During a “ routine morning stop ” at a Vacaville gas station across the street from his work, Michael Wright bought a $10 Triple Red 777 scratch-off ticket, California Lottery officials said in a July 15 news release. Soon after, Wright said he “got to scratching” in his methodical way.

More than 350,000 other Powerball tickets sold in the United States also won prizes ranging from $4 to $250,000, the lottery said.

A single ticket sold in California scored the second-largest jackpot in Powerball and US lottery history during Wednesday night’s drawing, according to Powerball. The winning numbers are 22, 24 ...

The odds of winning the Powerball jackpot (five numbers plus the Powerball) are 1 in 292.2 million. The chances of taking home the Match 5 prize is 1 in 11.68 million, while the four numbers plus the Powerball has odds of 1 in 913,129.18.

California Powerball, Mega Millions climb to nearly $2 billion in combined prizes. After 35 consecutive draws without a jackpot winner, the Powerball pot is up to $800 million.

Over two months later and still, no winner has been announced as the winner of the record-breaking $2.04 billion Powerball lottery in California. The winning ticket was sold in November at Joe’s ...

It’s National Lottery week, a time to celebrate lucky wins, life-changing moments and the stories behind the ticket winners.