Lottery hopefuls can attempt their luck for the estimated $1.7 billion Powerball jackpot in Wednesday’s drawing after no winners took residence the grand prize Monday night time.
Monday night time’s successful numbers had been 3, 18, 36, 41 and 54, with a Powerball of seven and a Power Play multiplier of two, that means most prizes had been doubled in a separate drawing if folks paid $1 extra, in accordance to a Powerball press release.
The jackpot is the fourth-largest in Powerball historical past and the second- largest this 12 months, rivaling September’s jackpot of an estimated $1.787 billion, break up between two winners in Missouri and Texas. The lottery sport has generated a few of the largest jackpots in US historical past, together with the report $2.04 billion in 2022.
If it appears as if this jackpot has been rising for a very long time, it has — with a report 46 drawings in the present collection, in accordance to Powerball. Wednesday’s drawing might be the forty seventh.
Though nobody took residence the large test, some winners obtained an early Christmas current of $1 million by matching all 5 white balls on Monday. These 9 tickets had been offered in Florida, Georgia, Illinois, New York, Ohio, Pennsylvania, Tennessee and Wisconsin.
Multiple jackpots have been gained both on Christmas Eve or Christmas Day, in accordance to Powerball, however none of them have ever reached $1 billion.
If somebody gained tonight’s jackpot, it could be the first ticket to accomplish that.
Lottery winners gained’t see each cent of that $1.7 billion. That worth — and the estimated $781.3 million lump sum — are earlier than taxes, although a handful of states don’t tax their lottery winnings.
Jackpot winners have two choices to receives a commission: both via an annuitized prize plan, with one upfront cost and 29 yearly funds growing by 5%, or via one lump sum payout. The annuitized prize plan takes curiosity into consideration. Most lottery winners take the lump sum.
Before scrambling to purchase a ticket, know that the odds for successful the jackpot are 1 out of 292.2 million, however odds enhance for smaller prizes, some as low as $4. A ticket to play is $2.
The drawings are scheduled for each Monday, Wednesday and Saturday at 10:59 ET.