Top Ten Highest US Lottery Jackpots
The Powerball jackpot for Saturday night's drawing is expected to be at least $800 million. While that's the largest U.S. lottery jackpot ever, lotteries elsewhere in the world can be far bigger.
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The Powerball jackpot for Saturday night's drawing is expected to be at least $800 million. While that's the largest U.S. lottery jackpot ever, lotteries elsewhere in the world can be far bigger.
The record-breaking $800 million Powerball jackpot is the stuff of dreams, but it all boils down to math.
The Powerball jackpot has climbed to $500 million - one of the largest in the game's history.
There was no grand prize winner of Saturday's Powerball drawing worth $334 million. Since then, the top prize has grown to $450 million and will be drawn on Wednesday night.
When he found a $20 bill on the street outside San Francisco International Airport last week, he used it to buy two scratch-off tickets at a market in Millbrae.
The head of Serbia's state lottery resigned on Thursday following allegations of fraud during a live ticket draw this week.
The California Lottery posted more than $5.5 billion in total sales during the fiscal year ending June 30, the highest sales total in the state's lottery history.
OK, so we've all probably seen those stats on things that are more likely to happen to you than winning the lottery – like shark attacks, being hit by lightning, and dying on the way to buy a lotto ticket (maybe after being hit by lightning).
Officials say the Powerball jackpot has risen to an estimated $500 million, which would make it the fifth largest lottery prize in U.S. history.
The Powerball jackpot has climbed to $485 million, making Wednesday night's drawing the fifth largest prize in U.S. history.
California Lottery officials say they have had a winning year with annual ticket sales surpassing $5 billion for the first time in the state lottery's 30-year history.
A Powerball ticket sold at a store in San Bernardino County matches all six numbers in this weekend's drawing to win $60 million.
The California Lottery wants to make it easier for you to buy tickets by making them available through a device all of us use.
A cookie didn't just tell a Northern California woman's fortune, it won her one.
A lottery player in Sacramento County has hit the jackpot in Saturday night's $60 million Powerball drawing.
A Northern California convenience store that sold the sole winning ticket to the $425 million Powerball jackpot received a $1 million check on Thursday, as state lottery officials waited for the winner of the one of the largest jackpots in U.S. history to come forward.
California Lottery officials say the second of two winners of the $636 million Mega Millions jackpot has come forward to claim the prize.
While the identity of the person who purchased one of two Mega Millions lottery winning tickets is a mystery, lottery officials said Friday that big prize winners often delay coming forward until after getting advice.
The San Jose store owner who sold a winning ticket for the Mega Millions jackpot says he expects the news to boost his business.
Two lucky winning tickets were sold in Tuesday's near-record $636 million Mega Millions drawing: one at a tiny newsstand in Atlanta, and the other more than 2,000 miles away in California.
It's the ultimate fantasy: Walk into a store, plunk down a dollar, and with nothing but luck - really extraordinary luck - you win a giant lottery.
Cross your fingers, put on your lucky socks and think happy thoughts if you want to be the winner in Wednesday's $425 million Powerball jackpot.
With more than half a billion dollars up for grabs, Americans are once again having big jackpot dreams. The line at Lichini's Liquor and Deli in Sacramento wraps around the store, and it's been that way the entire afternoon, with 10 to 15-minute wait to get up to the counter.
The numbers sum up the frenzy that has taken over the Golden State since it became the newest in the nation to join the madness over Powerball, which saw its jackpot soar Thursday to $550 million.
It was a first for California Wednesday night as the winning numbers for the Powerball Lottery were drawn in Sacramento.
