Powerball prize soars to $685 million for Wednesday drawing
Max Darrow reports on the Powerball jackpot rising to am estimated $685 million (12-26-2023)
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Max Darrow reports on the Powerball jackpot rising to am estimated $685 million (12-26-2023)
Santa did not bring anyone the winning numbers for the Christmas night Powerball drawing, pushing the jackpot to an estimated $685 million for the next drawing Wednesday evening.
A South Bay store is sharing in Wednesday's mammoth Powerball jackpot after selling a ticket that hit five out of six numbers.
It's the second-biggest grand prize ever won in U.S. lottery history, behind only a $2.04 billion pot of gold also won in California in November 2022.
The estimated jackpot for Wednesday night's drawing is the second-largest in Powerball history.
The estimated jackpot for Saturday night's drawing would be the third-largest in Powerball history and fifth-biggest in U.S. lottery history.
They may not have hit the $1.2B Powerball jackpot, but two California residents still won big on Wednesday night.
Nobody hit the jackpot in Powerball's Monday drawing, raising the next jackpot to an estimated $1.2 billion for Wednesday.
Another Powerball drawing, another week without someone hitting the jackpot, which was nearly $1 billion dollars.
The Powerball jackpot will rise to an estimated $925 million after there were no winners in Wednesday's drawing, but one lucky player in San Jose bought a ticket worth nearly $800,000.
An estimated $850 million Powerball jackpot is up for grabs if players are willing to brave incredibly long odds.
The jackpot for the next Powerball drawing is an estimated $835 million. It's still set to be the fourth largest prize in the game's history.
Excitement over the fourth-largest Powerball jackpot in the game's history helped California raise millions of dollars for its public schools, lottery officials said Monday
A 7-Eleven store on Buena Vista Avenue in Alameda is considered of the lucky stores for lottery players. Shawn Chitnis reports.
The odds of winning the Mega Millions jackpot are about one in 302.58 million.
Someone woke up richer after winning a Powerball ticket that was sold in Southern California but several winning tickets were sold here in the Bay Area as well. Anne Makovec reports. (7-20-23)
California lottery officials on Wednesday night confirmed a winning ticket for the $1 billion Powerball prize was sold in Los Angeles.
Team coverage of the $1 billion Powerball ticket sold in Los Angeles and the additional Match 5 winners in the Bay Area (7-20-2023)
John Ramos reports on the frenzy surrounding massive Powerball prize (7-19-2023)
It would be the third-largest jackpot in the game's history and seventh-highest in U.S. lottery history.
No winning tickets were sold for Monday night's $922 million Powerball jackpot, lottery officials said, so the grand prize for Wednesday night's drawing will be an estimated $1 billion.
The Powerball grand prize is growing once again Thursday morning after no winning jackpot tickets were sold for Wednesday’s drawing. The big prize jumps to an estimated $875 million. Justin Andrews reports.
The jackpot rolled again this week after there were no winners for Monday night's draw, which stood at an estimated $650 million.
Officials announced the winning numbers drawn for Monday's Powerball lottery to score a jackpot that had grown to an estimated $675 million.
An estimated $650 million jackpot will be at stake for the next Powerball drawing and, although there was no jackpot winner, a ticket sold in Stockton is worth $2.6 million.
