UPDATE: No Winner For Saturday's Powerball Drawing; Jackpot Estimated To Grow To $730 Million
No players got lucky with Saturday night's drawing for a $640 million Powerball prize, according to lottery officials.
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No players got lucky with Saturday night's drawing for a $640 million Powerball prize, according to lottery officials.
There was no winner in Friday night's Mega Millions jackpot drawing, propelling the top prize in Tuesday's drawing to a staggering $850 million. Now, the attention turns to Saturday night's Powerball drawing with an estimated jackpot of $640 million.
Lottery officials have announced the winning numbers for Friday's Mega Millions jackpot worth $750 million.
While no one won the big prize in the Powerball lottery drawing Wednesday evening, those who bought tickets in the South Bay are advised to check their numbers.
The Bay Area found itself in the grips of lottery fever Tuesday with more than a billion dollars up for grabs in separate games over the next two nights.
A Mega Millions lottery ticket purchased at a gas station in Brentwood for Tuesday's drawing is now worth more than $2.3 million, California Lottery officials said.
There were no Bay Area winners in the New Year's Day Mega Millions drawing. The sole lucky winner bought their ticket in New York.
In San Jose, where several players have turned into lucky winners in the last few years, people lined up at Ernie's liquor store to buy tickets.
While the winning ticket of Tuesday's record $1.6 billion Mega Millions jackpot was sold in South Carolina, a ticket matching five out of six numbers was sold in San Francisco.
A least one winning ticket for the massive $1.6 billion Mega Millions jackpot was sold in South Carolina, according to that state's official lottery website.
With the jackpot rising to a record $1.6 billion for Tuesday night's Mega Millions drawing, lottery fever has swept the state and the nation.
Lottery fever has been building all week but with no one taking home Friday's billion dollar prize the jackpot is expected to climb to a mind-blowing $1.6 billion.
No one won the latest Mega Millions drawing, meaning the jackpot climbs to a staggering $1.6 billion. A ticket sold in Morgan Hill matching 5 of 6 numbers is worth nearly $3.5 million.
No one in California won the jackpot but one lucky lottery player bought a ticket in Morgan Hill matching five of six numbers.
The Mega Millions jackpot ballooned to a record high: $970 million for Friday night's drawing, the second-largest lottery jackpot in U.S. history.
There is always a buzz inside Safeway's Marina District store, but on Wednesday it was just a few notches higher than normal.
While there has been no word on whether a winning ticket was drawn for Tuesday night's massive Mega Millions jackpot, California Lottery officials announced that a ticket matching five out of six numbers was drawn in San Francisco.
Did someone say $1 billion in jackpots? The combined Mega Millions and Powerball jackpots for drawings Tuesday and Wednesday nights total $999 million.
The Mega Millions jackpot for Friday night's drawing will be an estimated $548 million, with a cash value of $309.2 million. That would be the third-highest Mega Millions jackpot ever.
The lucky winner of Tuesday night's half-billion dollar Mega Millions jackpot bought their ticket in San Jose.
Whoever hits the jackpot for Tuesday night's Mega Millions lottery draw will be halfway to billionaire status.
A winning ticket for a giant lottery jackpot estimated at $521 million has been sold in New Jersey.
The numbers have been drawn for a Mega Millions lottery jackpot of $450 million but no winning jackpot tickets were sold in California.
January's current Powerball and Mega Millions jackpots equal almost $1 billion combined.
No jackpot-winning ticket was sold in the latest Mega Millions drawing, increasing the prize to an estimated $508 million, a lottery official said.
