California
After no winning ticket was sold for Tuesday’s jackpot, the top prize has been pushed to $1.28 billion for Friday’s drawing, making it the second-largest jackpot in the game’s history.
July 29, 2022
Los Angeles County sheriff’s detectives arrest a four-person crew linked to thefts dating back to Feb. 13.
April 19, 2024
Authorities have arrested a Northern California man they say tried to steal his roommate’s $10-million winning lottery ticket.
Jan. 8, 2019
Despite extremely long odds, people continue to line up for lottery tickets. They can dream big as the total jackpots for three lottery games hits $1 billion.
March 1, 2024
Days after thieves stole as much as $30 million from a security company vault in Sylmar, residents and workers piece together details of the crime.
April 5, 2024
The identity of the $1.765-billion Powerball winner has been revealed, according to a California Lottery news release.
March 15, 2024
A SuperLotto Plus ticket went from a $63-million prize to a worthless scrap of paper late Thursday afternoon after the person who bought it failed to show up by the deadline to turn it in.
Feb. 3, 2016
Nov. 11, 2015
Police in Garden Grove are looking for at least three men who used a minivan and some rope to try to steal an ATM from a liquor store and made off with thousands of California Lotto scratchers.
May 24, 2016
A Long Beach man is suing the state and the California Lottery Commission, claiming he was denied $5 million in prize money because his 16-year-old son purchased his winning ticket.
July 21, 2017