One lucky person won the Powerball jackpot, which crossed the half-a-billion-dollar mark ahead of Saturday’s drawing after no one won the top prize on Wednesday. The jackpot winner who matched all six numbers in Saturday’s Powerball drawing won $527 million and can choose a one-time cash payment of $243.8 million. Three lucky players in California, Washington D.C., and New York won $1 million on Wednesday, according to the lottery. A lucky player in Oregon had the first jackpot-winning Powerball ticket of 2025, according to lottery officials, winning a $328.5 million...

The Mega Millions jackpot reset to $20 million for Friday’s drawing after someone hit it big, winning $344 million on Tuesday. If someone matches all six numbers on Friday night, they can choose a one-time cash payment of $9.2 million. The numbers are set to be drawn just after 11 p.m. ET, and we’ll have the results below. The most recent big Mega Millions winner was a lucky lottery ticket holder in Illinois, who will take home a $344 million jackpot. Tuesday’s winner marks the first time since Jan. 18...

The new rules will come into play on April 8, the company said. Mega Millions says new rules will more than double jackpot value A selection of numbers are picked for the Mega Millions lottery at a liquor store where winning tickets have been sold on December 27, 2024 in Hawthorne, California. A selection of numbers are picked for the Mega Millions lottery at a liquor store where winning tickets have been sold on December 27, 2024 in Hawthorne, California. A selection of numbers are picked for the Mega Millions...

The Powerball jackpot rose to $443 million for Saturday’s drawing after no one won the top prize on Wednesday. If someone matches all six numbers, they can choose a one-time cash payment of $208.9 million. Two lucky winners in Colorado and Texas took home $2 million on Wednesday, according to the lottery. A lucky player in Oregon had the first jackpot-winning Powerball ticket of 2025, according to lottery officials, winning a $328.5 million jackpot on Jan. 18. Check below for the winning numbers in Saturday’s Powerball drawing, which happened just...

Hey there New Jersey! Here’s your audio update highlighting a small earthquake that rattled part of Central Jersey, a new sinkhole that opened up on a major interstate highway, and a winning lottery ticket worth $5.5 million. Plus, we’ll tell you about a lawsuit filed against a high-ranking official at a state university. Listen by clicking the play button above. This audio presentation is an editorially-curated selection of stories, selected by an editor, and then summarized and read aloud by artificial intelligence. Some variations in pronunciation, tone or diction may...

Mega Millions winning numbers are in for the Tuesday, March 18 drawing with an estimated jackpot of $301 million ($140 million cash option). The winning numbers for Tuesday's Mega Millions drawing are: 27, 28, 31, 32 and 33. The Mega Ball is 24 The Megaplier is 3x. Did anyone win the Mega Millions jackpot? Check back to see if anyone won the Mega Millions jackpot. When is the next Mega Millions drawing? The next Mega Millions drawing is Friday, March 21. Drawings are held at 11 p.m. every Tuesday and...

The Mega Millions jackpot rose to $301 million for Tuesday’s drawing after no one won the top prize on Friday night. If someone matches all six numbers, they can choose a one-time cash payment of $140 million. The numbers are set to be drawn just after 11 p.m. ET on Tuesday, and we’ll have the results below. The most recent big Mega Millions winner was a lucky lottery ticket holder in Arizona, who struck gold on Jan. 18, winning a $113 million jackpot. According to the lottery, only four tickets...

One woman became a certified, albeit temporary, billionaire because she was the only person in the entire country to match all six Mega Millions drawing numbers, California Lottery officials revealed Monday. Rosemary Casarotti, the only winner of the $1.2 billion jackpot, purchased the winning ticket for the Dec. 27 Mega Millions drawing at the Sunshine Food and Gas Circle K in Cottonwood, California nearly 20 miles south of Redding. Casarotti, who declined to participate in the Monday press conference, told lottery officials that she "wishes to remain as private as...

A lottery player won $50,000 after purchasing a Powerball ticket at a 7-Eleven in Middlesex County for Monday’s drawing. The winner purchased the ticket at the convenience store on Route 9 north near Spring Valley Road in Old Bridge, lottery officials said. The third-prize ticket matched four numbers plus the Powerball. Monday’s winning numbers were: 11, 18, 23, 38 and 60. The Powerball number drawn was 9 with a Power Play of 2x. No one across the country hit Monday’s $398 million jackpot. Two second-prize, $1 million tickets were sold...

The Powerball jackpot rose to $378 million for Saturday’s drawing after no one won the top prize on Wednesday. If someone matches all six numbers, they can choose a one-time cash payment of $176.4 million. Two lucky winners in Colorado and West Virginia took home $1 million on Wednesday, according to the lottery. A lucky player in Oregon had the first jackpot-winning Powerball ticket of 2025, according to lottery officials, winning a $328.5 million jackpot on Jan. 18. Check below for the winning numbers in Saturday’s Powerball drawing, which happened...