TALLAHASSEE, Fla. — Lottery hopefuls will not grow to be billionaires after somebody who bought a ticket in Maine took dwelling a $1.35 billion jackpot Friday, however a prize north of $400 million is not too shabby.
The newest Powerball jackpot grew to $416 million after nobody gained Friday evening.
Monday's profitable numbers have been 4-14-33-39-61 and the Powerball was 3. The following drawing is Wednesday.
Whereas $416 million is not any small amount of cash, 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 observe after the $1.35 billion ticket was offered in Maine. The winner, who hasn't been recognized, can stay nameless. Greater than a dozen different gamers gained the sport's second-tier prize of $1 million.
The final Powerball jackpot win was in mid-November. In early November, a single ticket purchased in California gained 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, enormous lottery jackpots have grow to be extra frequent as lottery officers have modified the foundations and ticket costs to spice up high prizes.
In 2021, the lottery sport noticed its greatest 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 gained?
- $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)