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

Is today your lucky day? The numbers for the Mega Millions jackpot will be drawn at around 11 p.m. Eastern Daylight Time.

While no one won the Mega Millions on Friday, Aug. 15, two New York lottery players still won big. Two tickets, both in the Empire State, matched the five white balls to win $2 million and $3 million, according to the New York Lottery site.

All Arizona Lottery retailers will redeem prizes up to $100 and may redeem winnings up to $599. For prizes over $599, winners can submit winning tickets through the mail or in person at Arizona Lottery offices. By mail, send a winner claim form, winning lottery ticket and a copy of a government-issued ID to P.O. Box 2913, Phoenix, AZ 85062.

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.

The Powerball and Mega Millions jackpots both keep on rising! The lotteries are now a combined $1.267 billion to begin the week after no one won either jackpot this weekend.

For Mega Millions, which draws on Friday evening, the annuitized jackpot was estimated at $395 million. The cash option is $188.2 million. An image of a Mega Millions form from the California Lottery.

CLEVELAND, Ohio — The Powerball jackpot is continuing its steady climb upward, sitting at $565 million for the drawing on Saturday, Aug. 16, 2025. Despite the impressive number, it still doesn’t crack the top 10 for largest Powerball jackpots in history. The largest was a $2.04 billion prize won in California in November 2022.