Each ticket is $1, and you get two "plays" in hopes of winning. Prize amounts range from $3, $30, $1,000, and the grand prize is whatever the current jackpot is. You can pick a number from 1 to 49 or let the computer pick 6 random numbers for you.

A Powerball player just missed the $176 million jackpot but still won a big prize in Washington. The lottery player won $50,000 during the Sept. 18 drawing, according to Washington’s Lottery. They matched four white balls and the red Powerball, only missing one number. The winning numbers were 1, 11, 22, 47, 68 and 7.

A Mega Millions ticket sold in Washington won $1 million and narrowly missed the $800 million jackpot, lottery officials say. The Washington ticket matched all five winning numbers, but not the Mega Ball, in the drawing Tuesday, Sept. 10, the Washington Lottery said.

The Mega Millions jackpot has soared to an estimated $800 million after no ticket matched all six numbers in Friday night's drawing. This makes it the seventh-largest jackpot in the game's history, trailing only six jackpots that exceeded $1 billion.

The lottery jackpot was an estimated $176 million with a cash option of $89.4 million for Wednesday night's drawing, according to the Powerball website. The jackpot was last won on Aug. 19 when a California lottery player won a $44.