Overview

• Carrie Edwards of Midlothian matched four numbers plus the Powerball in the September 8 Virginia drawing after asking ChatGPT to suggest picks.
• Her $50,000 prize rose to $150,000 because she had added the $1 Power Play multiplier to her online ticket.
• Edwards said she told the chatbot to “talk to me” for numbers, noting she was playing online for the first time.
• She is splitting the money among the Association for Frontotemporal Degeneration, Shalom Farms, and the Navy–Marine Corps Relief Society.
• Edwards initially suspected the prize alert was a scam, then later accepted the winnings and announced she would give the entire amount away.