WASHINGTON — Lottery hopefuls who missed out on the newest huge prize from Mega Thousands and thousands — a $1.35 billion jackpot received Friday in Maine — could also be turning to Powerball for one more rising prize. That jackpot grew to $416 million after no one received Friday evening.
Saturday's profitable numbers had been 24-26-39-47-57 and the Powerball was 23. There have been no jackpot winners, and nobody matched the 5 white balls to win $1 million. The following drawing is Monday.
Whereas $416 million isn't any small sum of money, it is just for the sport's annuity possibility, which is paid out over 29 years. Most gamers need their cash rapidly and take the smaller money sum — on this case, $224.9 million.
The present jackpot additionally has a troublesome act to comply with. A Mega Thousands and thousands participant in Maine received a prize of $1.35 billion Friday evening, changing into the primary particular person within the state to win a Mega Thousands and thousands jackpot. Greater than a dozen different gamers received the sport's second-tier prize of $1 million.
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The final Powerball jackpot win was in mid-November. In early November, a single ticket purchased in California received a record-breaking $2.04 billion Powerball jackpot.
Odds of profitable the Powerball jackpot are slim — one in 292.2 million.
Over the previous few years, big lottery jackpots have turn into extra widespread as lottery officers have modified the foundations and ticket costs to spice up prime prizes.
In 2021, the lottery recreation noticed its largest change as Powerball officers added a Monday drawing to its weekly lineup of Wednesday and Saturday night drawings. On the time of the announcement, Powerball proclaimed the addition of the Monday drawing would result in "bigger, faster-growing jackpots."
Powerball is performed in 45 states, in addition to Washington, D.C., Puerto Rico and the U.S. Virgin Islands.
What are the most important US lottery jackpots ever received?
- $2.04 billion, Powerball, Nov. 8, 2022 (one ticket, from California)
- $1.586 billion, Powerball, Jan. 13, 2016 (three tickets, from California, Florida, Tennessee)
- $1.537 billion, Mega Thousands and thousands, Oct. 23, 2018 (one ticket, from South Carolina)
- $1.35 billion Mega Thousands and thousands, Jan. 13, 2023 (one ticket, from Maine)
- $1.337 billion, Mega Thousands and thousands, July 29, 2022 (one ticket, from Illinois)
- $1.05 billion, Mega Thousands and thousands, Jan. 22, 2021 (one ticket, from Michigan)
- $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)
- $699.8 million, Powerball, Oct. 4, 2021 (one ticket, from California)