The odds of hitting the Powerball jackpot are more than 292 million to 1. A player who buys a $2 ticket has about a 1 in 11,688,053 chance to match five numbers (but not the Powerball) and win a second prize of at least $1 million.

Seventeen players in New Jersey won $10,000 or more last week playing Powerball, Mega Millions and New Jersey Lottery games.

Bergen County’s luck was on full display this week after four winning lottery tickets sold at local stores brought in a combined $135,000, according to the New Jersey Lottery. The prizes came from Powerball and scratch-off games purchased in Dumont ...

There were no Powerball jackpot winners in Saturday’s drawing, pushing the top prize for Monday night to $358 million