One of the winners of a $1.3 billion Powerball jackpot is an immigrant from Laos who has had cancer for eight years and had his latest chemotherapy treatment last week.
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Since the last winner on Jan. 1, there have been 36 straight drawings without a big winner.
The eighth-largest jackpot in lottery United States history was not won Wednesday when the Powerball numbers proved elusive for the 30th consecutive time..
Powerball’s jackpot was last won July 19 when a ticket in California matched all five white balls and the red ball to win $1.08 billion.
Before the big win Tuesday night, there had been 31 straight drawings since the last time someone won the game’s jackpot on April 18.
No ticket had all of the correct numbers in the Monday Powerball Drawing. One California ticket captured $1 million.
The Mega Millions jackpot was last won April 18 in New York while the Powerball jackpot was claimed April 19 in Ohio.
Someone in Washington state overcame steep odds Monday night to win an estimated $747 million Powerball jackpot.
Saturday night’s $700 million Powerball jackpot drawing is the 10th largest in U.S. lottery history.
Maine scored its first Mega Millions jackpot Friday when a ticket purchased in the state matched the winning numbers for the lottery’s estimated $1.35 billion grand prize.
The winning numbers were selected nearly 10 hours after the scheduled drawing because of problems processing sales data at one of the game’s member lotteries.
The Powerball drawing scheduled for Monday remains delayed and its likely that the official results wont be known until Tuesday morning, the Multi-State Lottery Association said.
The lottery is offered in 45 states, but no one has won the top prize in more than three months.
The cash option is estimated at $745.9 million for the Saturday drawing, which will be the 40th since the last jackpot winner.
It’s now the fourth-largest lottery jackpot in U.S. history. No one has hit all six numbers since Aug. 3.
One winning ticket won the mammoth Mega Millions lottery jackpot Friday after matching all six numbers to win the top prize of $1.337 billion.
A massive Mega Millions lottery jackpot ballooned to $1.02 billion after no one matched all six numbers Tuesday night and won the top prize.
The winning ticket was drawn on Friday night, and can be cashed out over 30 years or in one lump-sum payment of $75.2M.
