If you didn't win anything this time around, maybe Friday will be your lucky night. The estimated jackpot for the next draw has jumped to $72 million.

The price of a Mega Millions ticket is going up from $2 to $5 beginning April 5, the second increase in the lottery’s 28-year history since its debut as The Big Game in 1996.

The winner has the option of receiving the jackpot in 30 installments or a lump sum of around $243.8 million, the California Lottery announced. Both options are before taxes. RELATED: Mega Millions will cost more, but jackpots will be higher and odds ...

A single ticket recently sold at the convenience store matches all 5 numbers and the Powerball from Saturday’s drawing, the California Lottery announced.

A lucky person in California won the Powerball jackpot in Saturday's drawing, which was worth over $500 million.

“Here, here’s your gift for Christmas,” Herrejon told lottery officials his father said upon handing him the ticket. Turns out, his father’s last-minute gift would prove to be life-changing. Herrejon played the ticket at home and learned he had won the game’s top prize of $7 million, lottery officials said.

A California ticket holder was the big winner over the weekend: The Powerball jackpot was worth an estimated $527 million. The big lottery winner over the weekend wasn't from Florida, but someone ...

The first drawing of the new Mega Millions game, which costs $5 per ticket instead of the previous game’s $2 per ticket, was held Tuesday night. “While no one anywhere in the country

A California man scored a lottery jackpot after heeding his wife’s suggestion. The long-time lottery player “was out and about when he asked his wife if he should get anything at the store,” California Lottery officials said in an April 2 news release.