Powerball's latest jackpot run into 10-figure territory is not happening in a vacuum. It is unfolding in a lottery landscape reshaped by Mega Millions, shifting player habits and rule tweaks that quietly steer billions of dollars in ticket sales.

Ten New Jersey lottery players won prizes of $50,000 or more in the Wednesday drawing - including tickets in Bergen, Morris and Hudson counties.

There aren’t many purchases you can make that come with a potential 650,000,000X return on investment. But that’s where things stand coming off the Labor Day holiday weekend with the Powerball jackpot. For Wednesday night’s drawing, costing $2 to ...

It’s been more than three months since anyone has won the Powerball jackpot, leading to Wednesday night’s grand prize being the seventh largest in the game’s history. The estimated jackpot for the Dec. 10 drawing is worth $930 million with a cash option of $429 million.