Powerball jackpot grows to $650 million, 10th largest in history
The Powerball lottery jackpot grew to more than half a billion dollars Saturday after no one claimed the prize week after week.
A fortunate player did not end up taking home $629.1 million in Saturday’s drawing, with a cash option of $310.6 million.
Powerball shared on their website that once again, no one won the accumulating sum.
The winning numbers drawn Saturday night were 7, 23, 24, 32, 43 with a red Powerball number of 18. The Power Play multiplier was 2X.
This is the 34 consecutive drawing without a lucky winner.
The hefty jackpot continued to rise after no ticket matched the winning six numbers during Wednesday night’s Powerball drawing.
Jackpot for Monday, July 10, drawing will be $650 Million with cash value of $328.3 million.
The last Powerball jackpot was won on April 19 when a ticket in Ohio matched all five white balls and the red Powerball to win a prize worth $252.6 million.
In November 2022, a single ticket sold in California won the largest Powerball jackpot on record, worth $2.04 billion, after matching all six numbers.
Here are the 10 largest Powerball jackpots to date:
- $2.04 Billion – Nov. 7, 2022
- $1.586 Billion – Jan. 13, 2016
- $768.4 Million – March 27, 2019
- $758.7 Million – Aug. 23, 2017
- $747 Million (est.) – Feb. 6, 2023
- $731.1 Million – Jan. 20, 2021
- $699.8 Million – Oct. 4, 2021
- $687.8 Million – Oct. 27, 2018
- $632.6 Million – Jan. 5, 2022
- $590.5 Million – May 18, 2013
The odds of hitting the grand prize jackpots are 1 in 292.2 million.
Powerball tickets cost $2 per play. Tickets are ,sold in 45 states, the District of Columbia, Puerto Rico and the US Virgin Islands. The deadline for purchasing a ticket is 9:45 p.m. on draw nights.
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