For only the third time, Powerball and Mega Millions have grand prize jackpots at more than $500 million at the same time.
Powerball’s jackpot is at $875 million, and Mega Millions stands at $560 million. The next Mega Millions drawing is at 7 p.m. PT Friday. Powerball’s next drawing is Saturday at 7:59 p.m. PT.
Oregon saw two winners from Wednesday night’s Powerball drawing: A ticket purchased in Cottage Grove is a $150,000 winner and a $50,000 winner was purchased in Lincoln City.
The last time both Powerball and Mega Millions had jackpots above $500 million simultaneously was in 2021, when Powerball clocked in at $731.1 million and Mega Millions was $1.05 billion. In 2018, Powerball reached $687.8 million at the same time Mega Millions reached a staggering $1.537 billion.