Edwin Castro was the only lottery player in the country to match all six numbers in the Nov. 7 Powerball drawing, earning him the largest payout in lottery history, California Lottery officials said.

California Lottery players will soon experience an upgraded version of Mega Millions, promising larger jackpots, improved odds, and enhanced non-jackpot prizes. The changes include automatic ...

The California Lottery said a woman named Rosemary Casarotti was the holder of the Mega Millions ticket that won the $1.269 billion grand prize from Dec. 27’s drawing, landing her the fifth ...

Wednesday’s prize ranks as the seventh largest U.S. lottery jackpot and third largest Powerball jackpot, behind the world record $2.04 billion Powerball jackpot won last year in California, and ...

Two Fantasy 5 players in California won $163,782 jackpots, lottery officials say. The ticket matched five winning numbers in ...

According to the lottery, the jackpot was California’s largest Mega Millions prize in history. The odds of drawing all five of the winning numbers and the Mega number were at 1 out of 302.5 million.

With increased prizes and better odds, the new Mega Millions game also comes with a higher ticket price of $5, the California Lottery says.