The Powerball jackpot skyrocketed to $1.7 billion after no winner matched all six numbers in Wednesday’s drawing, in accordance to the Multi-State Lottery Association.
The profitable numbers had been 3, 16, 29, 61, 69, and crimson Powerball 22, with a Power Play multiplier of two.
The subsequent drawing is Saturday evening. The new jackpot is the third largest in each Powerball and US lottery history, behind solely the document $2.04 billion Powerball jackpot gained in 2022, and the $1.765 billion Powerball jackpot gained in 2023. Both of these prizes had been gained in California, in accordance to the affiliation, which runs the Powerball recreation.
Powerball has now matched its longest stretch of drawings with no jackpot winner. Saturday’s drawing will mark the forty second consecutive recreation for the reason that jackpot was final gained on May 31, in California. The solely different 42-drawing stretch ended in April final yr with a $1.3 billion jackpot win in Oregon.
The new $1.7 billion determine represents the quantity for individuals who select to obtain the jackpot in 30 annual installments, with one fast payout. A winner may also select to get a lump-sum money cost, presently estimated at $770 million. Either situation is before taxes.
While the quantity of the highest prize has climbed upward, the percentages of profitable haven’t, and are round 1 in 292.2 million. The odds relate to the variety of balls used in the drawing, which have changed over time, pushing down the percentages of profitable the jackpot – although the possibilities of a tie, when two or extra individuals choose the identical profitable numbers, enhance as extra tickets are offered.
At $2 per play, Powerball tickets are offered in 45 states, the District of Columbia, Puerto Rico and the U.S. Virgin Islands.