Lottery players buy Powerball tickets at the Las Palmitas Mini Market in in the Fashion District downtown Los Angeles on Monday, April 1, 2024. Damian Dovarganes/AP hide caption
Powerball jackpot Powerball jackpot
Stories About
Powerball jackpot
A customer purchases five Powerball tickets at a lottery agent, Tuesday, Oct. 10, 2023, in Haverhill, Mass. Charles Krupa/AP hide caption
An electronic billboard advertises the Mega Millions and Powerball jackpots, Monday, March 25, 2024, in in Des Moines, Iowa. Scott McFetridge/AP hide caption
Powerball lottery tickets are displayed Oct. 4, 2023, in Surfside, Fla. Wilfredo Lee/AP hide caption
People buy Powerball tickets at Joe's Service Center, a Mobil gas station that previously sold the $2.04 billion-winning Powerball ticket at Woodbury Road and Fair Oaks Avenue in Altadena, Calif., Wednesday, July 19, 2023. Damian Dovarganes/AP hide caption
A display panel advertises tickets for a Powerball drawing at a convenience store, Nov. 7, 2022, in Renfrew, Pa. The Powerball jackpot soared to an estimated $875 million after no winning ticket was sold for Wednesday's drawing. Keith Srakocic/AP hide caption
The display panel advertising the tickets for the Monday Powerball drawing with an annuity value of at least $1.9 billion, are shown at a convenience store, Monday, Nov. 7, 2022, in Renfrew, Pa. Keith Srakocic/AP hide caption
A customer is handed Powerball tickets purchased at Lichine's Liquor & Deli in Sacramento, Calif., on Monday. Monday night's drawing was worth a record $2.04 billion. Rich Pedroncelli/AP hide caption
Cashiers in Merrimack, N.H., sell a lottery ticket at Reeds Ferry Market convenience store in January. A woman who bought the winning ticket there won the $559.7 million jackpot and now has won the right to remain anonymous. Steven Senne/AP hide caption
A ticket checking machine inside the store in Merrimack, N.H., where a $560 million Powerball ticket was sold in January. The winner claimed the prize on Wednesday via a trust. A court will decide whether she is allowed to remain anonymous. Boston Globe via Getty Images hide caption
On Jan. 13, 2016, a cashier sells Powerball tickets in San Lorenzo, Calif. Later that day, three winning tickets split the record $1.6 billion jackpot. Wednesday's $758 million jackpot is the largest grand prize won by a single lottery ticket in U.S. history. Justin Sullivan/Getty Images hide caption
We know these are not the winning tickets. A customer holds a handful of Powerball tickets Wednesday at Kavanagh Liquors in San Lorenzo, Calif. Justin Sullivan/Getty Images hide caption
The winners of the Aug. 7 Powerball jackpot pose with a check for their share of the $448 million grand prize. Sam Fromkin/New Jersey Lottery hide caption
Powerball winner Gloria C. Mackenzie, 84, leaves the lottery office escorted by her son Scott (right) after claiming a single lump-sum payment of just over $370 million before taxes on Wednesday in Tallahassee, Fla. Officials say she is the largest sole lottery winner in U.S. history. Steve Cannon/AP hide caption
Powerball winner Pedro Quezada holds up a promotional check featuring his $338 million jackpot. He owes $29,000 in back child support payments, according to New Jersey law enforcement authorities. Julio Cortez/AP hide caption
A Powerball lottery ticket sits in the machine at the 4 Sons Food Store and Chevron gas station which sold one of two winning Powerball lottery tickets in Fountain Hills, Ariz. Joshua Lott/Reuters /Landov hide caption
Ticket sales soared as the jackpot grew. Saul Loeb/AFP/Getty Images hide caption
Don't shake it. Tim Boyle/Getty Images hide caption