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.

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.

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 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.