The Powerball jackpot rose to $127 million for the Wednesday, Sept. 24, drawing after no one took home the top prize on Monday, Sept. 22.

The player, who wanted to go by "Rex," said he used the same numbers from an old, tucked-away Powerball ticket, winning him $1 million in the Sept. 3 drawing.

While the third time is known to be the charm, things were a little different for a lucky Illinois Lottery payer who won big using a collection of numbers that didn’t work out too well in a previous ...