Single ticket wins Powerball's $1.817 billion Christmas Eve jackpot
A single winning ticket was sold for Powerball's Christmas Eve jackpot of $1.817 billion, in Arkansas. It was the second-largest U.S. lottery jackpot ever won.
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A single winning ticket was sold for Powerball's Christmas Eve jackpot of $1.817 billion, in Arkansas. It was the second-largest U.S. lottery jackpot ever won.
Here are the top 20 largest Powerball and Mega Millions jackpots, and the odds of winning them.
The Powerball jackpot grew to an estimated $1.6 billion after no tickets matched all six winning numbers at Saturday night's drawing. It's the fifth-largest prize among U.S. lottery jackpots.
The Powerball jackpot leaped to an estimated $1.5 billion after no one won Wednesday night's pot of gold of approximately $1.25 billion.
The $1 billion jackpot is the seventh-largest in the game's history.
Saturday's jackpot had an total cash value of $820.6 million, Powerball said.
Lottery spending is growing. Residents in these states spend the most on lottery tickets, data shows.
The Powerball jackpot was the second-largest in U.S. lottery history. Here's a look at some numbers behind the game.
Saturday's Powerball jackpot would be the second-biggest in U.S. lottery history, only trailing the world-record $2.04 billion grand prize won in 2022.
Saturday's Powerball jackpot has an estimated cash value of $453.1 million.
The Powerball jackpot is now an estimated $750 million for Monday night's drawing, making it the 10th-largest jackpot in Powerball game history.
Mega Millions has rolled out several changes, including new ticket prices, jackpots and an increase in the odds of winning.
No Mega Millions player won the $1 billion Christmas Eve jackpot, so the grand prize for Friday night's drawing will be an estimated $1.15 billion.
Saturday night's jackpot was delayed due to one participating lottery needing additional time to complete pre-draw procedures.
Powerball's next jackpot will be at least an estimated $1.23 billion after no tickets matched the numbers needed to win Wednesday night's grand prize of roughly $1.09 billion.
No one has won Powerball's top prize since New Year's Day.
Choosing random numbers increases your chances of not having to split the prize money should you win.
The estimated jackpot for Wednesday night's drawing is the second-largest in Powerball history.
One winning ticket was sold in Florida for the Mega Millions jackpot — the third largest in U.S. lottery history.
The pot of gold soared after no winning tickets were sold for Tuesday night's estimated $1.1 billion grand prize.
The odds of winning the Mega Millions jackpot are approximately one in 302.58 million.
The winning Powerball ticket was purchased in Los Angeles. The grand prize was the third largest in the game's history since it started in 1992.
It would be the third-largest jackpot in the game's history and seventh-highest in U.S. lottery history.
The last time somebody won the Powerball jackpot was back on April 19, when a ticket purchased in Ohio matched all six numbers to bring home a $252.6 million prize.
Tammy Gordy said the rebuilding of her home has been on hold, but these winnings will get the project going again and allow for some upgrades.
A large fire is burning on Colorado's Eastern Plains near Limon. Elbert and Lincoln counties ordered evacuations Tuesday afternoon, but they were lifted as of 5 p.m.
Palantir, the controversial data company tied to U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement, CIA, and multiple countries' militaries, announced on Tuesday that it's leaving Denver for Miami as a new corporate headquarters location.
Blanco served as the chief judge of Colorado's 8th Judicial District — the first woman to hold that title — and will now serve on the highest court in the state.
Former Denver Nuggets Head Coach Doug Moe passed away on Tuesday in San Antonio at the age of 87.
The Kennedy-era robin's egg blue that's currently on the planes is being updated to navy, red and gold.
A large fire is burning on Colorado's Eastern Plains near Limon. Elbert and Lincoln counties ordered evacuations Tuesday afternoon, but they were lifted as of 5 p.m.
Palantir, the controversial data company tied to U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement, CIA, and multiple countries' militaries, announced on Tuesday that it's leaving Denver for Miami as a new corporate headquarters location.
Blanco served as the chief judge of Colorado's 8th Judicial District — the first woman to hold that title — and will now serve on the highest court in the state.
Former Denver Nuggets Head Coach Doug Moe passed away on Tuesday in San Antonio at the age of 87.
The Colorado State Patrol says four people were killed in a crash on I-25 south of Pueblo involving at least 30 vehicles during what are being called "brownout" conditions with low visibility on Tuesday morning.
March 8 is International Women's Day, and WorldDenver will be holding a celebration with keynote speaker President Laura Chinchilla, Costa Rica's first woman president.
A large fire is burning on Colorado's Eastern Plains near Limon. Lincoln County has ordered evacuations and several fire departments were responding.
The Colorado State Patrol says four people were killed in a crash on I-25 south of Pueblo involving at least 30 vehicles during what are being called "brownout" conditions with low visibility on Tuesday morning.
The Greeley Police Department said Chief Adam Turk was driving an unmarked police car over the weekend when the teen "entered the roadway," and Turk struck them.
Snow is falling in Colorado's mountains on Tuesay while high winds plague the Denver metro area and Eastern Plains.
Former Denver Nuggets Head Coach Doug Moe passed away on Tuesday in San Antonio at the age of 87.
Elana Meyers Taylor has won her first Olympic gold in women's monobob, and she made history as the oldest American woman to do it at the Winter Games.
Their respective semifinal wins on Monday set up a seventh gold-medal showdown between Team USA and Canada later this week.
Mikaela Shiffrin, who is the winningest athlete on the World Cup circuit, has now failed to win a medal in eight straight Olympic events since the 2018 Winter Games in PyeongChang.
The U.S. kept pace with also-unbeaten Canada for the top seed in the Olympic men's hockey tournament.
The Kennedy-era robin's egg blue that's currently on the planes is being updated to navy, red and gold.
Juliette Bryant says not long after meeting Jeffrey Epstein, he assaulted her, and she realized, "this is not a modeling opportunity, I've been kidnapped."
Democrats made their counteroffer on overhauling immigration enforcement on Monday, the latest step in talks to fund the Department of Homeland Security.
Iran and the U.S. traded threats and warnings even as negotiators sat down to discuss a deal to avert a war, but Tehran says "we now have a clearer path ahead."
Martin Luther King Jr.'s daughter Bernice King shared a photo on social media of Jackson and King and wrote, "Both ancestors now..."
Palantir, the controversial data company tied to U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement, CIA, and multiple countries' militaries, announced on Tuesday that it's leaving Denver for Miami as a new corporate headquarters location.
Blanco served as the chief judge of Colorado's 8th Judicial District — the first woman to hold that title — and will now serve on the highest court in the state.
The Kennedy-era robin's egg blue that's currently on the planes is being updated to navy, red and gold.
"There's something about this administration's attitude toward this, which I think really leads us to conclude they have something to hide," she told the BBC.
Democrats made their counteroffer on overhauling immigration enforcement on Monday, the latest step in talks to fund the Department of Homeland Security.
The AdventHealth Transplant Institute at Porter is participating in a national voucher system that allows living donors to give a kidney now and help a loved one receive one later.
The Trump administration's new discounted drug platform, TrumpRx, isn't a game-changer for consumers, health care experts said.
The University of Colorado Cancer Center at CU Anschutz has been selected by the National Cancer Institute as one of just eight hubs nationwide to evaluate new multi‑cancer detection blood tests, part of a national pilot called the Vanguard Study.
Lydia Howerton of Good Eaters showed how easy it is to bake her gluten-free zucchini brownies.
In Colorado, it's not yet clear exactly how much funding will be cut for public health services, but organizations like the Colorado Health Network are bracing for impact.
Palantir, the controversial data company tied to U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement, CIA, and multiple countries' militaries, announced on Tuesday that it's leaving Denver for Miami as a new corporate headquarters location.
IKEA announced on Tuesday that it will open a new location in Fort Collins.
Warner Bros. Discovery said that Paramount Skydance is considering enhancing its buyout offer for the entertainment company.
Local nonprofit Tax Help Colorado wants to help alleviate tax season stress. The program, 18 years in the making, is established by the IRS under the Mile High United Way and provides tax assistance for free.
Forecasters predicted filers would benefit from larger checks this year due to a series of new tax provisions in the "one big, beautiful" bill.
A popular youth hockey coach in southern Colorado has been arrested for investigation of felony child abuse after colliding on the ice with one of his players in a case that one of the coach's supporters called a "terrifying precedent for youth sports across the country."
A Denver judge this week ordered an area pastor, Tilo Lopez, to pay a family $311,000 in restitution after Lopez was criminally prosecuted in connection with a construction project he said he would do for the family.
The filing comes months after a judge ordered the company to pay more than $116 million for its role in the 2021 death of 6-year-old Wongel Estifanos.
Denver drivers continue to be impacted by a change in how parking tickets are disputed. That system changed in September, when the city eliminated the ability to dispute parking tickets online.
Former Denver Police Chief Paul Pazen, who retired as chief in 2022, plans to announce next week that he is running for a seat on Denver City Council.