A Powerball ticket sold in Northern California fell just one number short of winning the $59 million jackpot, lottery officials said. Instead, the lucky ticket won $36,646. The ticket matched four winning numbers and the Powerball in the drawing Wednesday ...

One ticket each with all six numbers in the Wednesday evening’s Powerball lottery drawing was sold in Indiana and Kansas and the players have the choice between an annuitized prize of $71.5 million or a lump sum payment of $32.

Powerball in the UK, too? Players would still have a 1 in 292.2 million chance to match all 6 numbers whether the jackpot is $20 million or $2 billion.