A Mega Millions ticket worth around $70,000 was sold in California. Winning numbers from the Aug. 15 drawing: 4, 17, 27, 34, 69. MB: 16 LOS ANGELES - Feeling lucky? As the nation awaits the winner of the $216 million Mega Millions lottery winner, someone in California may be $70,000 million richer.

The current Powerball jackpot is now the biggest lottery prize of the year so far, eclipsing the $526.5 million Powerball prize won by a California resident in March.