A lucky New Jersey lottery player won $2 million playing Powerball in Wednesday night's drawing, according to the Powerball website. The winning ticket matched the five white balls and had the Powerplay to double the prize. The winning ticket was sold through the third-party lottery app Jackpot.com, according to the New Jersey Lottery.

After three months without anyone winning the top prize in the lottery, a ticket worth an estimated $1.22 billion was sold in California for the drawing Friday night. The winning ticket matched the white balls 3,

The Mega Millions jackpot rose to $1.22 billion after no one managed to hit all six numbers on Christmas Eve. The Friday night drawing comes with a cash option of $549.7 million. If it's won, it would be the fifth-largest jackpot in Mega Millions history,