Coincidence? Of the 14 times a lottery jackpot hit $1 billion, 2 winning tickets were sold from a beachtown Publix in Florida, for $1.58 billion prize

A Publix in Clearwater, Florida, sold a $1 million Powerball ticket, while two $2 million tickets were sold in North Carolina and Pennsylvania. Other states also had $1 million winners.

Thinking about buying a Florida Lottery ticket for Christmas? Or maybe a Powerball ticket for the $1.10 billion jackpot? See December winners.

Florida Lotto players pick 6 numbers between 1 and 53 and have a 1 in 22,957,480 chance to win the top prize. Drawings are Wednesdays and Saturdays.

The Powerball jackpot is growing to an estimated $1.25 billion for Wednesday night’s drawing after lottery officials said no ticket matched all six numbers drawn Monday night

After Wednesday's Florida Lotto, Cash4Life, Fantasy 5 and Powerball drawings, the biggest jackpot grew even fatter and three people shared the smallest jackpot. The Powerball top prize will be up to almost $1 billion for Saturday's drawing.

Powerball number was 16, but no one claimed the top prize. While the jackpot went unclaimed, several players still scored big, including $2 million Power Play winners in North Carolina and Pennsylvania and $1 million winners in California,