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Powerball and Mega Millions jackpots grow to combined $1.58B
Read full article: Powerball and Mega Millions jackpots grow to combined $1.58BAnd since no one picked all the winning numbers in Mega Millions on Friday night, that’s up to a whopping $850 million. You may have won something Saturday night: Here are the Powerball numbers, so check that ticket anyway: 14-20,-39-65,-67, and a Powerball of 2. The Mega Millions prize, $850 million, is the second largest prize in game history. The odds of winning Mega Millions are 1 in 302 million and those folks that took home $1 million by matching five numbers? Winning any prize in Mega Millions, according to lottery officials, is 1 in 24.
Powerball jackpot rolls over to $550 million
Read full article: Powerball jackpot rolls over to $550 millionPEMBROKE PARK, Fla. – The Powerball jackpot rolled over to $550 million Saturday night when there was no grand prize winner. Saturday night's jackpot was worth $470 million. (WPLG)The last big Powerball jackpot was in March of 2019 when $768.4 million was won in Wisconsin. No one picked all of Friday night’s winning numbers, so that jackpot has reached $600 million, for only the fourth time in that game’s history. Powerball was introduced in January of 2009 with an estimated $105 million jackpot, while Mega Millions had its first drawing on May 17, 2013, with the win estimated at $190 million.
$1 million lottery winner buys ticket in Coconut Creek
Read full article: $1 million lottery winner buys ticket in Coconut CreekMIAMI GARDENS, Fla. – The winner of a $1 million Powerball Jackpot prize bought the lucky ticket in Broward County’s city of Coconut Creek, the Florida Lottery announced on Thursday night. The owner of M&S Food Store, at 4400 West Sample Rd., will receive $1,000 for selling the winning ticket. The winner of the $394 million jackpot bought the ticket at a 7-Eleven in Bonita Springs, a city in southwest Florida. The owner of that store will receive $100,000.