Powerball jackpot soars to $1.73 billion for Wednesday's drawing

The $1.73 billion lottery prize would be the second largest ever, topped only by the $2.04 billion Powerball won by a player in California last year.

Powerball jackpot soars to $1.2 billion after another drawing without big winner

The prize on the line for the next drawing Wednesday night has grown so massive because there have been 33 straight drawings since someone won the jackpot.

$1.04 billion Powerball jackpot tempts players to brave long odds

The prize is the world’s ninth-largest lottery prize behind earlier drawings of Powerball and Mega Millions, the other nearly nationwide lottery game.

Pennsylvania medical workers strike gold with $1M Mega Millions win

A group of 15 medical workers from UPMC, known as the "Million Dollar Medicals," struck it rich by winning $1 million in the August Mega Millions drawing.

Powerball hits third-largest jackpot of the year

The Powerball jackpot reached a level ahead of Monday night’s drawing making it one of the biggest that the game has seen so far in 2023. 

Arkansas woman nearly gifts winning lottery ticket to ex-father-in-law

An Arkansas woman, Paula Penn of Texarkana, narrowly avoided giving away a winning lottery ticket to her ex-father-in-law, almost missing out on a $75,000 prize from the Arkansas Scholarship Lottery.

$1.58 billion Mega Millions ticket sold in Florida

The winning numbers have been drawn for the Aug. 8 Mega Millions drawing -- where the top prize winner can score up to $1.58 billion.