Powerball made history on Jan. 11, 2016, the first time a lottery jackpot hit $1 billion. When no one matched all five numbers plus the Powerball in the (Saturday) Jan. 9, 2016, drawing for $949 million, the Monday jackpot soared to $1.4 billion. (No one won that drawing either.)

The Mega Millions jackpot is $70 million for the Friday, Dec. 12 drawing, while Saturday’s Classic Lotto jackpot is $1.2 million. Thursday’s winning Ohio Lottery numbers are:

Ohio players win big in Classic Lotto, Powerball, and Rolling Cash 5 jackpots CLEVELAND, OH – A wave of major wins swept across Ohio this week as players scored six- and seven-figure prizes in multiple lottery games,

Recent Ohio Lottery wins total more than $13.5 million as eight lucky tickets score major jackpot prizes across the state.

CLEVELAND, Ohio — The Powerball lottery has selected winning numbers in its drawing for Monday, Dec. 8, 2025, for a jackpot estimated at $875 million, the seventh largest in the lottery’s history. The numbers are 8-32-52-56-64 Powerball 23 Power Play 2x.

With a $1 billion Powerball jackpot prize on the line, having a plan in place is not only smart, but very necessary. Here's what to do if you win.

A lottery ticket worth over $11 million was sold at a convenience store in Ohio.According to the Ohio Lottery, the ticket was sold for Saturday’s lottery drawing, and while nobody won the big Powerball jackpot yet,

There were also four winning Powerball ticket worth $1 million sold in the following states: California, New Jersey, Pennsylvania and South Carolina. The winning numbers from the Wednesday night drawing were 7, 8, 15, 19, 28 and Powerball 3. The Power Play ...