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.
The winning ticket was sold on Bleecker Street in the West Village and matched all six numbers in Saturday night's drawing.
It was down to the wire for one lucky New Jersey lottery winner. A winning $5.9 million Pick-6 lottery ticket was just eight days away from expiring.
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.
With no winner in Monday's drawing, the Powerball jackpot on Christmas Eve will be at least an estimated $1.7 billion.
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.
It's the 8th largest jackpot in the lottery's history.
Saturday's jackpot had an total cash value of $820.6 million, Powerball said.
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The estimated Powerball jackpot for Saturday night's drawing soared to an estimated $1.8 billion, the second-biggest ever, after no one won Wednesday's $1.4 billion drawing.
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.
It is the fifth-largest Powerball jackpot of all time. CBS News New York's Vanessa Murdock shares the hopes and dream of lottery hopefuls.
Saturday's Powerball jackpot has an estimated cash value of $453.1 million.
The Powerball jackpot is now an estimated $750 million for Monday night's drawing, making it the 10th-largest jackpot in Powerball game history.
The price-per-play has jumped from $2 to $5, and that's not the only change. CBS News New York's Tony Aiello reports.
Mega Millions has rolled out several changes, including new ticket prices, jackpots and an increase in the odds of winning.
The Mega Millions jackpot winner could either take the cash payout of $549.7 million or the $1.22 billion annuity paid out over 30 years.
No Mega Millions player won the $1 billion Christmas Eve jackpot, so the grand prize for Friday night's drawing will be an estimated $1.15 billion.
The sole winner of a $1.13 billion Mega Millions jackpot has begun the process of collecting the prize, the New Jersey Lottery said Monday.
New Yorkers share their lottery winning dreams and weigh in on the cost of Mega Millions tickets going up to $5.
Mega Millions said the jackpot was last won in Illinois on June 4 with a ticket valued at $552 million.
