Florida Celebrates Life-Changing $800M Mega Millions Win as Powerball Fever Builds

Tuesday night marked a significant win for lottery enthusiasts, yet another enormous jackpot continues to await a winner.

A single ticket sold in sunny Florida captured the staggering $800 million Mega Millions jackpot, creating quite the buzz among hopeful players.

For those eager to see how they fared, the fortunate numbers that clinched the prize were 34, 48, 49, 59, and 70, with a Mega Ball of 12.

This astonishing $800 million haul ranks as the 10th largest jackpot in the history of the Mega Millions lottery, adding another chapter to its storied legacy.

Attention now shifts to Wednesday night, poised with anticipation as the Powerball jackpot swells to an impressive $663 million, with a palpable cash option of $290.4 million ready to claim.

The United Kingdom started taking part in Powerball drawings just last week.

The largest Powerball payout was just over $2 billion (about 1.5 billion pounds) from a ticket bought in 2022 in California. EuroMillions, a lottery offered across nine European countries and also operated in the U.K. by Allwyn, awarded the maximum 250 million euros (about $285 million) to players from France, Ireland and Austria over the course of 2025.

The odds of winning a Powerball jackpot are a minuscule 1 in 292.2 million. Those odds will be the same for U.S. and U.K. players, lottery officials say.

U.S. lottery officials say the expanded player base will allow Powerball jackpots to grow more quickly, likely increasing sales as more people are drawn to larger grand prizes.

Powerball tickets cost $2.

Tickets purchased in the U.K. will only go toward the Powerball jackpot – not lower-tier prizes. Players in the U.K. will have a different lower-tier prize structure.

The estimated jackpot amounts in each country will differ due to currency conversion rates and because the U.S. advertises prize amounts pretax, unlike in the U.K.

U.K. Powerball jackpots will also be paid over 30 years, whereas in the U.S. jackpot winners have a choice between taking their winnings spread over years through an annuity or in cash – nearly all winners opt for cash.

Powerball is played in 45 U.S. states, and Washington, D.C., Puerto Rico and the U.S. Virgin Islands.

In the game, players choose five white-ball numbers from 1 to 69 and one red Powerball number from 1 to 26. Drawings will continue to be held Mondays, Wednesdays and Saturdays.

You can check the winning numbers on Action News at 11 p.m.