Powerball tickets are $2 per play. Tickets are sold in 45 states, the District of Columbia, Puerto Rico and the U.S. Virgin Islands. The overall odds of winning a prize are 1 in 24.9. The odds of winning the jackpot are 1 in 292.2 million.
ANAHEIM — A ticket with all six numbers in Saturday night’s Powerball drawing was sold in Anaheim and the player has the option of receiving the $515 million jackpot in 30 installments or a $243.8 million lump sum payment before federal taxes, the California Lottery announced.
The Powerball lottery jackpot was won at $526.6 million for the drawing on Saturday, March 29. Check your tickets for the winning numbers!
A Powerball ticket sold in California won the $527 million jackpot, lottery officials say. The ticket matched five winning numbers and the Powerball in the drawing Saturday, March 29, the California Lottery said. The lucky ticket was sold at a 7-Eleven in Anaheim, which is about a 25-mile drive southeast from Los Angeles, officials said.
If you get one ball correct, you have to also hit the Powerball to win $4. If you hit two balls and the Powerball, you win $7. You also get $7 for getting three numbers right without the Powerball. Add the Powerball onto that and you’d get $100.
The Texas Lottery has announced that a second Mega Millions lottery ticket within the last few months has been sold in Fort Worth, this time for $5 million.
A lucky person in California won the Powerball jackpot in Saturday's drawing, which was worth over $500 million.