Powerball jackpot hits $1 billion after no winning tickets sold for $922 million grand prize

No successful tickets have been bought for Monday night time’s $922 million Powerball jackpot, lottery officers mentioned, so the grand prize for Wednesday night time’s drawing will likely be an estimated $1 billion. The numbers drawn Tuesday night time have been 5, 8, 9, 17, 41 and a Powerball of 21.

The money worth for Wednesday night time’s pot of gold could be roughly $516.8 million as issues stand now.

However jackpots enhance if ticket gross sales surge forward of drawings so Wednesday night time’s jackpot may nicely high $1 billion.

Monday night time’s jackpot elevated to an estimated $900 million after no person gained Saturday night time and surged once more Monday as extra individuals purchased tickets.

Wednesday night time’s jackpot could be the third-largest in Powerball historical past and seventh-highest in U.S. lottery historical past, trailing solely the world report $2.04 billion Powerball jackpot gained final yr and the $1.586 billion Powerball jackpot gained in 2016.

With the percentages of successful simply 1 in 292,201,338, there have been 38 drawings for the reason that Powerball jackpot was final claimed in April.

Monday night time’s drawing did have greater than 2.8 million successful tickets, with consumers getting smaller money prizes value a mixed $41.7 million, Powerball officers mentioned.

If somebody had gained Monday night time, they might have had the choice to say the $922 million in annual payouts or a lump sum money cost of significantly much less, in response to Powerball. Each figures have been earlier than taxes.

Debbie Kempf, retailer director at Cosentino’s Value Chopper in St. Joseph, Missouri, mentioned the shop sees a rise in gross sales because the jackpot will get greater.

“Because it grows and the hype will increase, you realize, everybody will get sort of excited. In order that’s the place you get all these individuals who do not usually purchase tickets, suppose, ‘Why not? Why not me?'” Kempf mentioned, including that she additionally sees “your regulars” who purchase tickets each week however could purchase a couple of extra because the jackpot will increase.

“Generally you may see teams of individuals or households go collectively and pool their cash and to buy a bigger quantity — you realize, extra alternative,” she mentioned.

Successful Powerball numbers are drawn each Monday, Wednesday and Saturday at 10:59 p.m. ET. Powerball tickets price $2 every. They’re bought in 45 states, the District of Columbia, Puerto Rico and the U.S. Virgin Islands. 

The Mega Tens of millions lottery has additionally been steadily rising, with that estimated jackpot standing at $640 million as of Monday night time. Mega Tens of millions drawings are held on Tuesdays and Fridays.