A $1.1 billion Powerball jackpot might present somebody with plenty of spending money simply 10 days earlier than Christmas.
The whole can be the sixth-largest jackpot within the recreation’s historical past, and the Twelfth-largest in U.S. lotto historical past together with Mega Thousands and thousands. The drawing might be simply earlier than 11 p.m. ET on Monday.
Whereas the annual fee is price $1.1 billion, the lump sum fee can be $503.4 million — each earlier than taxes.
The most important Powerball — or any lottery — prize ever was $2.04 billion won by a single ticket in California on Nov. 7, 2022.
There have been simply 13 lottery jackpots in U.S. historical past over $1 billion. Ten of them have come since 2021.
Nobody has gained the Powerball prize since Sept. 6, when a pair of tickets in Missouri and Texas took a $1.787 billion prize. There have been 42 consecutive drawings and not using a win.
The numbers drawn on Saturday, when the jackpot had crossed $1 billion, had been: 1, 28, 31, 57 and 58 with a Powerball of 16.
Whereas nobody gained the large prize, two winners in Pennsylvania and North Carolina took house $2 million every, and 5 winners cashed of their tickets for $1 million every.
However if you happen to’re relying on the cash for just a little vacation pocket change, you may want a backup plan. The chances of profitable the jackpot are simply 1 in 292.2 million.
