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The Mega Millions jackpot climbs again.

That's one lucky baby!

Someone who bought a Powerball ticket in California has won a record $2.04 billion Powerball jackpot after more than three months without anyone hitting the top prize.

How many tickets have you bought in the last week?

Once a winner of the record Powerball jackpot is declared and claims the prize, a more interesting question arises: What happens to all that money and the supposedly lucky ticket holder? As research shows, it’s often not what you’d expect.

The jackpot for tonight's drawing is an estimated $1.9 billion.

There is another Powerball drawing Wednesday with an estimated $1.2 billion jackpot on the line.

The Powerball jackpot has climbed to an estimated $1.2 billion ($596.7 million cash) for the next drawing Wednesday.

No one matched all six numbers in Saturday's Powerball drawing, increasing the jackpot to $336 million for Monday night's drawing.

No one matched all six numbers in Tuesday night's Mega Millions drawing, increasing the jackpot to $210 million for tonight's drawing. The winning numbers drawn Tuesday night were: 6-17-46-59-68, Mega Ball: 2. A basic Mega Millions ticket costs $2, and to claim the big prize you'll need to match five numbers (1-70), plus the Mega Ball (1-25). The odds? 1 in 302,575,350. Mega ...