The Mega Millions drawing was held Friday, June 27, and the $348 million jackpot was won by a single ticket purchased. The ticket was bought at E & C Mid Atlantic in Burgess. The ticket matched all six winning numbers: 18-21-29-42-50 and the Mega Ball number 2, said lottery officials.

The largest prize in lottery history came in November 2022, when a single Powerball winner took home $2.04 billion. The odds of winning the Mega Millions jackpot are 1 in 302.5 million.

A Mega Millions player has claimed the largest lottery prize in Virginia history after hitting a $348 million jackpot — and now they plan to buy a lawn mower.

CLEVELAND, Ohio — The Powerball jackpot is continuing its steady climb upward, sitting at $565 million for the drawing on Saturday, Aug. 16, 2025. Despite the impressive number, it still doesn’t crack the top 10 for largest Powerball jackpots in history. The largest was a $2.04 billion prize won in California in November 2022.

The numbers have been drawn for Tuesday's $565 million Mega Millions jackpot. The jackpot comes with a cash option of $293.6 million. The winning numbers drawn Tuesday, Dec. 27 are: 9-13-36-59-61 ...

The Powerball jackpot rose to $565 million—the year’s biggest lottery prize so far—after none of the purchased tickets matched all six numbers drawn on Wednesday night, but the eventual winner is likely to take home a much smaller amount after paying their taxes. The six numbers drawn on Wednesday night were 4, 11, 40, 44, 50, and red Powerball 4.