Powerball grows to highest jackpot of the year
The total is also the eighth-largest Powerball jackpot in the game's history.
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The total is also the eighth-largest Powerball jackpot in the game's history.
A single winning ticket was sold for Powerball's Christmas Eve jackpot of $1.817 billion, in Arkansas. It was the second-largest U.S. lottery jackpot ever won.
Here are the top 20 largest Powerball and Mega Millions jackpots, and the odds of winning them.
The Powerball jackpot grew to an estimated $1.6 billion after no tickets matched all six winning numbers at Saturday night's drawing. It's the fifth-largest prize among U.S. lottery jackpots.
The Powerball jackpot leaped to an estimated $1.5 billion after no one won Wednesday night's pot of gold of approximately $1.25 billion.
The $1 billion jackpot is the seventh-largest in the game's history.
Saturday's jackpot had an total cash value of $820.6 million, Powerball said.
Lottery spending is growing. Residents in these states spend the most on lottery tickets, data shows.
The Powerball jackpot was the second-largest in U.S. lottery history. Here's a look at some numbers behind the game.
Saturday's Powerball jackpot would be the second-biggest in U.S. lottery history, only trailing the world-record $2.04 billion grand prize won in 2022.
Saturday's Powerball jackpot has an estimated cash value of $453.1 million.
The Powerball jackpot is now an estimated $750 million for Monday night's drawing, making it the 10th-largest jackpot in Powerball game history.
Mega Millions has rolled out several changes, including new ticket prices, jackpots and an increase in the odds of winning.
No Mega Millions player won the $1 billion Christmas Eve jackpot, so the grand prize for Friday night's drawing will be an estimated $1.15 billion.
Saturday night's jackpot was delayed due to one participating lottery needing additional time to complete pre-draw procedures.
Powerball's next jackpot will be at least an estimated $1.23 billion after no tickets matched the numbers needed to win Wednesday night's grand prize of roughly $1.09 billion.
No one has won Powerball's top prize since New Year's Day.
Choosing random numbers increases your chances of not having to split the prize money should you win.
The estimated jackpot for Wednesday night's drawing is the second-largest in Powerball history.
One winning ticket was sold in Florida for the Mega Millions jackpot — the third largest in U.S. lottery history.
The pot of gold soared after no winning tickets were sold for Tuesday night's estimated $1.1 billion grand prize.
The odds of winning the Mega Millions jackpot are approximately one in 302.58 million.
The winning Powerball ticket was purchased in Los Angeles. The grand prize was the third largest in the game's history since it started in 1992.
It would be the third-largest jackpot in the game's history and seventh-highest in U.S. lottery history.
The last time somebody won the Powerball jackpot was back on April 19, when a ticket purchased in Ohio matched all six numbers to bring home a $252.6 million prize.
Aurora students in the Cherry Creek School District don't start school for about nine more days, but Thursday was day one for all the new teachers embarking on their teaching journey.
One person was killed and a police officer was injured in a shooting at a gas station in Golden on Saturday morning.
Colorado Parks and Wildlife is warning visitors to avoid contact with the water at a state park in southeast Colorado due to blue-green algae.
Colorado is heading into another dangerous stretch of summer heat, with temperatures soaring toward 100 degrees this weekend and elevated fire weather concerns across the mountains.
Jorge Messi served as his son's agent and accompanied him to Europe when he signed with Barcelona as a teenager.
Aurora students in the Cherry Creek School District don't start school for about nine more days, but Thursday was day one for all the new teachers embarking on their teaching journey.
One person was killed and a police officer was injured in a shooting at a gas station in Golden on Saturday morning.
Colorado Parks and Wildlife is warning visitors to avoid contact with the water at a state park in southeast Colorado due to blue-green algae.
Colorado is heading into another dangerous stretch of summer heat, with temperatures soaring toward 100 degrees this weekend and elevated fire weather concerns across the mountains.
U.S. Homeland Security Secretary Markwayne Mullin visited Colorado's Supermax prison, the U.S. Olympic & Paralympic Training Center and Immigration and Customs Enforcement offices in southern Colorado before holding a private meeting with U.S. Rep. Gabe Evans and Hispanic faith leaders.
Aurora students in the Cherry Creek School District don't start school for about nine more days, but Thursday was day one for all the new teachers embarking on their teaching journey.
Denver Broncos Coach Sean Payton presented Drew Brees into the Pro Football Hall of Fame on Saturday.
The Denver Police Department says they have found the Cadillac Escalade believed to have been involved in a hit-and-run that seriously injured a bicyclist.
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U.S. Homeland Security Secretary Markwayne Mullin visited Colorado's Supermax prison, the U.S. Olympic & Paralympic Training Center and Immigration and Customs Enforcement offices in southern Colorado before holding a private meeting with U.S. Rep. Gabe Evans and Hispanic faith leaders.
Jorge Messi served as his son's agent and accompanied him to Europe when he signed with Barcelona as a teenager.
The kickoff time for the Denver Summit FC game on Saturday has been moved due to high temperatures forecast for this weekend.
It's no secret youth sports are changing. These days, more kids are specializing in one sport at younger ages, as opposed to playing multiple sports into adolescence.
Nearly a year after identifying Burnham Yard as the preferred site for a new stadium, the Broncos say they're still on track to open a new home in 2031.
Colorado State University has signed a new multi-year partnership with adidas, making the sportswear company the official footwear, uniform, apparel and sideline partner for Rams athletics.
Jorge Messi served as his son's agent and accompanied him to Europe when he signed with Barcelona as a teenager.
The total is also the eighth-largest Powerball jackpot in the game's history.
In a narrow 50-49 vote, President Trump's former defense lawyer was confirmed as attorney general in a vote early Saturday.
The Federal Aviation Administration confirmed that the helicopter crashed in Richfield, which is about 160 miles south of Salt Lake City.
A sudden slump in hiring has dramatically changed the outlook for the Federal Reserve's September interest rate decision.
In a narrow 50-49 vote, President Trump's former defense lawyer was confirmed as attorney general in a vote early Saturday.
A federal appeals court said the White House lacks the authority to unilaterally construct the 90,000-square-foot ballroom. President Trump said the administration will appeal to the Supreme Court.
A federal appeals court is set to consider President Trump's effort to fire two immigration judges this fall, a case that could have significant implications for federal workers.
Former CNN anchor Don Lemon's attorneys wrote that Trump's animosity toward Lemon "is well documented, stretching back over a decade."
The Pentagon on Friday released a new batch of documents and images related to UFOs, the fifth disclosure in recent months about the strange encounters.
Social workers at the Barbara Davis Center attend to all the needs created by having an expensive, chronic illness.
A Minnesota woman says she fainted, spiked a 102-degree fever, and was hospitalized with sepsis three days after eating a chicken burrito bowl at a Chipotle in Roseville, and genetic testing connected her case to a multistate outbreak, according to a lawsuit filed Tuesday.
Thursday's vote to hold Dr. Anthony Fauci in contempt of Congress follows years of tension with GOP Sen. Rand Paul, hinging on the origins of the coronavirus and a controversial type of research.
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration has approved a new seasonal flu vaccine from Moderna that uses mRNA technology, the drugmaker announced.
At least 345 people — the majority in Colorado and Minnesota — have been sickened by a salmonella outbreak, according to the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
Heat pumps cool and heat indoor spaces, and the Denver Regional Council of Governments recently received a grant from the Environmental Protection Agency to promote their use.
A sudden slump in hiring has dramatically changed the outlook for the Federal Reserve's September interest rate decision.
The typical American's paycheck has grown faster since 2019 than in any stretch since the early 1980s. But prices climbed nearly as fast, swallowing about 80% of the wage increase.
Friday's jobs report showed employers shed jobs last month, rather than adding 95,000 new hires that had been forecast by economists.
A Transportation Department proposal could obscure the cost of a plane ticket, aviation experts warn. Here's what to know.
U.S. Homeland Security Secretary Markwayne Mullin visited Colorado's Supermax prison, the U.S. Olympic & Paralympic Training Center and Immigration and Customs Enforcement offices in southern Colorado before holding a private meeting with U.S. Rep. Gabe Evans and Hispanic faith leaders.
An accident that sent two passengers tumbling from a chairlift at Vail was caused by components that were improperly installed when the lift was built nearly two decades ago, according to a state investigation.
For the first time, court photos show the inside of a Commerce City home where authorities found three children, 31 dogs, two cats and two guinea pigs living last fall.
A series of sports photos have become treasured memories for a grieving community.
Nearly three out of every four written comments submitted to the Colorado Department of Transportation during the early public review of its proposed Bus Rapid Transit project on Colorado Boulevard oppose the idea.