Lotto fever breaks out across California
Lotto Fever is breaking out across California and most of the United States, with massive amounts of money available in the two multi-state games.
The jackpot for Tuesday evening's Mega Millions lottery drawing is $640 million. But that is small compared to Wednesday night's Powerball drawing -- when some lucky player could potentially win $1 billion. That's the seventh-largest jackpot in United States history.
Some people in Chino Hills said they would immediately quit their jobs if they won the lottery.
"I already told them tonight that if I win I'm not even coming in, they know," said Dee, a lottery participant. "My boss is in on this with me."
The highest Powerball jackpot in California history was $2.04 billion on November 7, 2022. The highest Mega Millions jackpot ever won in California was $648 million, split by two ticket winners in 2013.
