You can check the Massachusetts Lottery website, or the Powerball website for the drawing results. Powerball tickets are $2 each and can be purchased until 9:50 p.m. on the day of a drawing. The Powerball website states that, "the overall odds of winning a prize are 1 in 24.9. The odds of winning the jackpot are 1 in 292.2 million."

Just in time for the holidays, the Powerball lottery jackpot is now worth $1 billion. Find out how to get a ticket.

A slot machine bet ended an MGM Springfield player walking away a jackpot prize winner. On Dec. 1, the player bet $8.80 to win $15,376 off of the game “Coin Trio.” Overall, there are more than 1,500 slot machines at MGM Springfield. The Springfield casino distributed more than $100 million in jackpot prizes over the year.

Powerball jackpot hit $1 billion. It's the second billion dollar prize offered this year. Here are your odds of winning.

But even if you’re not a big lottery winner in tonight’s Powerball drawing, it’s still worth heeding this advice for managing a significant sum of money