With no winner for Monday night’s roughly $1.14 billion jackpot, the Powerball jackpot is estimated to have risen to $1.25 billion.
The winning numbers for this drawing were 23, 35, 59, 63 and 68, with the Powerball being 2.
The latest pot of gold will be the sixth largest prize in Powerball history and the second largest Powerball jackpot this year – $1.787 billion jackpot won September 6 in Missouri and Texas.
This is also the second time in a row that the game has produced a multi-billion dollar jackpot.
Wednesday’s drawing will be the 44th since the last win, making it the longest draw in the Powerball lottery.
To win the jackpot, your ticket must match the five white balls pulled during the drawing, as well as the red Power Ball. Potential winners can choose to pay the jackpot, estimated at $1.25 billion, as an annuity or as a one-time upfront payment of an estimated $572.1 million (both before taxes).
Powerball tickets cost $2 each and are sold in 45 states, the District of Columbia, Puerto Rico and the U.S. Virgin Islands.
this Odds of winning The Powerball jackpot is very low – 1 in 292.2 million.
Generally speaking, The size of lottery jackpots has exploded over the past decade.
When Powerball launched in 1992, the first jackpot was $5.9 million, according to the Multi-State Lottery Association. Now, the biggest Powerball Jackpot It is on record that Prize money of US$2.04 billion Won on November 7, 2022.
Millionaires have followed a similar path. In 2002, its first jackpot winner won $28 million. His record-breaking awards – $1.602 billion jackpot The jackpot was won on August 8, 2023 – becoming the fourth largest lottery jackpot in U.S. history.
Twelve of the 20 largest jackpots have occurred since 2023.
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