Will a $2 lottery ticket make you a multimillionaire? Nov. 8, 2025, Powerball was at $467 million as Mega Millions creeps toward billion-dollar prize.

Edwin Castro of Altadena, California, who won $2.04 billion Powerball lottery Nov. 7, 2022, opted for the lump sum, which was just shy of $1 billion.

In November 2022, Edwin Castro of Altadena, California, became the largest lottery winner in US history for his record $2.04 billion Powerball win.

FREDERICKSBURG, Texas — Do the numbers 11-23-44-61-62 mean anything to you? Well, they do for one lucky lottery player in Central Texas. Those five numbers, along with a Powerball number of 17, led to a massive payday-- actually, the largest payday for ...

More than 460,000 Powerball tickets sold in the United States also won prizes ranging from $4 to $100,000, the lottery said.

In the state of Texas, you can choose to stay anonymous if you choose to do so, which is exactly what the big jackpot winner decided back in 2019. It was September 24, 2019 when the Mega Millions got up to $227 million dollars.

Two Texans claimed million-dollar lottery prizes from scratch games, according to the Texas Lottery. A Hewitt resident claimed a $1 million prize from a 200X ticket purchased at Hewitt United Super, at 201 N. Hewitt Drive in Hewitt.