Yanira Álvarez won the prize in July 2023 after purchasing the winning ticket at Las Palmitas Mini Market, an establishment in downtown Los Angeles. Another Latino, who also lived in that state, won the largest lottery prize in 2023: $2.04 billion.

The next draw will be played this Saturday at 11:00 pm (Eastern time) and the prize pool is $935 million. Although the odds of winning the Powerball jackpot are 1 in 292 million; in the case of Mega Millions it is 1 in 302.6 million.