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The lottery jackpot was an estimated $89 million with a cash option of $47.1 million for Monday's drawing. ... Powerball, Mega Millions: ... Two winners in Iowa, New York. $632.6 million, Jan. 5 ...
The jackpot was last won on Oct. 11 when a lottery player in California won the $1.765 billion jackpot. Seven Powerball tickets win millions. ... New York. $656 million, Mega Millions, March 30 ...
The fourth-largest Mega Millions jackpot worth $1.34 billion was won following the July 29, 2022, drawing, in which one winning ticket was sold in Illinois. The fifth-largest Mega Millions jackpot worth $1.22 billion was won following the December 27, 2024 drawing. The winning ticket was sold in Cottonwood, California. A total of five others ...
Mega Millions plays are $2 each unless the Megaplier option is chosen (such games are $3 each.) The minimum jackpot in Mega Millions is $40,000,000. Mega Millions began in 1996 as The Big Game. Six years later, the New York and Ohio lotteries joined simultaneously on May 17, 2002; the game was temporarily rebranded The Big Game Mega Millions.
Here's a look at the top jackpots won in the United States, between the Powerball and the Mega Millions lotteries: $2.04 billion, Powerball , Nov. 7, 2022: Won in California $1.765 billion ...
Powerball is an American lottery game offered by 45 states, the District of Columbia, Puerto Rico and the U.S. Virgin Islands, and overseen by the Multi-State Lottery Association (MUSL), which also manages other large jackpot games such as the Mega Millions.
Of course, both Mega Millions and Powerball offer a handful of tiers below the top jackpots — with the lowest prizes starting at $2 and $4, respectfully. For both games, the odds of winning any ...
A Powerball player in New York has the winning ticket in Saturday's drawing, the game announced Sunday. The player has the option to take either the annuitized prize of $256 million or a lump sum ...