and a Power Play option tripled it, lottery officials said.
He bought his winning ticket at a 7-Eleven in Riverdale, about a 5-mile drive northeast from Washington, D.C.
He told lottery officials he also plans to use the winnings to take his wife to a celebratory dinner.
The next Powerball drawing is Aug. 2, and the estimated jackpot as of July 31 is $410 million.
What to know about Powerball
The odds of scoring the jackpot prize are 1 in 292,201,338.
Tickets can be bought on the day of the drawing, but sales times and price vary by state.
Drawings are broadcast Saturdays, Mondays and Wednesdays at 10:59 p.m. ET and can be streamed online.
Powerball is played in 45 states, Washington, D.C., Puerto Rico and the U.S. Virgin Islands.
This story was originally published July 31, 2025 at 5:16 PM with the headline "‘She doesn’t believe it.’ Powerball player takes photo proof of win for wife."
