The ® jackpot has been won in California! A California Lottery player matched all six numbers drawn Saturday night to win a jackpot worth $526.5 million. The jackpot has a cash value of $243.8 million.
Final ticket sales pushed the jackpot beyond its earlier estimate of $515 million to $526.5 million at the time of the drawing.
The winning numbers in the Saturday, March 29 drawing were white balls 7, 11, 21, 53, 61 and red 2. The Power Play® multiplier was 3X.
This was the second jackpot won this year; the jackpot was previously won on Jan. 18, 2025, by an Oregon lottery player who claimed a $328.5 million prize.
The lucky ticket holder in California will have the choice between an annuitized prize of $526.5 million or a lump sum payment of $243.8 million. Both prize options are before taxes. If the winner selects the annuity option, they will receive one immediate payment followed by 29 annual payments that increase by 5-percent each year.
Nationwide, more than 928-thousand tickets won cash prizes in last night’s drawing, including five tickets that matched all white balls to win $1 million prizes. The $1 million-winning tickets were sold in Georgia (2), Ohio, Oregon and Texas.
For the next drawing on Monday night, the jackpot resets to $20 million. The jackpot has a cash value $9.3 million.
® tickets are $2 per play. Tickets are sold in 45 states, the District of Columbia, Puerto Rico and the U.S. Virgin Islands. More than half of all proceeds from the sale of a ticket remain in the jurisdiction where the ticket was sold. Since its first drawing in 1992, the game has helped generate more than $32 billion for good causes supported by U.S. lotteries.
drawings are broadcast live every Monday, Wednesday and Saturday at 10:59 p.m. ET from the Florida Lottery draw studio in Tallahassee. drawings are also live streamed on .com.
The overall odds of winning a prize are 1 in 24.9. The odds of winning the jackpot are 1 in 292.2 million.