Iowa Lottery posts wrong Powerball numbers — but mistaken winners can keep winnings

Lucky losers!

The Iowa Lottery accidentally published the wrong winning numbers earlier this week and some Powerball losers fortuitously ended up as winners. 

The blunder occurred after Monday night’s Powerball draw when an unspecified "human reporting error" resulted in the incorrect numbers being published on the Iowa Lottery’s website. 

The wrong numbers were posted at 12:30 a.m. Tuesday morning and stayed live on the site until about 7:15 a.m., officials said via a press release.