Powerball jackpot for Saturday grows to $615 million, 10th largest in history
Feeling lucky? The potential prize for the massive Powerball jackpot just got a big boost, lottery officials announced Friday.
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Feeling lucky? The potential prize for the massive Powerball jackpot just got a big boost, lottery officials announced Friday.
Someone waited until the very last possible day to claim a nearly expired Powerball ticket bought in Los Gatos last October worth more than $1.5 million, California Lottery officials said Monday.
A winning Powerball lottery ticket for Monday night's massive jackpot estimated at $747 million was sold in Washington state, according to California officials.
Winning numbers were drawn in Saturday night's Powerball with an estimated $572 million jackpot.
Another Mega Millions drawing, another night without a big winner.
Joe Chahayed said he didn't know who won the giant prize but hopes it's someone local.
Jake Reiner reports on lucky Powerball ticket being sold at Altadena gas station (11-8-2022)
After a long and confusing evening waiting for the Powerball drawing, California Lottery officials announced Tuesday morning that a winning ticket worth $2.04 billion was sold in Altadena.
Perplexed that it seems no one can win the gigantic $1.5 billion Powerball prize? A big reason is that people aren't buying as many tickets for each drawing as they did five or six years ago.
No one won Wednesday night's top prize of $1.2 billion, so the jackpot for Saturday night's drawing will be very close to the $1.586 billion world record for lotteries.
There weren't any winners who hit the $1.2 billion Powerball jackpot in Wednesday night's drawing, but a ticket purchased in the South Bay matched the first five numbers and won $1 million, according to the California Lottery.
There were no big treats from the Halloween night Powerball drawing, as none of the tickets sold matched all six numbers. The next drawing Wednesday night will be for a massive $1.2 billion jackpot.
The Powerball jackpot keeps getting larger because players keep losing.
The odds of winning the jackpot are 1 in 292.2 million.
A Powerball ticket bought at a convenience store in Daly City is worth more than $2.5 million after Wednesday's drawing, California Lottery officials said.
Time is running out for the person who purchased a $1.6 million winning lottery ticket in Sacramento.
Hey, somebody's got to win it sometime, right? Well that time came Wednesday as the winning ticket for the $630 million Powerball jackpot was sold in Sacramento.
California Lottery officials in Sacramento confirmed that Wednesday night's Powerball jackpot had risen to an estimated $630 million hours ahead of the drawing.
The winning ticket to Monday's night $699.8 Million Powerball drawing was sold at the Albertsons located at 730 Quintana Rd. in Morro Bay.
One winning ticket has been sold Michigan for the $1 billion Mega Millions jackpot.
Bay Area dreams of becoming a multi-millionaire have been dashed for now, at least through a Powerball jackpot, after a single winning ticket was sold in Maryland Wednesday worth an estimated $731.1 million.
With the third largest jackpot in lottery history on the line Tuesday night, Bay Area residents are grabbing Mega Millions tickets in the hopes of hitting it big.
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.
