A Powerball ticket sold at a Massachusetts board game store this week became a winning ticket worth $150,000 after Saturday night’s drawing.

The Powerball lottery jackpot was an estimated $64 million for the Saturday, Jan. 3 drawing with a cash option of $28.9 million.

Christmas Eve Powerball win in Arkansas nearly broke the record of Edwin Castro of California, who won $2.04 billion Powerball in November 2022.

Powerball tickets can be purchased at any New York Lottery retailer for $2, seven days a week. The deadline for purchasing a ticket is 10 p.m. on draw nights. Drawings are held every Monday, Wednesday and Saturday at 11 p.m., and the New York Lottery urges players to buy tickets early to avoid last-minute lines.

Powerball and Mega Millions players in Florida just went through a triple whammy in billion-dollar lottery streaks for 2025 — but it wasn’t all bad news. No one in the Sunshine State won the grand prize in these newsworthy lottery drawings: In September,