A Powerball player in California missed out on the $163 million jackpot but still won $29,466, lottery officials said. The ticket in the Dec. 30 drawing matched four winning Powerball numbers plus the Powerball, according to the California Lottery.

At least one Mega Millions player has plenty of dough to ring in the New Year after drawing the winning number. After three months without anyone winning the top prize in the lottery, a ticket worth an estimated $1.

The California Lottery announced in a post on X that the winning $1.269 billion Mega Millions ticket, which has a cash value of $571.9 million, was purchased at a Circle K (Sunshine Food and Gas) at 3505 Rhonda Road in Cottonwood.

While the billion-dollar Mega Millions ticket was sold in the Shasta County community of Cottonwood, a Roseville gas station sold one of two tickets in the state that matched five numbers. A Chevron station located at 1400 Blue Oaks Blvd in Roseville sold a ticket that matched five numbers for a prize amount

CLEVELAND, Ohio — A single ticket sold in California matched the winning numbers from the Friday, Dec. 27, 2024, Mega Millions drawing, winning a $1.22 billion jackpot.

After three months without anyone winning the top prize, a ticket worth an estimated $1.22 billion was sold in California for the drawing Friday night.

The $1.26 billion Mega Millions lottery in Cottonwood is the largest win here but tickets worth big money have sold in this part of California before.