The Powerball jackpot rose to $565 million—the year’s biggest lottery prize so far—after none of the purchased tickets matched all six numbers drawn on Wednesday night, but the eventual winner is likely to take home a much smaller amount after paying their taxes. The six numbers drawn on Wednesday night were 4, 11, 40, 44, 50, and red Powerball 4.

The combined jackpots of the Mega Millions and Powerball lotteries have surpassed $1.7 billion going into the weekend. The Mega Millions jackpot is up to $977 million, the sixth largest Mega ...

A Mega Millions player has claimed the largest lottery prize in Virginia history after hitting a $348 million jackpot — and now they plan to buy a lawn mower.

Topline The Mega Millions jackpot jumped to a whopping $977 million this week, just outpacing another major Powerball jackpot, making the two games’ jackpots two of the biggest of all time ...

For Mega Millions, which draws on Friday evening, the annuitized jackpot was estimated at $395 million. The cash option is $188.2 million. An image of a Mega Millions form from the California Lottery.

Powerball draws on Mondays, Wednesdays and Saturdays at 10:59 p.m. The odds of winning the jackpot with a $2 ticket are 1 in 292,201,338. Mega Millions draws on Tuesdays and Fridays at 11 p.m. The odds of winning the jackpot with a $5 ticket are 1-in-290,472,336.

Lottery players in New Jersey, Virginia and Washington each won $1 million in Monday night's Powerball drawing.