The odds of winning the Powerball jackpot (five numbers plus the Powerball) are 1 in 292.2 million. The chances of taking home the Match 5 prize is 1 in 11.68 million, while the four numbers plus the Powerball has odds of 1 in 913,129.18.

Fitchburg man, Paul Corcoran, wins $2 million in Powerball lottery due to an accidental extra ticket purchase.

A Powerball player just missed a $250 million jackpot — but is still set to get richer in North Carolina. The player bought a ticket that matched all but one number picked in the July 14 drawing, making it worth $50,000, according to the N.C. Education Lottery website.

A Michigan Lottery player matched the winning numbers from the Monday, July 14 drawing — 8, 12, 45, 46 and 63 — to win $1 million.

A Powerball ticket worth $100,000 was sold for Monday’s lottery drawing at a convenience store in Ocean County. The lucky Powerball ticket was bought at Wawa on County Line Road in Jackson, lottery officials said. It matched four numbers, but not the Powerball, and was purchased with the Power Play option for an extra $1.

Powerball jackpot reaches $248 million after no winners on July 12, one Ohio winner got $50,000. A $2 million winner emerged in Wisconsin, and a $1 million prize was claimed in Texas. The next draw offers a cash option of $112.

One QuikTrip gas station in the Kansas City area helped someone become $50,000 richer. A Missouri Lottery player purchased a Powerball ticket for the June 25 drawing at the gas station at 1450 NE Highway 291 in Lee’s Summit,