While the estimated Powerball jackpot is setting records as the fifth-largest in gaming history, Ohio Jackpocket users are unable to use the popular lottery app to buy their tickets for the drawing at 11:59 tonight, Sept. 3. Jackpocket, which was bought by ...

If you are going to play the Powerball lottery, there's some important information you need to know to play. The jackpot starts out at $20 million and grows with each drawing that no one wins. It takes nearly 40 drawings to reach the billion-dollar jackpot.

Two lucky Illinois Powerball players won $1 million this past weekend after matching five numbers, according to an Illinois Lottery press release. Several other participants throughout the state made big wins as well, with prizes ranging from $50,000 ...

The ticket sold on the Virginia Lottery mobile app matched all five white balls and carries a $1 million cash prize. The ticket sold in Spotsylvania is one of 31 tickets that won $100,000, and the tickets sold in Hampton Roads are two of 114 tickets that won $50,000.

Powerball winning numbers are in for the Saturday, Aug. 30 drawing with a jackpot that reached an estimated $1.03 billion ($468.3 million cash option). The winning numbers in Saturday's drawing are 3, 18, 22, 27, and 33, with Powerball number 17.