The Powerball jackpot has gone unclaimed since Aug. 19, when a California player won the $44 million grand prize, lottery officials said. To score a jackpot in the Powerball, a player must match all five white balls and the red Powerball. The odds of scoring the jackpot prize are 1 in 292,201,338.

A Mega Millions ticket sold in California won $568,680 and narrowly missed the $129 million jackpot, lottery officials say. The ticket matched five winning numbers, but not the Mega Ball, in the drawing Tuesday, Oct. 8, the California Lottery said.

A California man scored a $10 million lottery prize the day after winning $2,000 at a casino -- and his luck didn't stop there.

More than 455,000 other Powerball tickets sold in the United States also won prizes ranging from $4 to $50,000, the lottery said. The Powerball jackpot has gone unclaimed since Aug. 19, when a California player won the $44 million grand prize, lottery officials said.

More than a dozen very lucky California Lottery players are millions of dollars richer after striking it big with some very lucky tickets purchased across the Golden State.

A quintet of lottery players in Northern California, including a few in the Bay Area, combined to win $5 million on Scratchers tickets, according to the California Lottery.