Another millionaire may be born this weekend.
The drawing for the $1.23 billion Powerball prize will take place Saturday night, with an estimated prize of $595.1 million.
If you're thinking of trying your luck at Powerball's fourth-largest jackpot, here's some data that could improve your chances.
location, location, location
Good news for Southern California lottery players — Los Angeles County has far more Powerball and Mega Millions winnings than any other county in the state, according to an NBC News analysis of California Lottery data.
This is not surprising given California tends to have more lottery retailers in populous counties like Los Angeles.
Which type of retailer is more fortunate?
Convenience stores, typically attached to gas stations, have sold the most Powerball and Mega Millions tickets since 2021, according to NBC data analysts.
Convenience stores, liquor stores and supermarkets, which do not sell gasoline, followed the retailers that sold the most winning tickets.
What is the luckiest store in Southern California?
Bluebird Liquor in Hawthorne ranks among the top five winning ticket retailers in the state and has sold eight total winning tickets since 2021, including four Powerball and four Mega Millions tickets. .
In Los Angeles County, retailers also have the highest median winnings for Powerball and Mega Millions. Many of the big bucks represent recent jackpot wins in Southern California.
Joe's Service Center in Altadena will sell the state's historic $2 billion Powerball ticket in November 2022, with the highest median prize ever.
It will be followed by Las Palmitas Mini Market in downtown Los Angeles, which sold $1 billion in Powerball tickets in July 2023.
Another hotspot is Nipton's Primm Valley Lottery, located off the 15 Freeway between Los Angeles and Las Vegas, which offers 28 winning Powerball tickets and a Mega Lottery between March 2021 and February 2024. We sold 20 Millions tickets.
It's all about one thing and that's luck
In Mega Millions, the odds of matching all six numbers are 1 in 302.6 million.
Powerball odds are slightly better, at 1 in 292.2 million.
The drawing for the approximately $1.23 billion Powerball prize begins Saturday night.
The current estimated prize money is $595.1 million. Powerball tickets cost $2 per play. Tickets are available in 45 states, the District of Columbia, Puerto Rico, and the U.S. Virgin Islands.