If you win the jackpot, you'll choose between an annuitized prize estimated at $1 billion or a lump sum payment estimated at $461.3 million.

About three months after buying a winning Powerball ticket in Northern California, a lucky player has come forward to collect his winnings. D. West won $1.17 million after matching five winning numbers in the Aug. 30 Powerball drawing, missing only the Powerball, the California State Lottery said in a Monday, Dec. 8, news release.

What will the extra lucky winner do with their $1 billion Powerball Jackpot? The odds of winning the jackpot are 1 in 292.2 million (slightly better than the 1 in 302.6 million odds for winning the Mega Millions jackpot).

In 2022, Edwin Castro became biggest lottery winner ever with $2.04 billion Powerball. 2 years later, California wildfires impacted one of his homes.

Two Powerball tickets sold in California fell just one number short of winning the $633 million jackpot, lottery officials said. Instead, the lucky tickets won $55,825 each, according to the California State Lottery. The tickets matched four winning ...