The Powerball has once again reached the 1 billion mark with an estimated $1.04 billion jackpot, for the next drawing on Monday night after no grand prize winner in Saturday’s drawing. The jackpot has a cash value of $478.2 million.
Saturday’s numbers were 19, 30, 37, 44, 46 and the Powerball was 22. Power Play was 2x.
Monday’s drawing will be Powerball’s second-largest jackpot this year and fourth-largest jackpot in its history.
POWERBALL NUMBERS DRAWN FOR $750 MILLION JACKPOT
The previous Powerball jackpot totaled $1.08 billion and was claimed on July 19 by one person in California.
Drawings are held three times per week: every Monday, Wednesday and Saturday.
POWERBALL JACKPOT GROWS TO AN ESTIMATED $960M- 4TH LARGEST IN HISTORY
Powerball tickets are $2 per play. Tickets are sold in 45 states, the District of Columbia, Puerto Rico and the U.S. Virgin Islands.
Powerball says the odds of winning a prize are 1 in 24.9. The odds of winning the jackpot are 1 in 292.2 million.
FOX Business’ Landon Mion contributed to this report.
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