A Michigan woman has credited artificial intelligence after winning a $100,000 Powerball prize with numbers generated by ChatGPT. Tammy Carvey, 45, said she decided to buy a ticket when the jackpot exceeded $1 billion in early September, and instead of choosing her own numbers, she asked the AI chatbot for a set of Powerball numbers.
Carvey purchased her ticket through the Michigan Lottery website and matched four white balls plus the Powerball. She initially believed she had won $50,000, but later discovered she had added the Power Play option, doubling her prize to $100,000. She described the moment as 'total disbelief' for her and her husband. The winnings will go towards paying off her home and saving the rest.
In other lottery news, Nora Huntley, a convenience store worker from Polkton, North Carolina, won $200,000 on a $5 5 Times Lucky scratch-off ticket bought during her break at the Marathon Food Center. The grandmother of 15 said she initially thought she had won $20, and was 'stunned' to realise the true amount.
Meanwhile, an anonymous man in Kendall County, Illinois, won $550,000 in last month's Lucky Day Lotto drawing after matching all five numbers. He recalled waking his wife to share the news, saying she began hyperventilating and he nearly called 911. The couple plan to take a dream trip to Hawaii this winter and put the rest towards retirement.
