Odds of winning the Powerball and Mega Millions are NOT in your favor
Odds of hitting the jackpot in Mega Millions or Powerball are around 1-in-292 million. Here are things that you’re more likely to land than big bucks.
It seems Coachella Valley has seen a bit of luck in the past week.
A Stater Bros. Markets on state Route 111 in La Quinta sold a winning ticket in the Feb. 14 Mega Millions drawing worth nearly $1.5 million, the California Lottery said a news release Saturday.
The winning ticket matched the first five numbers in the Mega Millions drawing and is worth $1,499,864. According to the news release, the grocery store earns a bonus of nearly $7,500 for selling it. The winning numbers were 11, 19, 31, 49, 56, and Mega Ball 16.
More recently, an Arco ampm at 52138 Harrison St., Coachella, sold the top winning ticket in Wednesday’s SuperLotto Plus draw, a prize of $33,186, according to the California Lottery. The winning numbers were 1, 4, 12, 15, 28 and Mega number 15.
It comes as a Stater Bros. Markets on Ramon Road in Cathedral City sold a Mega Millions ticket that won more than $2.1 million in a draw last March, the California Lottery announced in 2024. In September, an Arco ampm on Date Palm Drive in Cathedral City sold a Mega Millions ticket that won a prize of $2,233,779.
In Mega Millions, the odds of matching all five numbers and the Mega Millions number is 1 in 302,575,350, according to the California Lottery. The SuperLotto Plus odds of matching all five numbers and the Mega number are 1 in 41,416,353.
Paris Barraza is a trending reporter covering California news at The Desert Sun. Reach her at pbarraza@gannett.com.
