Powerball jackpot grows to $643 million
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Are you tonight’s lucky winner? Grab your tickets and check your numbers. The Mega Millions lottery jackpot continues to rise after someone won the $344 million prize on March 25. Here are the winning numbers in Tuesday’s drawing:
The Mega Millions jackpot rose to $216 million for the drawing on Tuesday, Aug. 19, after no one matched all the winning numbers in the drawing on Friday, Aug. 15. If someone matches all six numbers, they will have the option of a one-time cash payment of $97.0 million.
The largest multi-state lottery drawing of 2025 takes place Monday night as the Powerball jackpot has surpassed the $600 million mark. The estimated grand prize for the drawing on Aug. 18, is worth $605 million with a cash option of $273.4 million.
Ruggiero won $435,915 after stopping at a Harris Teeter grocery store in Greensboro. While there, he tried his luck on the Carolina Cash 5 game, lottery officials wrote in an Aug. 20 news release. It turns out, the man’s $1 ticket held a big surprise. It beat 1-in-962,598 odds to match all the numbers picked in the Aug. 13 drawing.
A lucky gambler walked away from a Connecticut casino with a big jackpot prize. The visitor sat at a Monopoly Cash Wheel slot machine at the Mohegan Sun in Uncasville, the casino said in an Aug. 17 Facebook post. The player bet $5, hit spin and watched as the symbols flashed across the screen until a jackpot message appeared.
A Michigan man followed a "whim" and used some of his $300 in lottery winnings to buy another Fast Play ticket -- scoring a $714,891 progressive jackpot prize.
After betting less than a dollar, a Massachusetts casino player walked away with thousands in winnings. On Aug. 3, a woman bet 75 cents on the game “Ultimate Fire Link-Cash Falls” at Encore Boston Harbor.
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EuroMillions record-breaking £210m jackpot won by lucky lottery ticket holder
The latest National Lottery EuroMillions jackpot was set to be the highest in UK history if someone was able to name all five numbers and the two lucky stars. The jackpot reached its cap of 250 million Euros – an estimated £210 million - for this latest draw. The winning numbers were 24, 31, 34, 41 and 43, while the lucky stars were 06 and 08.