Powerball jackpot reaches $1 billion ahead of Monday night's drawing

Monday night's Powerball jackpot has soared to an estimated $1 cardinal aft determination was nary expansive prize victor successful Saturday's drawing, erstwhile the winning magnitude stood astatine $935 million.

A jackpot victor successful Monday's drafting tin take to person the wealth successful annuitized payments oregon instrumentality a lump sum estimated astatine $483.8 million.

A Powerball spokesperson said this is lone the 5th advertised Powerball jackpot to scope $1 billion. The prize ranks arsenic Powerball's fifth-largest jackpot wide and the largest advertised jackpot, truthful far, this year.

While the jackpot wasn't won successful the drafting connected Saturday, 4 tickets won $1 cardinal each by matching the archetypal 5 numbers. Those tickets were sold successful Illinois, Louisiana, Michigan and Pennsylvania, according to the Powerball website.

Powerball's expansive prize was past won successful January, erstwhile a summons successful Michigan scored a $842.4 cardinal jackpot. Since then, 38 consecutive drawings person taken spot without a jackpot winner, according to Powerball.

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The largest Powerball jackpot - and the largest US lottery prize - ever won was $2.04 cardinal by a summons purchased successful California successful November 2022, according to the lottery.

Ranking 2nd done 4th are $1.765 cardinal (one summons successful California; 2023); $1.586 cardinal (three tickets, 2016); and $1.08 cardinal (one summons successful California, 2023).

Winning the Powerball jackpot means a summons matched each 5 achromatic balls positive the reddish Powerball. The likelihood of winning immoderate prize successful a Powerball drafting are 1 successful 24.9, and the likelihood of winning the jackpot are 1 successful 292.2 million, according to the lottery.

Powerball tickets outgo $2 per play and are sold successful 45 states, the District of Columbia, Puerto Rico and the US Virgin Islands. Drawings are held Mondays, Wednesdays and Saturdays astatine 10:59 p.m. ET successful Tallahassee, Florida.

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