The odds of winning Powerball are 292,201,338 to 1 — or about 300 times less likely than getting struck by lightning.

Powerball players in California and across the country are hoping to win the sixth-largest jackpot in the game's history.

To win the largest Powerball prize since April last year—and the largest lottery jackpot of 2025 so far—a ticket buyer will have to overcome odds of 1 in 292.2 million.

To win the largest lottery prize of the year so far, a Powerball ticket buyer has to overcome astronomical odds of 1 in 292.2 ...