Winning numbers drawn for $1.26 billion Powerball jackpot

The winning numbers person been drawn for Wednesday's Powerball jackpot worthy $1.26 billion.

Wednesday night's numbers are: 26, 66, 33, 53, 62 and the Powerball is 17. The Power Play is 4x.

The Powerball jackpot roseate again aft determination were nary large winners successful Monday night's drawing.

While nary 1 secured the expansive prize, 2 tickets sold successful Arizona and California matched each 5 achromatic balls to triumph $1 cardinal prizes. The drafting besides produced 43 tickets that won $50,000 prizes and 14 tickets that won $200,000 prizes, Powerball said.

This is the 2nd jackpot to deed astatine slightest $1 cardinal this twelvemonth and the 12th to transverse the $1 cardinal threshold successful the past 5 years.

The largest jackpot this twelvemonth was successful September, and was valued astatine $1.787 cardinal earlier taxes. That went to 2 winners from Missouri and Texas who divided the prize. They took the lump sum, $410 cardinal earlier taxes, and different lottery winners person done the same.

"Powerball has lone seen back-to-back to billion-dollar jackpots twice, and this 1 has arrived conscionable successful clip for the holidays," said Matt Strawn, Iowa Lottery CEO and Powerball Product Group Chair. "While it's breathtaking to spot the jackpot ascent to this level, delight retrieve to play responsibly. A azygous $2 summons gives you a accidental to win, portion besides supporting bully causes successful your community."

Whether winners really instrumentality an advertised jackpot worth depends connected however they take to beryllium paid. The estimated $1.1 cardinal offered successful Monday's drafting would person travel lone if a victor opted for 30 escalating installments - which lotteries connection done an annuity accounting for involvement - implicit 29 years.

Otherwise, a victor could take a lump sum representing what's successful the existent jackpot excavation connected the time of the drawing, which successful Wednesday's drafting is an estimated $572.1 million.

The likelihood of winning Powerball's jackpot are 1 successful 292.2 million.

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