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With nobody profitable the Powerball jackpot Wednesday, the grand prize for Saturday’s drawing grew nearer to the billion-dollar mark, in keeping with the lottery.
Wednesday’s profitable numbers had been: 37, 46, 57, 60, 66 and Powerball 8.
The $935 million Powerball jackpot in play Saturday jumped from $865 million after no tickets matched all six numbers in Wednesday night time’s drawing. It could be the fifth-largest prize within the historical past of the sport.
A jackpot winner in Saturday’s drawing may select to obtain the cash in annuitized funds or take a lump sum estimated at $449.7 million.
Though no jackpot was gained Wednesday, three tickets nonetheless gained $1 million every by matching the primary 5 numbers. These tickets had been bought in Arizona, Pennsylvania and Texas, in keeping with the Powerball website.
That is the primary Powerball jackpot to surpass $900 million this yr. Powerball’s grand prize was final gained in January, when a ticket in Michigan scored a $842.4 million jackpot. Since then, 37 consecutive drawings have taken place and not using a jackpot winner, in keeping with Powerball.
The biggest Powerball jackpot – and the biggest US lottery prize – ever gained was $2.04 billion by a ticket bought in California in November 2022, in keeping with the lottery.
Saturday’s estimated $935 million jackpot would rank fifth on Powerball’s all-time checklist. Rating second by means of 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).
Profitable the Powerball jackpot means a ticket matched all 5 white balls plus the crimson Powerball. The percentages of profitable any prize in a Powerball drawing are 1 in 24.9, and the chances of profitable the jackpot are 1 in 292.2 million, in keeping with 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.