Powerball Jackpot Continues To Grow, New Year's Day Prize Now At $500 Million
There were no winners in the final Powerball drawing of 2021, and the jackpot grew to $500 million on Friday.
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There were no winners in the final Powerball drawing of 2021, and the jackpot grew to $500 million on Friday.
The end of the year is near and that means the final Powerball drawing of 2021 will happen December 29, with an estimated jackpot of $441 million.
There was no Christmas Day Powerball miracle. Officials with the lottery announced that no one matched all six numbers in the Saturday, December 25 drawing.
It's the biggest lottery prize in months, and it's still growing. The Powerball jackpot continued its climb after no ticket matched all five numbers drawn on Saturday night.
There have been 39 drawings in a row -- over nearly four months -- without a Powerball grand prize winner.
Beginning Aug. 23, Powerball and Lotto Texas will be drawn every Monday, joining Wednesdays and Saturdays on the games' traditional draw schedules.
Lottery players have another chance to win big this week since there were no winners of the top prize for both the Powerball and Mega Millions jackpots in their most recent drawings.
And the pot continues to grow... lottery players in Texas and across the country will have another shot Friday night at one of the largest jackpots in U.S. history.
The Powerball Lottery has been in the news recently because of an estimated jackpot nearing half a billion dollars -- but before 2021 there was a winning ticket sold in North Texas.
In terms of lottery jackpots there's a kind of perfect storm brewing -- both the Mega Millions and Powerball lotteries have more than $400 million, respectively, up for grabs.
So far in 2020, there has only been one Lotto Texas jackpot winner.
A Fort Worth resident is $2 million richer after claiming a second-tier Powerball prize for the drawing on June 13.
Most Powerball lottery players walked away empty handed after this past weekend's drawing, but one Texan has a million reasons to smile.
The New Year is a lot more happy for one North Texan who purchased a winning Powerball ticket just before Christmas.
The holidays will certainly be a lot more jolly for one person in North Texas who is now a millionaire.
An unclaimed Powerball ticket purchased for the May 29 drawing is a $1 million winner, but will expire on Monday.
If you have any Powerball tickets lying around, you might want to check them again. A winning ticket worth $1 million that was bought in Addison remains unclaimed and it's set to expire on Sept. 2.
A 24-year-old Wisconsin man stepped forward Tuesday to claim a $768 million Powerball jackpot, the third-largest lottery prize in U.S. history.
If you enjoy games of chance step away from your NCAA Tournament Bracket for a minute and go buy a Powerball ticket!
Someone who lives in Arlington is now a millionaire thanks to his/her winning Quick Pick ticket.
Lady Luck has kissed one Dallas resident just in time for some holiday shopping.
No one has won the big Powerball prize, so the estimated jackpot now grows to $750 million — the fourth-largest lottery jackpot in U.S. history.
For all the anticipation about whether someone will finally snag the gigantic Mega Millions and Powerball jackpots, the games come down to two things: simple math — and very long odds.
The Mega Millions jackpot sits at $1.6 billion, the largest ever. The Powerball jackpot is at $620 million. Combined both jackpots are at $2.2 billion.
Yep, if you won both the Mega Millions and Powerball lottery drawings this week your total winning amount would start with a B!
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