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$1.33 billion Powerball jackpot won by one ticket sold in Oregon
Lump-sum cash option worth $621 million
Drawing was delayed by one state needing more time to process sales
Updated with area that winning ticket was sold
By Todd Northrop
Around the United States, millions of people had to wait an extra three hours last night to find out if they won the unbelievably massive Powerball jackpot, due to one unnamed state's inability to deal with the huge amount of ticket sales data.
When the drawing did finally occur Sunday morning, it turns o
Apr 7, 2024, 8:13 am - Lottery News
One New Jersey ticket is sole winner of $1.13 billion Mega Millions jackpot
Largest lottery jackpot ever won in the Garden State
Updated with retailer that sold the winning ticket
By Todd Northrop
After a run of 30 drawings without a jackpot winner, the 31st drawing of the multi-state Mega Millions game produced a single $1.13 billion winner last night when one lottery ticket sold in New Jersey matched all five numbers plus the Mega Ball.
It was the 10th time a lottery jackpot had grown to more than $1 billion, and the ninth time a single ticket won $1
Mar 27, 2024, 7:18 am - Lottery News
One Michigan lottery ticket wins $842.4 million Powerball jackpot
Lump-sum cash option worth $425.2 million
By Todd Northrop
Someone in the state of Michigan started off the new year better than the rest of us.
After 29 consecutive drawings without a winner, the multi-state Powerball lottery game finally produced a winner on the 30th try, resulting in a single ticket worth $842.4 million in 30 payments over 29 years, or $425.2 million in cash all at once.
The winning ticket was purchased at Food Castle located at 3035 East Grand Blanc Road, in
Jan 2, 2024, 7:28 am - Lottery News
Spain's El Gordo dishes out €2.6 billion in annual Christmas lottery
Winning numbers announced during event that lasted four hours
By Kate Northrop
Millions of households have been tuning in to watch El Gordo (The Fat One), the world-famous lottery that doles out over two billion in prizes every year.
This year, the lottery is distributing a whopping 2.6 billion (US$2.86 billion) in prizes to winners across the country. It's not uncommon to see people rushing out into the street and erupting in celebration as the event progresses, perhaps popping a bo
Dec 22, 2023, 12:20 pm - Lottery News
New Jersey Lottery Pick 3 results "1-1-1" and "1-0-1" set new payout record
Yet another single day record thanks to lucky numbers and game change
By Kate Northrop
Lottery results for two New Jersey Pick 3 drawings in a row jointly produced a new prize payout record thanks to two combinations that were just one number off from each other.
Ones and zeroes stole the show for New Jersey lottery players this past week after two consecutive drawings set yet another new single day prize payout record.
On Wed., Oct. 11, New Jersey players saw the popular combina
Oct 15, 2023, 2:00 pm - Lottery News
$1.76 billion Powerball jackpot won by one ticket sold in California
Lump-sum cash option worth $774.1 million
By Todd Northrop
For the fourth time, someone in the state of California has purchased a winning ticket for a lottery jackpot worth more than $1 billion.
Last night, after 35 consecutive drawings without a winner, the multi-state Powerball lottery game finally produced a winner on the 36th try, resulting in a single ticket worth $1.7649 billion in 30 payments over 29 years, or $774.1 million in cash all at once.
After the historic jackpo
Oct 12, 2023, 7:49 am - Lottery News
One ticket sold in Florida is sole winner of $1.58 billion Mega Millions jackpot
By Todd Northrop
After a run of 31 drawings without a jackpot winner, the 32nd drawing of the multi-state Mega Millions game produced a single $1.58 billion winner last night when one lottery ticket sold in Florida matched all five numbers plus the Mega Ball.
It was the 8th time a lottery jackpot had grown to more than $1 billion, and the seventh time a single ticket won $1 billion or more.
The winner of the unimaginable haul will choose between being paid $1.58 billion in 30 annuall
Aug 9, 2023, 6:42 am - Lottery News
One ticket sold in California wins $1.08 billion Powerball jackpot
6th-largest lottery jackpot in history
By Todd Northrop
For the second time in less than a year, someone in California won a lottery jackpot worth more than $1 billion.
After a run of 36 drawings without a jackpot winner, the 37th drawing of the multi-state Powerball game produced a single $1.0798 billion winner last night when one lottery ticket sold in California matched all five numbers plus the Powerball.
The whopping jackpot is the sixth-largest the world has ever seen, and
Jul 20, 2023, 7:17 am - Lottery News
32 winning tickets split $184,416 California Lottery Fantasy 5 jackpot
Pattern comes up in drawn numbers
By Kate Northrop
A notably large number of tickets won the California Lottery's Fantasy 5 jackpot in Friday's drawing.
32 winning tickets are splitting a $184,416 Fantasy 5 jackpot, giving each winning ticket a much lower share of the prize than usual.
As a result, each winning ticket will receive a $5,673 share of the jackpot before federal taxes. California does not have a state tax on lottery prizes.
The winning numbers in the drawing on F
Jun 28, 2023, 2:53 pm - Lottery News
Three tickets split record $2.09 million New Jersey Lottery Jersey Cash 5 jackpot
Two different retailers sell tickets for largest jackpot in the game
By Kate Northrop
Three winning tickets bought at two different retailers split the New Jersey Lottery's record $2.09 million Jersey Cash 5 jackpot on Friday.
New Jersey lottery players were abuzz with anticipation in advance of the drawing on Friday for the record $2.09 million Jersey Cash 5 drawing, which produced three winning tickets.
After 11 consecutive drawings without a winner, the exact jackpot amount to
May 30, 2023, 6:36 pm - Lottery News