Powerball lottery drawings are 11 pm EST Mondays, Wednesdays and Saturdays, including holidays. Jackpot for Jan. 27, 2025, was a whopping $56 million

A Powerball ticket sold in California won $28,258, but just missed the $48 million jackpot, lottery officials say. The ticket matched four of five winning numbers and the Powerball in the drawing Saturday, Jan. 25, the California Lottery said.

A text from a co-worker teasing Michael Chavez about winning the lottery led him to check his ticket. And he actually had won.

The Mega Millions jackpot was one twice in less than a month and now sits at $44 million for the drawing on Tuesday, Jan. 28.

The Powerball jackpot was last won Saturday, Jan. 18, when an Oregon player hit the $329 million grand prize, lottery officials said. To score a jackpot in the Powerball, a player must match all five white balls and the red Powerball.

A winning Scratcher ticket sold this month at a Santa Rosa grocery store made one lucky player $1 million richer, according to the California Lottery. The ticket, a Winter Magic Multiplier game, was sold at Oliver’s Market at 461 Stony Point Road, California Lottery spokesperson Carolyn Becker said in an email this week.

Powerball winning numbers 1/29/25. The five white balls were 8, 12, 31, 33 and 38. The Powerball was 18. The Power Play

An Oakland County woman screamed and cried when she found out the Michigan Lottery instant ticket her dad had bought her was a $4 million winner. The 26-year-old woman, who chose to remain anonymous, recenlty won one of the $150,000,000 Spectacular instant game's top prizes, according to the Michigan Lottery.

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The “large, friendly, Kune Kune pig” was spotted passing through a Gresham neighborhood near Southeast Palmquist Road and Highway 26 on Jan. 24, Multnomah County Animal Services reported. The agency said one of its officers joined a neighbor in searching for the animal’s owner, but they weren’t successful.

Powerball jackpot will be worth an estimated $69 million after zero players matched all six numbers during the $59 million drawing Monday (January 27) night. Results from Monday's Powerball game are listed below: NUMBERS: 2-40-47-53-55 POWERBALL: 20 POWER PLAY: 2x The odds of winning the Powerball jackpot are reported to be 1 in 292.