Mega Millions tickets will soon cost more than twice as much as before — but the odds of winning will go up, slightly

It is now inevitable that the sale of lottery tickets will be suspended from midnight on 31 May, when Ithuba’s licence expires.

Matthews visited Florida Lottery headquarters up in Tallahassee to collect her winnings as a one-time payout of $3,960,000, lottery officials said. The Murphy USA received a $10,000 prize for selling the ticket. Only one jackpot prize remains in the game, records show.

A lucky California lottery player matched all six numbers in Saturday night's Powerball to win the $526.5 million jackpot.

Powerball tickets can be purchased at any New York Lottery retailer for $2, seven days a week. The deadline for purchasing a ticket is 10 p.m. on draw nights. Drawings are held every Monday, Wednesday and Saturday at 11 p.m., and the New York Lottery urges players to buy tickets early to avoid last-minute lines.

STATEN ISLAND, N.Y. — The highest lump-sum payout for a winning New York state Lottery scratch-off ticket is $10 million. There are four games that have $10 million as their top prize, with three of the $10 million tickets still in circulation.

A jackpot winning Powerball ticket worth $515 million was sold in Anaheim, according to lottery officials. The ticket, which bore the winning numbers 21, 7, 11, 61, 53 and the Powerball of 2, was sold at the 7-Eleven store located at 763 N.