Will Monday’s Powerball drawing produce a billionaire? At $1.55 billion, the jackpot ranks as the third largest in the game.
No one matched all six winning numbers in Saturday’s drawing. The winning numbers were: white balls 47, 54, 57, 60, 65 and red Powerball 19. The Power Play multiplier was 3x.
The Powerball drawing on Saturday night produced more than 4.5 million winning tickets across the country. Ten tickets that matched all five white balls won $1 million prizes.
Two tickets, sold in Iowa and Maine, matched all five white balls and increased the $1 million prize to $2 million by including the Power Play feature for an additional $1 per play. Other big wins include 85 tickets that won $50,000 prizes, and 27 tickets that won $150,000 prizes.
For those holding a ticket in Saturday’s drawing, check your numbers online at Powerball.com.
Monday’s drawing will be the 35th without a jackpot winner, and the first time in Powerball history that back-to-back jackpot cycles have generated billion-dollar grand prizes. The last Powerball jackpot was won on July 19 in California worth $1.08 billion.
If a player wins the jackpot on Monday night, they will have the choice between an annuitized prize worth an estimated $1.55 billion or a lump sum payment estimated at $679.8 million. Both prize options are before taxes. If the winner selects the annuity option, they will receive one immediate payment followed by 29 annual payments that increase by 5% each year.
Powerball tickets are $2 per play. Overall odds of winning a prize are 1 in 24.9. The odds of winning the jackpot are 1 in 292.2 million.
Tune in Monday at 10:59 p.m. ET to watch the drawing live from the Florida Lottery draw studio in Tallahassee, Fla. or online at Powerball.com.
