Educators Played the Same Powerball Numbers for Years, Then Hid a $1M Winning Ticket in a Math Book

LOUISVILLE, Ky.—A group of employees and teachers from a Kentucky middle school who bought a $1 million Powerball winning ticket tucked it in a math textbook for safekeeping before claiming the prize this week. The group of 30 educators, some retired, met at Rector A. Jones Middle School in northern Kentucky near Cincinnati and have been playing the Powerball together for eight years. They call themselves the “Jones 30,” and the members include counselors, administrators, teachers and some retirees from the school, according to a media release from the state lottery. They’ve been playing the same Powerball numbers since 2019, when they drew them randomly from a hat....