Single winning ticket sold for $1.04 billion Powerball jackpot
A single ticket sold in Illinois won the biggest Powerball jackpot of the year, $1.04 billion, in Wednesday night's drawing, the game says.
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A single ticket sold in Illinois won the biggest Powerball jackpot of the year, $1.04 billion, in Wednesday night's drawing, the game says.
No winning tickets were sold for Monday night's $905 million Powerball jackpot, so the estimated grand prize for Wednesday's drawing will be at least $1 billion.
The total is also the eighth-largest Powerball jackpot in the game's history.
A single winning ticket was sold for Powerball's Christmas Eve jackpot of $1.817 billion, in Arkansas. It was the second-largest U.S. lottery jackpot ever won.
Here are the top 20 largest Powerball and Mega Millions jackpots, and the odds of winning them.
The Powerball jackpot grew to an estimated $1.6 billion after no tickets matched all six winning numbers at Saturday night's drawing. It's the fifth-largest prize among U.S. lottery jackpots.
The Powerball jackpot leaped to an estimated $1.5 billion after no one won Wednesday night's pot of gold of approximately $1.25 billion.
The $1 billion jackpot is the seventh-largest in the game's history.
Saturday's jackpot had an total cash value of $820.6 million, Powerball said.
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The Powerball jackpot was the second-largest in U.S. lottery history. Here's a look at some numbers behind the game.
Saturday's Powerball jackpot would be the second-biggest in U.S. lottery history, only trailing the world-record $2.04 billion grand prize won in 2022.
Powerball's jackpot will be at least an estimated $1.3 billion for the next drawing on Wednesday night after no tickets sold for Monday's $1.2 billion drawing came up winners.
Saturday's Powerball jackpot has an estimated cash value of $453.1 million.
Wednesday night's Powerball jackpot will be an estimated $815 million, the game's seventh biggest, with an approximate cash value of $367.9 million, after no one won Monday's $750 million grand prize.
The Powerball jackpot is now an estimated $750 million for Monday night's drawing, making it the 10th-largest jackpot in Powerball game history.
Saturday night's jackpot was delayed due to one participating lottery needing additional time to complete pre-draw procedures.
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.
No one has won Powerball's top prize since New Year's Day.
The estimated jackpot for Wednesday night's drawing is the second-largest in Powerball history.
The Powerball jackpot soared past the $1 billion mark after no tickets matched all six numbers drawn on Saturday night.
The winning Powerball ticket was purchased in Los Angeles. The grand prize was the third largest in the game's history since it started in 1992.
It would be the third-largest jackpot in the game's history and seventh-highest in U.S. lottery history.
The last time somebody won the Powerball jackpot was back on April 19, when a ticket purchased in Ohio matched all six numbers to bring home a $252.6 million prize.
The jackpot rolled again this week after there were no winners for Monday night's draw, which stood at an estimated $650 million.
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Severe monsoon storms with heavy rain are moving across Colorado's Front Range. Downtown Denver was getting some of its heaviest rainfall of the year on Friday afternoon.
A group of supercar drivers was recently cited after deputies said they were using a highway in Colorado's high country as a racetrack.
Authorities in Northern Colorado say a dive team helped recover a wrecked vehicle that crashed into the Poudre River last weekend.
The records involve consulting work, paid for with $25,000 in public funds, and CBS Colorado learned that the report may have been destroyed.
What caused the fire that destroyed the historic bandstand at City Park in March remains a mystery even after the investigation.
Severe monsoon storms with heavy rain are moving across Colorado's Front Range. Downtown Denver was getting some of its heaviest rainfall of the year on Friday afternoon.
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