There had been no jackpot winners in Monday’s Powerball drawing, pushing the grand prize up to an estimated $1.7 billion for the sport’s subsequent drawing – on Christmas Eve.
Monday evening’s successful numbers had been 3, 18, 36, 41, 54 and crimson powerball 7, with a Power Play multiplier of two.
While nobody hit the jackpot, 9 tickets gained $1 million prizes by matching all 5 white balls, in accordance to a Powerball news release. Those tickets had been offered in Florida, Georgia, Illinois, New York, Ohio, Pennsylvania, Tennessee and Wisconsin.
The subsequent drawing on Wednesday would be the forty seventh within the present jackpot run, which Powerball says is a document for the sport. The $1.7 billion jackpot itself is Powerball’s fourth largest ever. The largest US lottery jackpot was a Powerball prize of $2.04 billion in 2022.
The jackpot has solely been gained on Christmas Eve as soon as within the sport’s historical past, Powerball mentioned.
The final time a jackpot was gained this 12 months was on September 6, when successful tickets in Missouri and Texas cut up a $1.787 billion grand prize.
If a participant hits the jackpot on Wednesday they will select between an annuitized prize estimated at $1.7 billion or a lump sum fee estimated at $781.3 million earlier than tax.
The annuity possibility permits the winner to obtain one fee instantly, then 29 annual funds that enhance by 5% annually.
To win a Powerball jackpot, a ticket holder should match all six drawn balls — 5 white and one crimson.
The odds of winning the Powerball’s jackpot are 1 out of 292.2 million, although the percentages are higher for smaller money prizes, some as little as $4.
The Powerball drawings are held each Monday, Wednesday and Saturday at 10:59 p.m. ET.
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