Welcome to our Friday compilation of the lottery industry’s most significant, interesting, or absurd happenings

Here are the latest winning lottery numbers from Wednesday, Aug. 20, 2025. You can find all the lottery results, including Powerball and Mega Millions, each night on PennLive. Treasure Hunt: 3, 8, 11,

A Mega Millions ticket worth around $70,000 was sold in California. LOS ANGELES - Feeling lucky? As the nation awaits the winner of the $216 million Mega Millions lottery winner, someone in California may be $70,000 million richer. According to California Lottery's website late Friday night, a ticket worth $70,900 was sold within the state.

No one won Monday night's $605 million Powerball jackpot – leaving the jackpot to grow to an estimated $643 million ahead of Wednesday's drawing. The jackpot is a new high for 2025, after going without a winner since the end of May.

CLEVELAND, Ohio — The Powerball jackpot is now the largest it’s been this year, reaching $605 million for the drawing on Monday, Aug. 18, 2025. The largest jackpot this year was a $526.5 million prize won March 29 in California. The Saturday, Aug. 16 numbers are 23-40-49-65-69 Powerball 23 Power Play 3x.

A Mega Millions player has claimed the largest lottery prize in Virginia history after hitting a $348 million jackpot — and now they plan to buy a lawn mower.