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US Powerball Jackpot Climbs to $516 Million
The US Powerball jackpot has climbed to an estimated $516 Million, crossing the $500 Million mark ahead of the next draw.
This Week's Biggest Lottery Jackpots - October 11, 2026
US Powerball leads at $538 Million, ahead of Mega Millions at $385 Million. The week's biggest global jackpots, ranked.
This Week's Biggest Lottery Jackpots - October 4, 2026
US Powerball leads at $467 Million, ahead of Mega Millions at $345 Million. The week's biggest global jackpots, ranked.
Two Retired Federal Coworkers Have Bought Powerball Tickets Together for Years. A $1 Add-On Just Turned It Into $100,000.
A Virginia retiree and her former U.S. Department of Transportation colleague in Washington, D.C., kept splitting the cost of Powerball tickets long after they left the agency. A $1 Power Play add-on just doubled their latest win.
A $50,000 Powerball Ticket Bought in Goshen, Indiana Is About to Expire - and No One Has Come Forward
The winning ticket, sold at a liquor store on the city's east side back in April, has less than three weeks left before Hoosier Lottery rules force it to expire unclaimed.
He Missed the Powerball Jackpot by One Number. He Still Walked Away With $50,000 - and a Coke.
An Annapolis repairman and avid scuba diver bought a quick-pick Powerball ticket on impulse. It landed one number short of the jackpot but still handed him a five-figure prize he says he needs time to think over.
This Week's Biggest Lottery Jackpots - September 27, 2026
US Powerball leads at $389 Million, ahead of Mega Millions at $300 Million. The week's biggest global jackpots, ranked.
He Asked His Girlfriend to Check the Ticket. She Thought He Was Joking About the $25 Million.
An Innisfil plumber played the same Lotto Max numbers for years after a Quick Pick first picked them for him. In July they were finally worth $25 million.
The Winner of Illinois's $1.04 Billion Powerball Jackpot Comes Forward - Still Anonymous, Five Weeks Later
The ticket was sold at a Quincy gas station on August 12. On September 15, the winner finally walked in to claim it - and chose to stay anonymous.
This Week's Biggest Lottery Jackpots - September 20, 2026
US Powerball leads at $313 Million, ahead of Mega Millions at $261 Million. The week's biggest global jackpots, ranked.
Three Lines Were Marked on the Slip. Only the First One Was Needed - and It Was Worth €111.5 Million
The EuroMillions Europot had rolled nine times. On Friday a single Normalschein handed in in Salzburg took all of it: exactly €111,516,282, and only Austria's third nine-figure lottery win.
One Ticket in a Brianza Village Just Took €223 Million - the Biggest SuperEnalotto Win Ever Made Over a Counter
The "6" had not landed since May 2025. On Friday night it landed once, on a single slip validated at a shop on Via Milano in La Valletta Brianza, and it was worth €223,173,416.83.
This Week's Biggest Lottery Jackpots - September 13, 2026
US Powerball leads at $251 Million, ahead of Mega Millions at $227 Million. The week's biggest global jackpots, ranked.
Powerball's Newest Game Has No Numbers On It - Just Eight NFL Logos
Powerball Xs & Os goes on sale on September 8 in 24 jurisdictions, with a $1 million starting jackpot, Sunday-night drawings and what Powerball calls the first national promotional prize program in its history.
He Won $50,000 in Front of a Shop Full of People and Told Them He'd Won $5
A Clinton, Maryland mechanic left his Powerball ticket unchecked for three days. When the terminal finally lit up, he played it down to everyone in the room - then went home and rang his daughter.
Florida's $803 Million Mega Millions Winner Walked In, Took the Cash, and Said Nothing
The sole winner of the July 28 Mega Millions jackpot came forward on Friday, August 28 and chose a one-time payment of $345,524,955. The Florida Lottery did not even put out a news release.
This Week's Biggest Lottery Jackpots - September 6, 2026
SuperEnalotto leads at €221.5 Million, ahead of Mega Millions at $193 Million. The week's biggest global jackpots, ranked.
He Bought One Ticket Because of the News, Forgot About It, Then Ran Laps Around the House
A 20-year-old Maryland college student picked up a Powerball ticket on a supermarket run, left it unchecked for days, and found $150,000 waiting on it.
He Went to the Wrong Shop by Mistake. It Cost Him Nothing and Won Him $1 Million.
A retired Baltimore City police officer meant to buy his Powerball tickets at his usual Walmart. He forgot, stopped somewhere else instead, and ended up sitting in his car the next day badly underestimating what he was holding.
This Week's Biggest Lottery Jackpots - August 30, 2026
SuperEnalotto leads at €217.8 Million, ahead of Mega Millions at $160 Million. The week's biggest global jackpots, ranked.
His Mother Spotted the Winning Store. He Told Her "It's Not Me."
A Bowie State University graduate from Anne Arundel County waved off his mum's hunch that he was holding a $1 million Powerball ticket - because the photo she sent showed his regular store from an angle he had never seen it from.
SuperEnalotto Has Never Offered One Player This Much Before
Italy's jackpot climbed to €210.1 million for the draw on Monday, 17 August - edging past the €209.2 million a single €2 Quick Pick ticket won in Lodi in 2019, a record that had stood for seven years.
He Came Home From New York and Found $1 Million Sitting on His Table
George Boston of Warrenton got back from a trip to hear the town gossip: someone local had won big on Powerball. Then he glanced at the $2 ticket he had left behind on the table.
This Week's Biggest Lottery Jackpots - August 23, 2026
SuperEnalotto leads at €214.1 Million, ahead of Mega Millions at $130 Million. The week's biggest global jackpots, ranked.
A Gas-Station Ticket in Quincy, Illinois Just Won the $1.04 Billion Powerball Jackpot
One ticket sold at a Hy-Vee Fast & Fresh in Quincy matched all six numbers in the Wednesday, August 12 Powerball drawing to win $1.04 billion - the second-largest lottery prize ever won in Illinois and the eighth-largest jackpot in Powerball history.
Their Grandfather's Ashes Came Home the Same Week Their Numbers Finally Hit
A 30-year-old New Jersey player matched all five Millionaire for Life numbers - every one of them chosen for a family reason - and woke up to their father screaming. The $2.2 million win landed the same week their grandfather's ashes returned to New Jersey after 27 years in Florida.
A Five-Minute Bathroom Break in Kentucky Turned Into a $150,000 Powerball Prize
Theresa and James Stuckey of Enterprise, Alabama pulled into a Franklin, Kentucky travel centre on the way home from picking up their son. The Powerball ticket Theresa bought there won $50,000 - and the $1 Power Play add-on tripled it.
This Week's Biggest Lottery Jackpots - August 16, 2026
SuperEnalotto leads at €210.1 Million, ahead of Mega Millions at $100 Million. The week's biggest global jackpots, ranked.
Powerball Jackpot Climbs to $1 Billion for Wednesday, August 12 Drawing
No ticket matched all six numbers in the Monday, August 10, 2026 Powerball drawing, and with strong ticket sales the jackpot has since been revised upward to an estimated $1 billion - about $433.1 million cash - for the Wednesday, August 12 draw, the eighth time Powerball has reached the billion-dollar mark and the largest U.S. lottery prize offered so far in 2026.
A Single Belgian Ticket Wins €111 Million EuroMillions - the Country's Fourth Jackpot of a Record 2026
One ticket validated in Belgium matched all five numbers and both Lucky Stars in the Friday, August 7 EuroMillions draw to claim €111,058,174 - the fourth EuroMillions jackpot won in the country this year, an unprecedented run for a nation of just over 11 million people.
Powerball Jackpot Rolls to $905 Million After No Winner on August 8
No ticket matched all six numbers in the Saturday, August 8, 2026 Powerball drawing, lifting the jackpot to an estimated $905 million - about $391.9 million cash - for the Monday, August 10 draw, the largest lottery prize offered in the United States so far in 2026.
This Week's Biggest Lottery Jackpots - August 9, 2026
US Powerball leads at $905 Million, ahead of SuperEnalotto at €207.6 Million. The week's biggest global jackpots, ranked.
Powerball Jackpot Rolls to $856 Million After No Winner on August 5
No ticket matched all six numbers in the Wednesday, August 5, 2026 Powerball drawing, pushing the jackpot to an estimated $856 million - about $372 million cash - for the Saturday, August 8 draw, the largest lottery prize offered in the United States so far in 2026.
Powerball Jackpot Rolls to $786 Million After No Winner on August 3
No ticket matched all six numbers in the Monday, August 3, 2026 Powerball drawing, pushing the jackpot to an estimated $786 million - about $341.6 million cash - for the Wednesday, August 5 draw, the largest Powerball prize offered so far in 2026.
A Michigan Player Waited a Year - Then Claimed Her $1 Million Powerball Prize With Hours to Spare
Theresa Lynchosky matched five white balls in the July 2025 Powerball drawing but sat on her $1 million ticket for 'personal reasons,' finally cashing it in at Michigan Lottery headquarters just hours before it expired.
A Single Florida Ticket Wins the $800 Million Mega Millions Jackpot
One Quick Pick sold at a Bradenton Wawa matched all six numbers in the July 28, 2026 Mega Millions drawing to win an estimated $800 million - the game's third jackpot of the year and the 10th-largest in its history.
Powerball Jackpot Rolls to $748 Million After No Winner on August 1
No ticket matched all six numbers in the Saturday, August 1, 2026 Powerball drawing, pushing the jackpot to an estimated $748 million - about $325.1 million cash - for the Monday, August 3 draw, the largest Powerball prize offered so far in 2026.
This Week's Biggest Lottery Jackpots - August 2, 2026
US Powerball leads at $748 Million, ahead of SuperEnalotto at €204.1 Million. The week's biggest global jackpots, ranked.
Powerball Jackpot Rolls to $707 Million After No Winner on July 29
No ticket matched all six numbers in the Wednesday, July 29, 2026 Powerball drawing, pushing the jackpot to an estimated $707 million - about $309.7 million cash - for the Saturday, August 1 draw, the second-largest lottery prize offered so far in 2026.
Powerball Jackpot Rolls to $663 Million After No Winner on July 27
No ticket matched all six numbers in the Monday, July 27, 2026 Powerball drawing, pushing the jackpot to an estimated $663 million - about $290.4 million cash - for the Wednesday, July 29 draw, the largest Powerball prize offered so far in 2026.
Powerball Crosses the Atlantic: the UK Joins the Jackpot for the First Time
Ticket sales opened in the United Kingdom on July 21, 2026, and the next night's drawing became the first in Powerball's history to include players from outside the United States, bringing the number of lotteries feeding the jackpot to 49.
The Winner of Arkansas's Record $1.8 Billion Powerball Jackpot Is Named - Seven Months After the Draw
A state transparency law made the name public: Tracy L. Hartwick of Cabot, a brother of North Little Rock's mayor, bought the Quick Pick that won the second-largest jackpot in U.S. lottery history.
Powerball Jackpot Rolls to $633 Million After No Winner on July 25
No ticket matched all six numbers in the Saturday, July 25, 2026 Powerball drawing, pushing the jackpot to an estimated $633 million - about $277.3 million cash - for the Monday, July 27 draw, the largest Powerball prize offered so far in 2026.
A Coon Rapids Ticket Wins the $34.12 Million Lotto America Jackpot - a Minnesota Record
A single ticket sold in Coon Rapids matched all six numbers in the July 18, 2026 drawing to win a $34.12 million Lotto America jackpot - the largest in Minnesota history and the game's first jackpot win of 2026.
This Week's Biggest Lottery Jackpots - July 26, 2026
Mega Millions leads at $800 Million, ahead of US Powerball at $633 Million. The week's biggest global jackpots, ranked.
Mega Millions Jackpot Rolls to $800 Million After No Winner on July 24
No ticket matched all six numbers in the Friday, July 24, 2026 Mega Millions drawing, rolling the jackpot to an estimated $800 million - about $344 million cash - for the Tuesday, July 28 draw, among the largest prizes in the game's history.
Powerball Jackpot Rolls to $600 Million After No Winner on July 22
No ticket matched all six numbers in the Wednesday, July 22, 2026 Powerball drawing, pushing the jackpot to an estimated $600 million - about $266.4 million cash - for the Saturday, July 25 draw, the second-biggest lottery prize of the year so far.
Mega Millions Jackpot Rolls to $743 Million After No Winner on July 21
No ticket matched all six numbers in the Tuesday, July 21, 2026 Mega Millions drawing, rolling the jackpot to an estimated $743 million - about $323 million cash - for the Friday, July 24 draw, the biggest lottery prize of the year so far.
Mega Millions Jackpot Rolls to $604 Million After No Winner on July 7
No ticket matched all six numbers in the Tuesday, July 7, 2026 Mega Millions drawing, rolling the jackpot to an estimated $604 million - about $266.3 million cash - for the Friday, July 10 draw.
Mega Millions Jackpot Rolls to $672 Million After No Winner on July 14
No ticket matched all six numbers in the Tuesday, July 14, 2026 Mega Millions drawing, rolling the jackpot to an estimated $672 million - about $293.3 million cash - for the Friday, July 17 draw.
A $1 Million Powerball Ticket Bought in Austin Is About to Expire - and No One Has Come Forward
A Powerball ticket sold at an Austin convenience store matched five white balls for a $1 million prize in the February 2 drawing. The clock runs out July 31, and the Texas Lottery is urging players to check old tickets.
This Week's Biggest Lottery Jackpots - July 19, 2026
Mega Millions leads at $707 Million, ahead of US Powerball at $544 Million. The week's biggest global jackpots, ranked.
Mega Millions Jackpot Soars to $707 Million Ahead of Tuesday's Draw
No ticket matched all six numbers on July 17, so the Mega Millions jackpot has rolled to an estimated $707 million - with a cash value of about $307 million - for the Tuesday, July 21 drawing.
This Week's Biggest Lottery Jackpots - July 12, 2026
Mega Millions leads at $637 Million, ahead of US Powerball at $478 Million. The week's biggest global jackpots, ranked.
A $2 Million Powerball Ticket Sat Unclaimed for Six Weeks - Then a West Virginia Player Quietly Walked In
A ticket bought at a Shinnston convenience store before the May 23 Powerball drawing matched all five white balls and, thanks to a $1 Power Play add-on, doubled to $2 million. The anonymous winner finally turned up at Lottery headquarters on July 7 to collect the check.
A Ticket That Nearly Blew Away: Indiana's $71.7 Million Powerball Winner Claims Her Share of the 'Night of Millionaires'
An anonymous La Porte woman claimed a $71.7 million share of the April 29, 2026 Powerball jackpot - announced July 1 - after a stack of tickets in her parked car nearly cost her the win. Hers was one of 89 million-dollar-plus prizes from a single draw Powerball dubbed the 'Night of Millionaires.'
SuperEnalotto Jackpot Climbs to €217.26 Million
The SuperEnalotto jackpot has climbed to an estimated €217.26 Million, crossing the €200 Million mark ahead of the next draw.
Mega Millions Jackpot Climbs to $576 Million
The Mega Millions jackpot has climbed to an estimated $576 Million, crossing the $500 Million mark ahead of the next draw.
A Canberra Powerball Player Just Won A$40 Million - and Might Not Know It Yet
A single entry from the ACT was the only division one winner in Australia's Powerball draw 1571 on June 25, 2026, scooping the entire A$40 million. Because the ticket is not registered, the operator has no way to reach the winner - who may still be unaware.
A Single Belgian Ticket Ends a Six-Draw Drought to Win the EUR 80 Million EuroMillions
After six straight draws with no top winner, one ticket sold in Belgium matched all five numbers and both Lucky Stars in the July 3, 2026 EuroMillions draw to take the whole EUR 80,220,498 jackpot - Belgium's third EuroMillions jackpot of the year.