A massive Powerball win draws attention to a little-known immigrant culture in the US
An immigrant from Laos who has been battling cancer won an enormous $1.3 billion Powerball jackpot in Oregon earlier this month.
Jackpot claimed: What AP knows so far about the $1.3 billion Powerball win
Someone in Oregon has claimed the $1.3 billion Powerball jackpot won last weekend, which is the eighth-largest lottery prize in U.S. history.
Powerball jackpot reaches $1.23B as long odds mean lots of losing, just as designed
Powerball is about to match a record for lottery drawings with a stretch of more than three months without a jackpot winner.
Powerball jackpot climbs to $865 million as long winless drought continues
The Powerball jackpot has increased to an estimated $865 million after yet another drawing without a big winner, continuing a winless streak that dates to New Yearโs Day.
2 lucky Texans win $1 million Mega Millions, Powerball tickets as jackpots soar
Two people who purchased Mega Millions and Powerball tickets in Central Texas may not have won the jackpot, but theyโre definitely richer.
Mega Millions jackpot soars to nearly $1 billion. Here's what to know
The winning numbers for a nearly $1 billion Mega Millions lottery prize will offer sudden riches to any lucky player who matches them and almost certain disappointment for everyone else.
$842 million Powerball ticket sold in Michigan, 1st time the game has been won on New Yearโs Day
Someone in Michigan has won an $842.4 million Powerball jackpot on the first day of 2024, the first time it has been won on New Yearโs Day since the gameโs start in 1992.
Two winning $1 million Powerball tickets sold in Texas, but jackpot up to $1.55 billion
They may not have won the $1.55 billion Powerball jackpot, but two people who purchased tickets in Texas for Saturday nightโs drawing are now millionaires.
Winning $2 million Powerball ticket sold at H-E-B in San Antonio; jackpot up to $1.4 billion
The Powerball jackpot is still up for grabs, but someone who bought a ticket at a San Antonio H-E-B just became a millionaire.
Powerball jackpot is now 4th largest in history after no winner on Wednesday
One of the biggest Powerball jackpots in history is still up for grabs after no tickets were sold for Wednesday nightโs drawing that matched all five numbers, plus the red Powerball.
Powerball jackpot climbs to $835 million after no one overcomes awful odds to win top prize
The Powerball jackpot climbed to an estimated $835 million after no one beat the immense odds and won the giant prize.
San Antonio resident wins $2 million Powerball jackpot with quick-pick ticket purchased at H-E-B
A lucky lottery player in San Antonio hit it big on a recent Powerball drawing but fell short of the grand prize by just one number.
How hard is it to win the lottery? Odds to keep in mind as Powerball and Mega Millions jackpots soar
Your chances of winning the lottery are extremely slim โ even as more and more eye top prizes soaring to jaw-dropping heights.
Dreams spurred by $1B Powerball, $720M Mega Millions jackpots, but expert warns: Take it slow
The new jackpot for Wednesdayโs drawing would be the seventh highest in U.S. history and the third largest for Powerball.
Big-ticket dreams spurred by $1B Powerball jackpot, but expert warns: Take it slow
The new jackpot for Wednesdayโs drawing would be the seventh highest in U.S. history and the third largest for Powerball.
More are participating in the lottery as the Powerball and Mega Millions jackpots soar
Convenience stores are swamped as the Powerball and Mega Millions jackpots soar to some of their largest in the history of the games.
$1 million unclaimed Powerball ticket purchased in Texas set to expire April 20
A Powerball lottery ticket worth $1 million is still unclaimed and the winner only has a few weeks left to claim their prize.
One winner hit jackpot for record-breaking Powerball drawing, Texas also has $1 million winner
The biggest jackpot in U.S. history is still unclaimed more than two months after the winning numbers were drawn.
Q&A: A look at $1.9B Powerball jackpot, how it grew so large
The estimated $1.9 billion Powerball jackpot is nearly $400 million larger than the previous record jackpot and will keep growing until someone finally wins the prize.
Record $1.6 billion Powerball jackpot fans ticket sales
The Powerball jackpot has reached an estimated record high of $1.6 billion, leading longtime players and first-timers alike to flock to buy tickets ahead of Saturday nightโs drawing.
Powerball jackpot up to $610 million for Monday night drawing
You still have time to snag a lottery ticket, as the Powerball jackpot is now up to $610 million with an estimated cash value of $292.6 million, according to Texas Lottery.
Powerball lottery jackpot now at more than $600 million for Wednesdayโs drawing
Sometimes lottery jackpots drastically increase due to increased ticket sales and thatโs exactly whatโs happened ahead of Wednesday nightโs Powerball drawing.
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$699.8M Powerball jackpot won, ticket sold in California
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.
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Idaho ends Powerball in state, fearing foreign participation
Idaho Lottery Director Jeff Anderson addresses the House State Affairs Committee at the Statehouse in Boise, Idaho on Wednesday, March 10, 2021. The panel killed legislation that would have allowed the Powerball game with multi-million dollar jackpots to continue in the state. (AP Photo/Keith Ridler)BOISE, Idaho โ Idaho lawmakers fearing foreign participation in the Powerball lottery killed legislation on Wednesday that would have allowed the game with huge jackpots to continue in the state after a run of more than 30 years. The move came after Idaho Lottery officials sought a change in state law because Powerball is expanding to include Australia in 2021 and Britain in 2022. Some Idaho lawmakers said they feared that the odds of an Idaho resident winning would be reduced with more players.
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$1B Mega Millions prize a result of long odds, slow sales
Itโs only the third time a lottery jackpot has grown so large, but much has changed since the last time such a big prize was up for grabs in 2018. After a peak in October 2018, Medenica said sales of the big lottery games dropped about 50%, prompting talk among lottery officials about jackpot fatigue. Sales of Mega Millions and Powerball continued to decline after the virus hit along with other lottery games, but while scratch tickets and other instant games rebounded strongly later in the year, national game sales remained moribund. By design, Mega Millions and Powerball are relatively generous in awarding small dollar prizes and lottery officials boast there is a roughly one in 24 chance of winning something. Itโs hard to fathom how unlikely it is to beat odds of one in 292.2 million for Powerball or one in 302.5 million for Mega Millions.
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Hard-luck Maryland town gets a $731.1 million Powerball win
Just who will collect the Powerball prize may never be known: Maryland is one of the states that allow winners to remain anonymous. The Powerball jackpot came only a day after nobody won the $970 million Mega Millions prize, the third-largest prize in U.S. history. The biggest prize was a $1.58 billion Powerball jackpot won by three people in 2016. Most winners opt for cash prizes, which for Mega Millions would be $716.3 million and $546.8 million for Wednesday's Powerball. After the Powerball win, the new jackpot has a $15 million cash value.
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Mega Millions jackpot now $865M; Powerball up to $730M
The Mega Millions top prize climbed to an estimated $865 million, the biggest jackpot in more than two years. The winning numberโs in Tuesday nightโs Mega Millions drawing were: 10-19-26-28-50 and a Mega Ball of 16. No one has won the Mega Millions jackpot since Sept. 15, allowing the prize to grow larger and larger over four months. Winners almost always opt for cash prizes, which for Mega Millions would be $638.8 million and $546 million for Powerball. Mega Millions and Powerball are both played in 45 states as well as Washington, D.C., and the U.S. Virgin Islands.
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Powerball jackpot grows to $730M; Mega Millions to be $850M
Blank forms for the Powerball lottery sit in a bin at a local grocery store, Tuesday, Jan. 12, 2021, in Des Moines, Iowa. No one beat the odds in Friday's Mega Millions drawing, so that jackpot grew to an estimated $850 million. It's been nearly two years since a lottery jackpot has grown so large. The estimated cash prize for the next Mega Millions jackpot is $628.2 million. Mega Millions and Powerball are both played in 45 states as well as Washington, D.C., and the U.S. Virgin Islands.
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No winner of Mega Millions $750M; Powerball drawing Saturday
DES MOINES, Iowa โ One of the largest jackpots in U.S. history will grow even larger since there was no winner for Fridayโs drawing of the Mega Millionsโ $750 million top prize. Mega Millions estimated its next top prize would be $850 million, which would be the third-largest of all time. Lottery players still have a chance to win big with Saturday's drawing for a $640 million Powerball top prize, the eighth-largest jackpot. The estimated cash prize for the next Mega Millions jackpot is $628.2 million. Mega Millions and Powerball are both played in 45 states as well as Washington, D.C., and the U.S. Virgin Islands.
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Powerball and Mega Millions jackpots grow to combined $1.39B
FILE - In this Wednesday, Jan. 13, 2021, file photo, a customer shows off a Mega Millions lottery ticket after purchasing it, in Orlando, Fla. The next drawing for Mega Millions is Friday night, when a $750 million prize will be up for grabs. The next Mega Millions drawing is Friday night, when an estimated $750 million prize will be up for grabs. The drawing for an estimated $640 million Powerball jackpot will be Saturday night. Your odds of winning either jackpot is exceedingly small, at 1 in 292.2 million for Powerball and 1 in 302.5 million for Mega Millions.
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Powerball jackpot hits $640M as Mega Millions grows to $750M
A billboard advertises the jackpots of the Powerball and Mega Millions lotteries, in Omaha, Neb., Wednesday, Jan. 13, 2021. Numbers for Wednesday nightโs Powerball drawing were: 4-19-23-25-49 and a Powerball of 14. The Powerball prize drawing was only a day after no one won a $625 million Mega Millions jackpot, causing that prize to grow to $750 million ahead of the next drawing on Friday night. The Mega Millions prize is now the fifth-largest in U.S. history. Mega Millions and Powerball are both played in 45 states as well as Washington, D.C., and the U.S. Virgin Islands.
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Powerball jackpot hits $550M as Mega Millions grows to $750M
A billboard advertises the jackpots of the Powerball and Mega Millions lotteries, in Omaha, Neb., Wednesday, Jan. 13, 2021. Winning numbers for Wednesday nightโs Powerball drawing were: 4-19-23-25-49 and a Powerball of 14. The Powerball prize drawing comes only a day after no one won a $625 million Mega Millions jackpot, causing that prize to grow to $750 million ahead the next drawing on Friday night. The Mega Millions prize is now the fifth-largest in U.S. history. Mega Millions and Powerball are both played in 45 states as well as Washington, D.C., and the U.S. Virgin Islands.
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Mega Millions $625M jackpot largest in nearly 2 years
The Mega Millions $625 million jackpot is the largest lottery prize in nearly two years. The winning numbers in Tuesday nightโs drawing of the Mega Millions game were: 12-14-26-28-33, Mega Ball: 09. Nearly all jackpot winners actually take the cash option, which would be an estimated $458.8 million for Mega Millions and $411.4 million for Powerball. They're even steeper for Mega Millions, at one in 302.5 million. Mega Millions and Powerball are both played in 45 states as well as Washington, D.C., and the U.S. Virgin Islands.
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No more puny prizes: Mega Millions, Powerball jackpots soar
A digital billboard in Des Moines, Iowa, on Monday, Jan. 11, 2021, shows jackpots for the Mega Millions and Powerball games. Lottery players have a chance to win the largest jackpots in nearly two years as Mega Millions has grown to $600 million and Powerball has climbed to $550 million. The projected Mega Millions grand prize is the eighth largest in U.S. history, and the Powerball jackpot is the 12th biggest. The odds of winning the Powerball jackpot are one in 292.2 million, and the chances are even worse for Mega Millions at one in 302.5 million. Mega Millions and Powerball are both played in 45 states as well as Washington, D.C., and the U.S. Virgin Islands.
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Are you jerking my bobber? Friends share Powerball jackpot win, keeping 1992 promise
Friends Tom Cook and Joseph Feeney shook hands in 1992 and promised that if either one of them ever won the Powerball jackpot, they would split the money. That promise came to fruition last month when Cook bought the winning ticket for a $22 million jackpot at Synergy Coop in Menomonie. Cook retired after hitting the jackpot while Feeney was already retired. The men chose the cash option of about $16.7 million, leaving each with nearly $5.7 million after taxes are paid. The odds of winning the Powerball jackpot are 1 in about 292 million.
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Theres an unclaimed $1 Million Powerball ticket in Texas and it expires next month
EL PASO, Texas Theres roughly a month left for one lucky Powerball winner to claim their $1 million prize. A winning ticket for the Jan. 25 Powerball drawing will expire soon and the winner will forfeit the $1 million prize if it has not been claimed by July 23. A press release from the Texas Lottery says the winning ticket matched all five white-ball numbers, 2-9-17-36-67, but not the Powerball number, 18. The ticket holder must claim the prize by 5 p.m. on July 23 at a claim center by requesting an appointment online at www.txlottery.org or by calling 800-375-6886. Walk-in claims will not be accepted and unscheduled claimants will not be admitted into any Texas Lottery facility, due to COVID-19, according to the press release.
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Man hit the Powerball jackpot twice in the same day, after playing the exact same numbers for 30 years
Colorado โ After 30 years of playing the same set of numbers, one man finally won big. The tickets, bought at separate places, were for the same set of numbers: 5-9-27-39-42. The Colorado man has been playing that same set of numbers for 30 years. Earlier this year, a man in Delaware accidentally bought two of the same Powerball tickets, resulting in a $100,000 win before taxes. She also mistakenly bought two Powerball tickets with the same number, and -- exactly like "Joe B" -- won two $1 million prizes.