To play Powerball, you pick six numbers: five numbers between one and 69 for the white balls; and one number between one and 26 for the red Powerball. Selecting all of them correctly gets you the jackpot.

Grab your lottery tickets because the drawing for the $444 Mega Millions jackpot is tonight.

The $444 million jackpot is the eighth-largest jackpot in Mega Millions' history

Experts recommend that big lottery winners take steps right away to protect their windfall, including telling as few people as possible.

Friday night's Mega Millions jackpot has soared to $444 million, after more than two months of twice-weekly drawings with no winner.

There was no winner of the jackpot or Power Play.

The estimated cash value for the May 29, 2019 Powerball drawing is $205.2 million.

If you went with the cash option — most winners do — the IRS would withhold tens of millions of dollars before the windfall reaches you.

Still no jackpot winner in the Mega Millions, with the total winnings rolling over to $444 million.

The estimated cash value for the May 25, 2019, Powerball drawing is $193 million.

The jackpot stood at $288 million on May 22, 2019.

The jackpot has quietly risen to $288 million, with a cash value option at $180 million.

If you beat the odds and nab the top Mega Millions prize, the IRS would get more than $58 million before the windfall reaches you. You also could count on owing more at tax time.

Before the winner would even get a dime, more than $54 million would be withheld for federal taxes. Much more would likely be due at tax time.

Two winners took home winnings for matching five numbers, one of them securing the Power Play X2.

The estimated cash value of Wednesday night's Powerball is of $156 million.

It really does pay to dream big.

The estimated cash value of Saturday night's drawing is $145.4 million.

Jackpot now stands at $235 million.

The Powerball jackpot Wednesday night is $215 million, with an estimated cash value of $133 million.

Mega Millions jackpot lottery numbers and results for Tuesday night's $273 million drawing.

A very lucky Australian has ended his working week with a huge $30million Powerball lottery win.

The jackpot continues to grow as there is still no Grand Prize winner for Powerball.

The cash value option of tonight's drawing is approximately $112.1 million.

You must match all six numbers to claim the entire jackpot

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