Over the past year, a California lottery player has had his fair share of wins. But Juan Silva Zarate's most recent lottery prize was "unforgettable," California Lottery officials said in a July 25 news release. Leading up to his big win, Zarate had scored four $1,000 prizes on scratch-off tickets, lottery officials said.

A California man's lucky lottery streak culminated in his winning $2 million from an Instant Prize Crossword Scratchers ticket he bought in Hayward.

California Powerball, Mega Millions climb to nearly $2 billion in combined prizes After 35 consecutive draws without a jackpot winner, the Powerball pot is up to $800 million.

Nearly 400,000 other Powerball tickets sold in the United States also won prizes ranging from $4 to $100,000, the lottery said.

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A Powerball player on the Peninsula is holding a ticket worth $677,000 after matching the first five numbers in Monday night’s draw.

Two tickets in California came close to winning the $1.2-billion Powerball jackpot Wednesday night, matching five of the six numbers to earn more than $1 million each.

Over two months later and still, no winner has been announced as the winner of the record-breaking $2.04 billion Powerball lottery in California. The winning ticket was sold in November at Joe’s ...

A lucky lottery Scratchers player in Hayward is one of the latest to uncover a jackpot win, scoring $2 million after a string of smaller rewards.