Get all your news in one place.

100's of premium titles.
One app.

Start reading

Get all your news in one place.

100's of premium titles. One news app.

Start reading

The Latest Breaking News from Powerball

Why there have been so many $1 billion lottery jackpots since 2016

Friday's Mega Millions jackpot could end up being the eighth.

Fortune

Mega Millions lottery jackpot nears $1B ahead of Friday drawing

The Mega Millions lottery jackspot is approaching $1 billion ahead of Friday’s drawing

The Independent UK

Powerball jackpot remains unclaimed after woman ‘faked’ winning $1.08bn lottery

Lottery winners must go through a lengthy verification process before receiving prize money

The Independent UK

From analysis to the latest developments in health,
read the most diverse news in one place.

$1.08 Billion?? Here’s How Much Money the Powerball Winner Actually Won

A lucky Californian resident is now an overnight multi-millionaire, but how much ends up in their savings account comes down to taxes.

Barchart

Woman claiming to be $1bn Powerball winner filmed screaming and running from store that sold the ticket

‘I can’t even ... I can’t,’ the unidentified woman said as she fought tears of joy. ‘I’m scared right now, I’m so scared’

The Independent UK

Did this woman really win the billion-dollar Powerball jackpot?

‘I guess she just wanted to be on TV’

The Independent UK

Woman claiming to be $1bn Powerball winner filmed screaming and running from store that sold the ticket

The unidentified woman collapsed on her knees when she visited the store on Friday, but the store owners have cast doubt on her claims

The Independent UK

Read news from The Economist, FT, and more,
with one subscription

Picture Chicago: 12 of the best Sun-Times photos from this week in news

Former Northwestern athletes went public with allegations of widespread hazing in the school’s athletic program, the Rev. Jesse Jackson announced he will step down as president of Rainbow PUSH, and this week’s $1 billion Powerball jackpot was the seventh highest in U.S. history.

Chicago Sun-Times

Woman claiming to be $1bn Powerball winner filmed screaming and running from store that sold the ticket

‘I can’t even ... I can’t,’ the unidentified woman said as she fought tears of joy. ‘I’m scared right now, I’m so scared’

The Independent UK

Attention turns to Mega Millions after California store sells winning Powerball ticket

Lottery dreamers are setting their sights on the growing Mega Millions jackpot now that a ticket worth more than $1 billion finally has been sold for the Powerball lottery

The Independent UK

On the edge of Skid Row, someone just won $1-billion Powerball jackpot

Flanked by fabric shops and stores displaying elaborate quinceañera dresses, a tiendita on the humble corner of 12th and Wall streets was engulfed by a joyous — and curious — frenzy Thursday morning.

Los Angeles Times

Powerball: Can the winner of $1.2bn jackpot remain anonymous?

Powerball jackpot stands at estimated $1.2bn for next drawing on 4 October

The Independent UK

What are the 10 largest US lottery jackpots ever won?

Here is a look at the 10 largest U.S. jackpots that have been won and the states where the winning tickets were sold

The Independent UK

Billion-Dollar Powerball Winning Ticket Sold in California

The $1 billion Powerball jackpot has a winner after Wednesday night's drawing.

Kiplinger

Get all your
news in one place.

100's of premium titles.
One news app.

Los Angeles Times

$1 billion Powerball ticket sold in downtown Los Angeles

Blocks from the epicenter of the homelessness crisis, one of the most lucrative lottery tickets in history was sold.

The Guardian - US

Powerball winning ticket for $1.08bn jackpot sold in California

Prize is sixth largest ever in US but identity of player who bought ticket at Las Palmitas Mini Market in Los Angeles as yet unknown

USA Today Sports Media Group

How much is the biggest Powerball jackpot of all time? It’s more than the $1 billion won in 2023

The biggest Powerball jackpots of all time, listed.

USA Today Sports Media Group

Here are the Powerball winning numbers for July 19, 2023 that won someone $1 billion

ONE BILLION DOLLARS!

Get all your
news in one place.

100's of premium titles.
One news app.

The Independent UK

Winning Powerball $1bn jackpot ticket sold in California just 13 miles from previous winner

Winning ticket for $1.08bn Powerball jackpot was purchased at the Las Palmitas Mini Market in downtown Los Angeles

WEKU

The winning Powerball ticket worth $1 billion has been sold in California

A winning ticket has been sold in Los Angeles for the Powerball jackpot worth an estimated $1.08 billion, the sixth largest in U.S. history and the 3rd largest in the history of the game.

The Independent UK

The wait is over as Powerball finally has a winner for its estimated $1 billion jackpot

A winning ticket has been sold in California for the Powerball jackpot worth an estimated $1 billion

The Independent UK

Dreams spurred by $1B Powerball, $720M Mega Millions jackpots, but expert warns: Take it slow

The new jackpot for Wednesday’s drawing would be the seventh highest in U.S. history and the third largest for Powerball

The Guardian - UK

First Thing: Europe, Asia and US continue to face dangerous heatwaves

Red alerts expected for more cities in Italy as Greece wildfires spread and brutal conditions continue in the US. Plus, grief in the age of AI

Chicago Sun-Times

Chicagoans abuzz at $1 billion Powerball pot

Across the state, 22.4 million lottery tickets have been sold for Wednesday’s giant jackpot. Many players have a personal system for picking numbers.

The Independent UK

Do you have to be a US citizen to win the Powerball lottery?

The next Powerball drawing is on Wednesday 19 July

1 … 10 11 12 13

People

From analysis to the latest developments in health,
read the most diverse news in one place.

Organisations

the University of Maryland

the Rainbow PUSH Coalition

13 stories

the California Lottery

10 stories

Read news from The Economist, FT, and more,
with one subscription

Topics

Places

Fourteen days free

Download the app

One app. One membership.
100+ trusted global sources.