Most people who buy a Powerball ticket for Saturday’s gigantic $1.8 billion jackpot know their chances of winning a substantial amount of money are extremely remote, but millions of lottery players ...

The Powerball jackpot soared to an estimated $1.8 billion on Friday ahead of Saturday's drawing. It's the second-highest grand prize in U.S. lottery history, behind the $2.04 billion jackpot won in ...

Today’s Powerball jackpot has climbed to $1.8 billion — the second most in U.S. lottery history – and you can take home anywhere from $430 million to $1.1 billion of that. It all depends on (a) ...

If you become the lucky, sole winner of the $1.8 billion Powerball jackpot, celebrate! Then, go hide. The Powerball drawing on Wednesday, Sept. 3 marked the 41st straight drawing without a Powerball ...

Players win the jackpot by matching five white balls and one red Powerball, with tickets costing $2 per play. There are smaller cash prizes for matching fewer numbers, which can be multiplied with the ...

Two lucky players brought an end to a winnerless Powerball streak that lasted 41 draws on Saturday, Sept. 6, landing the second-largest jackpot in United States history. The Sept. 6 Powerball jackpot ...

Lottery jackpots have exploded in size over the last decade. When Powerball launched in 1992, the first jackpot was $5.9 million, according to the Multi-State Lottery Association. Now, the largest ...