Mega Millions / Powerball Lottery News

Saturday, August 24, 2019

• 12:41 am – Mega Millions: There was no jackpot winner in the Friday, August 23, 2019 Mega Millions drawing, but 1 lucky player from California matched the first 5 numbers for a $1,000,000 prize.  For the complete rundown of winners by prize category, a list of the California pari-mutuel prize amounts, the drawing video, and all other data about this drawing, see the Mega Millions Drawing Detail page.

Friday, August 23, 2019

• 11:10 pm – Mega Millions:  The Friday, August 23, 2019 Mega Millions drawing has taken place, and the results are 11-15-37-54-68, and the Mega Ball is 21.  The Megaplier number is 2.  To see all the ways your ticket can win a prize, please go to the Ways To Win Mega Millions page, or you can use the Mega Millions Search page to type the numbers on your ticket and have the USA Mega computer search the past results.  We will announce the number of big winners in this drawing, the states they came from, and the next jackpot within the next couple of hours, here on USA Mega.  Good luck!
• 9:00 pm – Best friends of over 50 years share $2M lottery prize.  Two Canadian women who have been friends for more than five decades won a $2 million lottery prize, the British Columbia Lottery announced.
• 9:40 am – Longtime Mass Lottery employee fired for allegedly cashing unsold winning scratch tickets.  A longtime sales supervisor for the Massachusetts State Lottery was fired Tuesday after he was seen cashing winning instant tickets, a state official said, sparking fear that the lottery's supposedly strict security protocols may have been violated.

Thursday, August 22, 2019

• 9:00 am – DoJ files notice of appeal against New Hampshire Wire Act ruling.  The US Department of Justice (DoJ) has filed a notice of appeal following the decision in June by the United States District Court for the District of New Hampshire to find in favor of the New Hampshire Lottery Commission (NHLC) in the long-awaited ruling on last year's revised opinion of the Wire Act by the DoJ.
• 12:42 am – Powerball: There was no jackpot winner in the Wednesday, August 21, 2019 Powerball drawing, but 1 lucky player from Nebraska matched the first 5 numbers for a $1,000,000 prize.  For the complete rundown of winners by prize category, the drawing video, and all other data about this drawing, see the Powerball Drawing Detail page.

Wednesday, August 21, 2019

• 11:03 pm – Powerball:  The Wednesday, August 21, 2019 Powerball drawing has taken place, and the results are 12-21-22-29-32, and the Powerball is 21.  The Power Play number is 2.  To see all the ways your ticket can win a prize, please go to the Ways To Win Powerball page, or you can use the Powerball Search page to type the numbers on your ticket and have the USA Mega computer search the past results.  We will announce the number of big winners in this drawing, the states they came from, and the next jackpot within the next couple of hours, here on USA Mega.  Good luck!
• 6:20 pm – CT Lottery CEO refuses to testify as to why official was placed on leave.  President/CEO Gregory Smith of the Connecticut Lottery Corp. (CLC) repeatedly refused last week to say why he placed CLC Vice President Chelsea Turner on paid administrative leave July 15 from her $190,000-a-year job under a state personnel regulation that provides for "investigation of alleged serious misconduct which could constitute just cause for dismissal."
• 12:08 am – Mega Millions: There was no jackpot winner in the Tuesday, August 20, 2019 Mega Millions drawing, but 1 lucky player from Arizona matched the first 5 numbers for a $1,000,000 prize.  For the complete rundown of winners by prize category, a list of the California pari-mutuel prize amounts, the drawing video, and all other data about this drawing, see the Mega Millions Drawing Detail page.

Tuesday, August 20, 2019

• 11:09 pm – Mega Millions:  The Tuesday, August 20, 2019 Mega Millions drawing has taken place, and the results are 8-14-25-51-63, and the Mega Ball is 4.  The Megaplier number is 3.  To see all the ways your ticket can win a prize, please go to the Ways To Win Mega Millions page, or you can use the Mega Millions Search page to type the numbers on your ticket and have the USA Mega computer search the past results.  We will announce the number of big winners in this drawing, the states they came from, and the next jackpot within the next couple of hours, here on USA Mega.  Good luck!