Wednesday's Powerball jackpot will grow to $1 billion after no one hit all six numbers on Monday's drawing worth over $900 million. It is just the third time Powerball has topped $1 billion.
The numbers for Monday's drawing were white balls 5, 8, 9, 17, 41 and red Powerball 21. Wednesday's jackpot will rank as Powerball's third-largest ever.
Eight people matched all five white ball numbers, five of whom will win $1 million. Three others will claim $2 million as they added the Power Play option to their ticket.
Powerball said 28 tickets won $200,000 prizes, while 88 earned $50,000 prizes from Monday's drawing.
The Powerball jackpot has steadily grown since a player in Ohio won a $252 million jackpot on April 19. There have been two winning Powerball tickets sold in 2023.
Why are there so many massive Powerball, Mega Millions jackpots?
Mega Millions and Powerball are set to offer massive jackpots this weekend. The reason is not a coincidence.
Someone in Virginia won a $162.6 million jackpot in the March 4 drawing. The largest prize of the year came when Becky Bell in Washington won a $754.6 million jackpot in the Feb. 6 drawing.
Since Powerball lowered the odds of hitting all six numbers in 2015, the multi-state lottery generally has six to nine winners a year. All 10 of its largest jackpots have also come since 2015. The largest Powerball jackpot in history was $2.04 billion, won on Nov. 7, 2022.
The $1 billion jackpot figure is based on the winner choosing the annuity option. If the winner takes the lump sum, that person would win $516.8 million. Both figures are before taxes.
The odds of winning the jackpot are about 1 in 292 million.
Powerball also has prizes ranging from $4 to $2 million. The odds of winning a smaller prize are about 1 in 25. During Monday's drawing, 2.8 million people won a prize.
Powerball is played in 45 states and Washington, D.C.
Another multi-state lottery, Mega Millions, will hold its seventh-largest jackpot on Tuesday at $640 million.
