Florida Lottery has released the name of the individual who purchased a $1 million ticket during the big Powerball drawing Jan. 13. Robert Hill of Destin bought the ticket at the Big Boss store at the intersection of Harbor Boulevard and Beach Drive.

Lottery mania has been sweeping the nation as Powerball winnings exceeded $1 billion for the first time. For highly skilled foreign nationals and the employers who desire to employ them, a different kind of lottery mania is mounting in advance of April 1, 2016, when the H-1B visa filing window opens for fiscal year 2017.

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“HUNDREDS” of claims have already been lodged for Worcester’s 33 million jackpot as the hunt goes on to find the elusive lottery winner. We have already revealed how Susanne Hint, a 48-year-old grandmother from Warndon, Worcester, has lodged a claim for the jackpot after buying a ticket at Ambleside News.

“HUNDREDS” of claims have already been lodged for Worcester’s 33 million jackpot as the hunt goes on to find the elusive lottery winner. We have already revealed how Susanne Hint, a 48-year-old grandmother from Warndon, Worcester, has lodged a claim for the jackpot after buying a ticket at Ambleside News.

For the latest on Michigan Lottery, check out MLive.com’s lottery page for Daily 3, Daily 4, Poker Lotto, Keno, Mega Millions, Powerball, Lucky for Life winning numbers and more. For the next seven drawings, less than 10 percent of the possible combinations were played as the jackpot increased from $127 million to $255 million.

For the latest on Michigan Lottery, check out MLive.com’s lottery page for Daily 3, Daily 4, Poker Lotto, Keno, Mega Millions, Powerball, Lucky for Life winning numbers and more. For the next seven drawings, less than 10 percent of the possible combinations were played as the jackpot increased from $127 million to $255 million.

A purchaser displays Mega Millions and Powerball tickets bought at a Plaid Pantry in Janzten Beach. © 2015 Oregon Live LLC. All rights reserved .

A purchaser displays Mega Millions and Powerball tickets bought at a Plaid Pantry in Janzten Beach. © 2015 Oregon Live LLC. All rights reserved .

It wasn’t last week’s record-breaking Powerball jackpot, but the North Texas winner of Saturday night’s Lotto Texas drawing surely isn’t complaining. Winning Lotto Texas ticket sold in Bedford It wasn’t last week’s record-breaking Powerball jackpot, but the North Texas winner of Saturday night’s Lotto Texas drawing surely isn’t complaining.

It wasn’t last week’s record-breaking Powerball jackpot, but the North Texas winner of Saturday night’s Lotto Texas drawing surely isn’t complaining. Winning Lotto Texas ticket sold in Bedford It wasn’t last week’s record-breaking Powerball jackpot, but the North Texas winner of Saturday night’s Lotto Texas drawing surely isn’t complaining.

The nationwide Powerball lottery found winners of the purported $1.5 billion pot last week. The three winners got about $330 million each, which is the most money anyone has gotten for doing nothing.

The nationwide Powerball lottery found winners of the purported $1.5 billion pot last week. The three winners got about $330 million each, which is the most money anyone has gotten for doing nothing.

Winning numbers drawn in ‘Pick 4 Midday’ game

Winning numbers drawn in ‘Pick 4 Midday’ game

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We have already reported how a mum from Worcester believes she could have hit the jackpot but now faces an anxious wait after she put the ticket through the wash by mistake. The woman, who bought her ticket at Ambleside News in Ambleside Drive, Warndon, told Natu Patel, the shop’s manager, that the ticket was damaged after being left in a pair of jeans and put through the wash.

It is a natural human instinct to want to be a winner. Being a lottery winner helps one not only become enormously wealthy and feel uniquely blessed as a “special individual,” it also leads one to experiencing drastic financial and psychological transformations not familiar to most people.