Powerball enters 2024 with $810M jackpot after no winners in Saturday's drawing
If a winner takes the cash option, they'll bring home almost $409 million.
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If a winner takes the cash option, they'll bring home almost $409 million.
No winners took home Saturday night's Powerball Jackpot. It was worth $760 million with no player matching all six winning numbers to claim the top prize.
The winning ticket was sold at a BP gas station, located at 4300 S. State St in Chicago. The station will receive a one percent selling bonus of the winnings.
They purchased the scratch-off ticket, 777 Jackpot, and won $777,777 – the top prize in the game.
The drawing is happening Saturday night and will be the last one of the year.
If there's a winner, they'd get the third-largest Powerball payout of 2023.
If won, it'll be the eleventh-largest Powerball jackpot ever.
Both won $1 million each by playing the new instant ticket game, $10 million, lottery officials said.
The jackpot has been growing since October after someone in California won the $1.765 billion prize.
So far, there have been five Powerball jackpots won this year.
It's the sixth-largest jackpot for the game won so far this year.
The person bought the winning ticket at Tony's Fresh Market, located at 271 S. Bolingbrook Drive.
Their boss had originally ordered gifts for the group, but they didn't arrive on time for the company Christmas party. So, she opted to get scratch-offs as a last-minute gift.
A second scratch-off ticket worth $1 million was sold at a gas station, this time in Oswego.
The manager at the station says they usually have regulars who come back to share when they've won, but so far, they haven't heard from any of their customers about having the ticket.
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Both tickets matched all five numbers in Saturday's drawing.
The lucky player purchased the "Stacks of Cash" ticket at the BP gas station, located at 2357 West Fullerton Avenue.
The player matched all five numbers during the midday drawing on Sunday.
The person matched all five numbers in Tuesday's drawing to win the jackpot, according to lottery officials.
It's the second-biggest grand prize ever won in U.S. lottery history, behind only a $2.04 billion pot of gold also won in California in November 2022.
If won, it will become the second-largest jackpot in lottery history. The largest on record is the $2.04 billion jackpot that was won in California last November.
The winner, if they choose, could take home a cash option of $ 643 million
The winner, if they choose, could take home a cash option of $ 643 million.
The estimated jackpot for Saturday night's drawing would be the third-largest in Powerball history and fifth-biggest in U.S. lottery history.
