The Jackpot Powerball has increased to $ 1.1 billion after no ticket coincided with the six numbers in the draw on Saturday, becoming the fifth main prize in the history of the game.
Three months have passed since someone won the Grand Prix, which has sent the sale of tickets, and the estimated major prize, on the weekend of Labor Day.
The next draw is scheduled for Monday.
A winner at the draw on Monday can choose from an estimated annualized award for $ 1.1 billion or an estimated global sum payment of $ 498.4 million. Both amounts of the award are before taxes. The annuity option provides immediate payment followed by 29 annual payments that increase by 5% each year.
You can see a major award of $ 1 billion of lottery kiosk powerball in Nashville, Tenn.
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The game has not seen a Jackpot winner since May 31, when a California player claimed an award of $ 204.5 million. During this streak of 39 cuts, the game has created winners of 62 million dollars and 608 tickets worth $ 50,000 or more.
The winning numbers in the Saturday raffle were: 3, 18, 22, 27 and 33 and the red powerball 17.
In the Saturday draw, nine tickets coincided with the five white balls to win $ 1 million. There were 115 tickets that won awards of $ 50,000 and 27 tickets that won $ 150,000.
Powerball tickets cost $ 2 per play and are sold in 45 states, the district of Columbia, Puerto Rico and the Virgin Islands of the United States. The chances of winning the Jackpot are 1 in 292.2 million, while the general probabilities of winning any prize are 1 in 24.9.
The game has generated more than $ 36 billion for good causes backed by US lotteries since its first raffle in 1992, Powerball said. According to Powerball.
The current Jackpot occupies the fifth place among Powerball’s largest awards. The record is $ 2.04 billion, won by a California player in November 2022, followed by the $ 1,765 billion prize claimed in California in October 2023.
Other notable boats include the division of $ 1,586 billion among the winners in California, Florida and Tennessee in January 2016, the $ 1,326 billion won in Oregon in April 2024, and the $ 1.08 billion claimed in California in July 2023.
