Daughter dances while mom feels ‘ill from the excitement’ after big Powerball win
As a Maryland mother read a message telling her she was a Powerball winner, she couldn’t believe her luck, lottery officials said.
The Silver Spring woman, who “became ill from the excitement,” had to call her daughter to verify her win, the Maryland Lottery said in a Dec. 19 news release.
“It said I was a $50,000 winner,” the woman told lottery officials. “I couldn’t breathe.”
After confirming the win, her daughter danced with excitement; however, she had a different reaction, lottery officials said.
“She was stressing over it and was really making herself sick,” the woman’s daughter told the lottery.
She was so worked up, she had to have her daughter schedule the appointment to claim her winnings, the release said.
The mother-daughter duo went together to claim the prize, lottery officials said. They plan to use the winnings to pay bills.
The woman was one of 10 $50,000 winners in the Dec. 2 drawing, according to the Powerball website. One person won $1 million, five people won $100,000, but no one won the estimated jackpot of $225 million.
The Powerball jackpot was last won Dec. 7 at an estimated $256 million, records show. The estimated jackpot as of Dec. 19 is $88 million.
What to know about Powerball
To score the jackpot in the Powerball, a player must match all five white balls and the red 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 December 19, 2024 at 5:42 PM with the headline "Daughter dances while mom feels ‘ill from the excitement’ after big Powerball win."
