Someone has started the new year off on the right path. The
first Powerball jackpot of 2025, valued at $328.5 million, was sold in
Beaverton Oregon. The winning Powerball ticket
for Saturday's drawing was purchased on January 17 in the 97006-zip code and
the numbers were 14 31 35 64 69
with a Powerball of 23.
The location of the retailer will not be revealed until a
winner has come forward due to security protocols. The lucky person or people
have a year to claim their prize.
Once the winner comes
to claim their Powerball winnings, it will take time before the winner will be announced due to security and payment processes and according
to Oregon law which mandates that the winner cannot remain anonymous, with a few exceptions.
The largest Powerball prize previously won in Oregon was in
2024’s $1.3 billion jackpot, which was
split between a Portland man, his wife, and a friend.
The $1.22 billion-dollar
Mega Millions jackpot was won in Friday night's drawing in the sunny state of California
at Circle K (Sunshine Food and Gas) on Rhonda Road in Cottonwood, about 150
miles (240 kilometers) north of Sacramento.
The winning numbers were
3, 7, 37, 49, 55 with a Mega Ball of 6
and a Megaplier of 3X. Friday’s jackpot was the fifth-largest prize in Mega
Million’s history.
Four lucky players, in
California, Texas, Arizona and Missouri won $1 million dollars by matching all
five white.
The estimated $1.22
billion grand prize carries a one-time cash payout option of $549.7 million.
The odds of winning the grand prize are 1 in 302,575,350
and the jackpot on 12/31 is $20 million. Remember that Mega Millions price will
increase
to $5 in April 2025.
According to the California Lottery, the California Lottery is subject to public disclosure laws
that allow access to certain governmental records. Your full name, the name and
location of the retailer who sold you the winning ticket, the date you won and
the amount of your winnings, including your gross and net installment payments,
are matters of public record and are subject to disclosure.
On Friday November 11, a winning Mega
Millions lottery ticket with $3 million dollars
was sold at Cumberland Farms at 1978 West St. in Southington Connecticut
The winning numbers on Friday’s draw were 25-28-42-64-69 with a Mega
ball 19 and a s X3 Megaplier.
The $3 million winning ticket matched five white balls, but not the
Mega ball but it had the Megaplier.
Unfortunately, no one won the jackpot, and it is up to $489 million as no one won the jackpot on
Friday 11/22
The CT Lottery began selling Mega Millions
of tickets on January 31, 2010, and
Friday’s win was the largest Mega million winner in the CT Lottery. According cga.ct.gov/
The name and residential address
of any person who redeems a winning lottery ticket worth one million dollars or
more shall not be deemed public records, as defined in section 1-200, and shall
not be available to the public under the provisions of section 1-210, provided
such person: (1) Requests the nondisclosure of such person's name and
residential address, and (2) consents to the deduction of ten per cent of the
lottery prize payment payable to such person by the corporation. The
corporation shall deposit any money received pursuant to this subsection to the
lottery fund.
