Powerball jackpot hits $1 billion after no one won $905 million grand prize
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.
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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.
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.
A Pennsylvania Lottery retailer in Beaver County sold a Powerball ticket worth $2 million for the Dec. 13 drawing, lottery officials said.
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.
The Powerball jackpot was the second-largest in U.S. lottery history. Here's a look at some numbers behind the game.
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.
Someone who bought a Powerball ticket in Allegheny County won $1 million.
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.
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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.
Billion-dollar fever is sweeping the country.
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.
Three winning Powerball lottery tickets sold in Pennsylvania are about to expire with no winners having claimed the prizes.
Someone who bought a Powerball ticket in the Pittsburgh area hit the jackpot, winning $213.8 million in the Aug. 12 drawing.
Quick Pizza and Hoagies will receive a $100,000 bonus for selling the winning ticket.
The winner was 46-year-old Cheng Saephan, a Laos-born immigrant who has been fighting cancer for the past eight years.
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.
The winning numbers drawn were 19-24-40-42-56 and the Powerball number was 23
Statistically, a Powerball player is much more likely to be attacked by a grizzly bear at Yellowstone National Park.
