Powerball grand prize climbs to $1 billion without a jackpot winner
The Powerball jackpot keeps getting larger because players keep losing.
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The Powerball jackpot keeps getting larger because players keep losing.
The Powerball prize is its second-largest ever, officials said.
No one won Wednesday's pot of gold of about $700 million, which was already the game's largest this year.
Now might just be a good time to buy a Powerball ticket.
The next draw is on Oct. 26.
The jackpot, which crossed the $600M mark Saturday, is the eighth-largest Powerball prize to date.
The Powerball jackpot for Saturday's drawing is estimated to be $580 million, lottery officials announced Friday. It marks the tenth-largest Powerball jackpot ever.
The jackpot marks the tenth-largest Powerball jackpot ever.
The person who purchased a $1.6 million winning lottery ticket in Sacramento did not come forward to claim the prize ahead of Thursday's deadline.
The person who bought a winning Powerball ticket from a Sacramento 7-Eleven store has finally come forward.
A northeastern Wisconsin couple have claimed half of a $632.6 million Powerball jackpot won last month, the Wisconsin Lottery announced Monday.
A Sacramento 7-Eleven beat the 1 in 292 million odds, selling a winning Powerball Jackpot ticket worth more than $316 million. California Lottery says it's the biggest Jackpot prize won in Sacramento in recent times — possibly ever.
One of the two winning tickets for the $630 million Powerball jackpot was sold at a South Sacramento 7-Eleven.
There were no winners in Monday night's Powerball drawing for an estimated $522 million.
There were no winners in the final Powerball drawing of 2021, and the jackpot grew to $483 million, according to the game operator.
The final Powerball drawing of 2021 is Wednesday, with the jackpot up to an estimated $441 million.
A lucky Powerball ticket sold in Auburn may not have won the jackpot, but it will definitely be someone's favorite Christmas present.
This Thanksgiving weekend, two multimillion-dollar winning tickets were sold in California — one in Southern California and the other in Sacramento
After 40 drawings without a big Powerball winner, a single ticket sold in California matched all six numbers and was the lucky winner of the nearly $700 million jackpot prize, officials said.
After nearly four months without a big winner, the Powerball jackpot has climbed to an estimated $620 million, making it the 10th largest U.S. lottery prize ahead of Saturday night's drawing.
Did you win? The Powerball jackpot was up to $640 million Saturday night.
An estimated $1.390 billion is up for grabs in the lottery this weekend.
There was a mad dash for Powerball tickets Wednesday evening as people tried for their chance at $500 million.
It may not be the big jackpot, but one lucky person bought a Powerball ticket still worth a pretty penny in Sacramento.
The jackpot is the third largest in history.
