Powerball jackpot climbs to $750 million for Monday night drawing
The Powerball jackpot has reached $750 million ahead of the next drawing Monday night.
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The Powerball jackpot has reached $750 million ahead of the next drawing Monday night.
The next Powerball drawing is Monday night, with an estimated jackpot of $230 million.
The winning ticket was sold for the Saturday, Dec. 21 drawing at the Jewel-Osco store at 800 North Avenue in Melrose Park.
The winning ticket was purchased for the Saturday, July 13, Powerball drawing at the family-owned Foodsmart store at 3415 W. Diversey Ave.
Saturday night's jackpot was delayed due to one participating lottery needing additional time to complete pre-draw procedures.
This comes after Saturday night's drawing was delayed due to "pre-draw procedures."
If won, the player can take the cash payout around $595 million. The next drawing happens Saturday.
Powerball's next jackpot will be at least an estimated $1.23 billion after no tickets matched the numbers needed to win Wednesday night's grand prize of roughly $1.09 billion.
There has not been a grand prize winner since New Year's Day.
No one has won the Mega Millions jackpot since Dec. 8, a string of 30 consecutive drawings without anyone taking home the top prize.
Illinois lottery players will have two chances this weekend to become a millionaire, if not a billionaire.
The lucky winner matched four numbers with the Powerball and the 'Power play' feature to net the prize.
According to lottery officials, this was the first time a Powerball jackpot was won on New Year’s Day since 1992.
There was one winner in the $842.4 million Powerball drawing Monday night and that ticket was sold in Michigan.
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 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.
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.
That ticket is one of six unclaimed prizes worth a combined $2 million, 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.
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.
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