Will a $2 Powerball ticket make you a multimillionaire? Several players got lucky in the Saturday, March 29, Powerball lottery drawing, including a jackpot winner.
The Powerball jackpot for Saturday was $515 million. Final ticket sales pushed the grand total to $526.5 million. One ticket purchased at a 7-Eleven in Anaheim, California, about three miles from Disneyland theme park, matched all five numbers plus the Powerball to win.
The jackpot reset to $20 million with a cash option of $9 million for the Monday, March 31, Powerball lottery drawing. Monday’s winning numbers were 12-41-44-52-64 and the Powerball was 25. Power Play was 2x. We’ll see if there’s a winner or the first rollover in this lottery streak.
In case you’re wondering, the winning numbers for the Powerball lottery drawing on Saturday, March 29 were 7-11-21-53-61 and the Powerball was 2. Power Play was 3x. (Did you notice two of the winning Powerball numbers were 7 and 11?)
Those winning Powerball numbers also resulted in big cash for five other tickets across the country. Two tickets purchased in Georgia and a ticket bought in Ohio, Oregon and Texas each matched 5 for $1 million prizes.
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Tickets start at $2 a piece. Below is what to know about lottery odds, how long to claim the cash option if you bought a ticket in Florida, and what happens to unclaimed prize money, according to the Florida Lottery.
Good luck!
Where it was sold: Winning Powerball ticket for $515 million jackpot purchased at 7-Eleven near Disney
What were winning Powerball numbers for Monday, March 31, 2025? 12-41-44-52-64 and the Powerball was 25
Powerball drawings are at 11 p.m. EDT Mondays, Wednesdays and Saturdays, including holidays. Monday, March 31, winning Powerball numbers were 12-41-44-52-64 and the Powerball was 25. Power Play was 2x. We’ll see if there’s a winner or a rollover.
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The last Powerball streak ended Saturday, March 29, 2025, when a ticket purchased from a 7-11 convenience store three miles from Disneyland in Anaheim, California, aka the “happiest place on Earth,” matched all five numbers plus the Powerball to win the $515 million jackpot. Final ticket sales pushed the grand total to $526.5 million, according to the California Lottery.
Below is a recap of Powerball drawings and how long it took to grow from $20 million to the current prize.
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When is the next Powerball drawing? What are the chances of winning Powerball lottery?
Powerball drawings are held at 11 p.m. EDT Mondays, Wednesdays and Saturdays, including holidays. According to Powerball.com, players have a 1 in 292.2 million chance to match all six numbers. Prizes range from $2 to the grand prize jackpot, which varies. The next Powerball drawing will be Wednesday, April 2.
Prizes for Florida Lottery must be claimed within 180 days (six months) from the date of the drawing. To claim a single-payment cash option, a winner has within the first 60 days after the applicable draw date to claim it.
The Florida Lottery says its scratch-off tickets and Fast Play game prizes “must be claimed within 60 days of the official end-of-game date. Once the applicable time period has elapsed, the related Florida Lottery ticket will expire.”
Can Florida lottery winners remain anonymous?
According to Florida Lottery’s website, winners cannot remain anonymous: “Florida law mandates that the Florida Lottery provide records containing information such as the winner’s name, city of residence; game won, date won, and amount won to any third party who requests the information.”
However, the site states, the “names of lottery winners claiming prizes of $250,000 or greater will be temporarily exempt from public disclosure for 90 days from the date the prize is claimed, unless otherwise waived by the winner.”
Lottery experts and lawyers have said there are ways to remain anonymous if you win.
Who won, how long did it take to win Powerball, Mega Millions and those billion-dollar jackpots?
What are the Top 10 biggest Powerball jackpots in history?
Here are the Top 10 Powerball jackpots in the history of the game as of March 31, 2025:
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10. $731.1 million — Jan. 20, 2021; Maryland
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9. $754.6 million — Feb. 6, 2023; Washington
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8. $758.7 million — Aug. 23, 2017; Massachusetts
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7. $768.4 million — March 27, 2019; Wisconsin
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4. $1.33 billion — April 6, 2024; Oregon
When did lotto jackpots hit $1 billion or more for Mega Millions and Powerball? What are the biggest lottery jackpots in US history?
As of March 31, 2025, there have been 12 lottery jackpots that have reached or surpassed $1 billion. Only once has a jackpot surpassed $2 billion. These are the biggest lottery jackpots in U.S. history.
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$1.58 billion Mega Millions prize, Aug. 8, 2023, Saltines Holdings LLC of Miami, Florida
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$1.537 billion Mega Millions prize, Oct. 23, 2018, won by an anonymous player in South Carolina
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$1.348 billion Mega Millions prize, Jan. 13, 2023, LaKoma Island Investments, LLC, with the ticket purchased in Lebanon, Maine
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$1.337 billion Mega Millions prize, July 29, 2022, won by an anonymous partnership with a ticket purchased in Des Plaines, Illinois
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$1.326 billion Powerball prize, April 6, 2024, Cheng and Duanpen Saephan and Laiza Chao of Oregon
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$1.128 billion Mega Millions prize, March 26, 2024, won by an anonymous winner in New Jersey with the ticket purchased at ShopRite Liquor No. 781 in Neptune Township, New Jersey
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$1.08 billion Powerball prize, July 19, 2023, Yanira Alvarez of California
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$1.050 billion Mega Millions prize, Jan. 22, 2021, won by the Wolverine FLL Club of Oakland County, Michigan
(This story was updated with new information.)
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