Overview

• Carrie Edwards of Midlothian, Virginia, asked ChatGPT for number suggestions before buying an online Powerball ticket for the September 8 drawing.
• Her ticket matched four of the first five numbers plus the Powerball for $50,000, which increased to $150,000 with the $1 Power Play.
• She initially suspected a scam when a phone alert urged her to collect winnings, then verified the prize in her Virginia Lottery account.
• Edwards accepted the check from Virginia Lottery Executive Director Khalid Jones and immediately pledged the entire amount to charity.
• The donations will go to the Association for Frontotemporal Degeneration, Shalom Farms, and the Navy‑Marine Corps Relief Society.