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The Powerball jackpot has skyrocketed to an estimated $1.23 billion after yet one more lottery drawing yielded no grand prize winner Wednesday night time.
Wednesday’s successful numbers had been: 11, 62, 65, 38, 41 and Powerball 15.
For the following Powerball drawing on Saturday night time, a fortunate winner can select to obtain the prize in annuitized funds or take a lump sum estimated at $595.1 million.
After no tickets matched all six numbers in Wednesday night time’s drawing, the jackpot jumped from $1.09 billion to $1.23 billion – the fourth largest jackpot within the Powerball sport. That makes it the eighth largest US lottery jackpots, rating over the $1.13 billion Mega Millions jackpot that was received in New Jersey final week.
Regardless of no tickets successful the grand prize on Wednesday night time, 9 gamers matched 5 of the numbers, snagging $1 million prizes every. These tickets had been bought in California, Georgia, Massachusetts, Maryland, New Jersey, South Carolina and Washington.
This has been one of many sport’s longest streaks and not using a jackpot winner, based on Powerball.
It’s been three months since Powerball’s grand prize was final received. On New 12 months’s Day, a ticket in Michigan scored an $842.4 million jackpot. Since then, 40 consecutive drawings have taken place and not using a jackpot winner, based on Powerball.
If there’s no jackpot winner on Saturday, it could tie for essentially the most consecutive drawings and not using a jackpot winner. Solely two different Powerball jackpot runs have beforehand reached 41 drawings earlier than there was a jackpot winner, based on the lottery.
The biggest Powerball jackpot – and the biggest US lottery prize – ever received was $2.04 billion by a ticket bought in California in November 2022, based on the lottery. Rating second by fourth are $1.765 billion (one ticket in California, 2023); $1.586 billion (three tickets, 2016); and $1.08 billion (one ticket in California, 2023).
Successful the Powerball jackpot means a ticket matched all 5 white balls plus the crimson Powerball. The chances of successful any prize in a Powerball drawing are 1 in 24.9, and the chances of successful the jackpot are 1 in 292.2 million, based on the lottery.
Powerball tickets value $2 per play and are bought in 45 states, the District of Columbia, Puerto Rico and the US Virgin Islands. Drawings are held Mondays, Wednesdays and Saturdays at 10:59 p.m. ET in Tallahassee, Florida.