The Powerball jackpot has swelled to $1.1 billion after no ticket matched all six numbers in Saturday’s drawing — turning into the fifth-largest jackpot within the recreation’s historical past.
It has been three months since somebody has gained the grand prize, which has despatched ticket gross sales — and the estimated jackpot — hovering heading into Labor Day weekend.
The subsequent drawing is ready for Monday.
A winner in Monday’s drawing can select between an annuitized prize estimated at $1.1 billion or a lump sum fee estimated at $498.4 million. Each prize quantities are earlier than taxes. The annuity possibility supplies one speedy fee adopted by 29 annual funds that enhance by 5% annually.
A lottery kiosk promoting Powerball’s $1 Billion jackpot is seen Aug. 29, 2025, in Nashville, Tenn.
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The sport hasn’t seen a jackpot winner since Might 31, when a California participant claimed a $204.5 million prize. Throughout this 39-drawing streak, the sport has created 62 million-dollar winners and 608 tickets value $50,000 or extra.
The successful numbers in Saturday’s drawing have been: 3, 18, 22, 27 and 33 and the purple Powerball 17.
In Saturday’s drawing, 9 tickets matched all 5 white balls to win $1 million. There have been 115 tickets that gained $50,000 prizes and 27 tickets that gained $150,000.
Powerball tickets price $2 per play and are bought in 45 states, the District of Columbia, Puerto Rico and the U.S. Virgin Islands. The percentages of successful the jackpot are 1 in 292.2 million, whereas the general odds of successful any prize are 1 in 24.9.
The sport has generated greater than $36 billion for good causes supported by U.S. lotteries since its first drawing in 1992, Powerball famous. Greater than half of ticket sale proceeds stay within the jurisdiction the place the ticket was bought, in response to Powerball.
The present jackpot ranks fifth amongst Powerball’s largest prizes. The file stands at $2.04 billion, gained by a California participant in November 2022, adopted by the $1.765 billion prize claimed in California in October 2023.
Different notable jackpots embrace the $1.586 billion break up amongst winners in California, Florida and Tennessee in January 2016, the $1.326 billion gained in Oregon in April 2024, and the $1.08 billion claimed in California in July 2023.
