The Powerball jackpot has risen to an estimated $1 billion after no person held the fortunate grand prize ticket in Wednesday’s drawing.
The successful numbers had been 10, 16, 29, 33, 69, and pink Powerball 22, with a Power Play multiplier of three.
While no person snagged the $930 million Powerball jackpot – this 12 months’s second-largest prize – three fortunate winners every received $1 million, in response to Powerball’s website. Those successful tickets had been offered in Maryland, Michigan and New Jersey.
The new $1 billion jackpot can be up for grabs within the subsequent drawing scheduled for Saturday.
The jackpot has been rising steadily for the previous few months, for the reason that $1.787 billion jackpot in September – the second-largest in Powerball historical past.
The odds of successful Wednesday’s jackpot had been low – gamers had a couple of 1 in 292.2 million likelihood to win. Smaller prizes ranged from $4 up to $1 million and carried higher odds of successful.
The jackpot in September went to winners in Texas and Missouri, who cut up the $1.787 billion prize.
Customers in practically all states, Washington, DC, Puerto Rico and the US Virgin Islands should buy a ticket for $2. For the 5 holdout states, Alabama, Utah, Alaska, Hawaii and Nevada, there are a variety of causes, together with lobbying and lack of incentives, why they don’t have a lottery.
The Powerball drawings are held each Monday, Wednesday and Saturday at 10:59 p.m. ET.