A North Carolina man revealed he almost talked himself out of buying the lottery ticket that wound up earning him a $150,000 Powerball prize.

Bolstered by a Powerball jackpot that reached $1.8 billion and a lottery player won with a ticket purchased in Cabot, the Arkansas Scholarship Lottery raised $12 million for college scholarships in December -- up from $10 million in December 2024.

A "last minute" decision to buy a Powerball ticket online paid off big for a Union County man, after he opted to add on the multiplier, according to the North Carolina Education Lottery. That meant Stanley Thompson's $50,

Two Arizona lottery players got lucky after buying winning Powerball tickets. Find out more, including where the tickets were sold.