At an estimated $800 million, the jackpot for Saturday’s drawing lands within the high 5 lottery jackpots in U.S. historical past.
WASHINGTON — It has been months since Powerball had a grand prize winner — and the streak held Wednesday night time, sending the following jackpot into the highest 5 largest lottery prizes in U.S. historical past.
Powerball’s jackpot for Wednesday night time’s drawing had already surged to turn out to be the eighth-largest U.S. jackpot in historical past. On Tuesday, the prize rose from $680 to a feverish $700 million, and rose once more to $715.1 million by drawing time Wednesday night time.
Wednesday’s profitable numbers have been 19-36-37-46-56, Powerball 24 and Powerplay 2. Gamers should match all 5 numbers and the Powerball to win the jackpot. No one received the jackpot, however six tickets matched the primary 5, netting gamers in California, Connecticut, Illinois, Michigan and New York $1 million. On Monday, one participant in Texas received $1 million after matching all 5 numbers.
The subsequent drawing is Saturday, Oct. 29.
The present Powerball jackpot has been rising since early August. The chances of profitable the grand prize are 1 in 292.2 million.
Individuals have been despatched right into a lottery craze this summer time when a near-record $1.377 billion Mega Hundreds of thousands jackpot was on the road in July. Two folks from Illinois got here ahead in September to assert that prize, however they selected to remain nameless.
Earlier this month, two winners snagged a $494 million Mega Hundreds of thousands prize. A kind of profitable tickets was bought in Fort Myers, Florida, which was battered by Hurricane Ian in late September.
Powerball nonetheless holds the world file for largest jackpot with a whopping $1.586 billion prize received in 2016. That prize was shared by winners in Tennessee, Florida and California.
Prime 10 greatest US lottery jackpots
- $1.586 billion, Powerball, Jan. 13, 2016 (three tickets, from California, Florida, Tennessee)
- $1.537 billion, Mega Hundreds of thousands, Oct. 23, 2018 (one ticket, from South Carolina)
- $1.337 billion, Mega Hundreds of thousands, July 29, 2022 (one ticket, from Illinois)
- $1.05 billion, Mega Hundreds of thousands, Jan. 22, 2021 (one ticket, from Michigan)
- $800 million (estimated) Powerball, Oct. 29, 2022
- $768.4 million, Powerball, March 27, 2019 (one ticket, from Wisconsin)
- $758.7 million, Powerball, Aug. 23, 2017 (one ticket, from Massachusetts)
- $731.1 million, Powerball, Jan. 20, 2021 (one ticket, from Maryland)
- $687.8 million, Powerball, Oct. 27, 2018 (two tickets, from Iowa and New York)
- $656 million, Mega Hundreds of thousands, March 30, 2012 (three tickets, from Kansas, Illinois and Maryland)
Powerball jackpot winners have the choice of receiving an annuity fee, paid over 29 years, or a lump sum fee. There have been 5 Powerball jackpot winners thus far in 2022.
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