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

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.

Tennesseans have another chance to win the Powerball jackpot after no winner was drawn on Aug. 11. Here's the latest