Everyone wants a chance to become the world's next jackpot winner. Here's how you can purchase a Powerball ticket.

Experts say, often, that you're more likely to be bitten by a shark or struck by lightning than win the lottery. And since many people have difficulty really understanding big numbers, many of us default to thinking of lottery odds as 50/50: we won or we ...

The biggest Powerball jackpot ever won was claimed in California in 2022, when an individual turning in a winning ticket for $2.04 billion. Oklahoma's biggest winner on record was a $105.8 million Powerball ticket claimed by two Muldrow residents in 2007. If you're playing the lottery in Oklahoma, here's what to do if you win.

If you beat the odds and win the more than $1 billion jackpot, advisers warn you should be prepared for taxes and grifters.

A surprise message says you hit the jackpot, but there’s a catch: you must pay a fee or hand over personal details to claim it. That’s the hallmark of a lottery or prize scam—designed to separate you from your money and identity.

The Powerball jackpot reset to $20 million for the drawing on Monday, Sept. 8, after two lucky tickets won Saturday's $1.79 billion jackpot.

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