Powerball:

One lucky ticket in Kentucky matched all 6 numbers in the Saturday, December 27th drawing and won the $128.6 million jackpot! The holder(s) of the winning ticket will now have to decide to either take the 29-year, 30-installment annuity, or the one time cash “lump sum” amount of $63,456,864. Huge congrats go out to this unbelievable lucky winner(s)!

Florida Lottery:

The Florida Lottery announced on December 24th, 2009 that FLORIDA LOTTO winner Mary Ambroise, 39, of Key West, claimed the December 19th, $13 million FLORIDA LOTTO jackpot! Ambroise chose the one-time, lump-sum payment for her winnings in the amount of $7,830,450.33. What a great Christmas present for this lucky lady!

California Lottery:

A lucky Lottery player in Southern California had an early reason to thank Santa! That’s because the lucky player hit the $47 million jackpot in the  Super Lotto Plus drawing of December 23rd! Winners have 180 days to claim their prize. Let’s hope this lucky winner comes forward soon!

"Make Me a Millionaire," the California Lottery’s TV game show, awarded 12 lucky contestants a total of $105,000 in cash and prizes on this week’s show! With the Millionaire game’s progressive jackpot increasing $200,000 each week, next week’s Millionaire game contestant will have a chance to win $3 million.

Mega Millions:

One ticket in the December 22nd, 2009 Mega Millions drawing matched all six numbers to win the estimated $162 million jackpot! That ticket was bought in Suffolk County, New York. More details are to follow but let’s hope whoever owns this tickets comes forward soon!

The Mega Millions estimated jackpot has reached a whopping $16 million and the next drawing will be held December 29th, 2009.