Overview
- The Dec. 29 drawing is scheduled for 7:59 p.m. PT, and most California retailers stop sales around 7:00 p.m. PT.
- The advertised top prize stands at $33 million with a cash option estimated at about $15.2 million.
- Saturday’s winning numbers were 5-20-34-39-62 with Powerball 1 and a 2x Power Play, and no jackpot ticket was sold.
- A ticket in Arkansas won $1.82 billion last week, and California produced one of eight $1 million five-match winners from that drawing.
- In California, tickets are sold only at authorized retailers, secondary prizes are pari-mutuel, winners’ names are public, and lottery prizes are not subject to state tax.