WASHINGTON, USA — The Powerball jackpot is rising once again, after another drawing with no grand prize winner Monday night.
The big prize leaped to an estimated $785 million after Saturday's drawing failed to produce a jackpot winner. It is now the fourth-largest jackpot in the game's history.
And for Wednesday's drawing, it will be even larger. Powerball estimates the jackpot will be $835 million by the time the numbers are drawn that night.
Although nobody took home the jackpot, Monday's drawing did make four people millionaires overnight. Three tickets in Florida and one in Oregon matched all five numbers correctly, but none guessed the Powerball or picked the Power Play option, which would have doubled their earnings. Each of those four ticketholders will walk away with $1 million.
A winner, when one is eventually picked, will be able to claim monthly payments for part of the $835 million or take the lump sum of $390.4 million. The jackpot has been rising for weeks after a streak of drawings without a grand prize winner.
Lottery players must match all five white balls and the Powerball to win the jackpot. The winner can choose to get the full amount through an annuity option — a sum paid out over 29 years. However, winners typically opt for the cash option.
The last time someone hit the Powerball jackpot was back in July, when one very lucky lottery player in California won $1.08 billion, which was the game's third largest prize in history. Since then, there have been 27 straight Powerball drawings without a grand prize winner.
It's been a big summer for huge lottery prizes. Last month, a single winning ticket sold in Florida won the $1.58 billion Mega Millions jackpot, the largest in the game's history.
What were the Powerball numbers for September 25, 2023?
The winning numbers were 50-10-36-22-12 Powerball 4 and Power Play 2.
When is the Powerball drawing?
The Powerball drawing takes place live at 10:59 p.m. Eastern every Monday, Wednesday and Saturday. Tickets, which cost $2 per play, are sold in 45 states, the District of Columbia, Puerto Rico and the U.S. Virgin Islands.
What are my chances of winning the Powerball?
The odds of winning the Powerball jackpot are one in 292.2 million.
Over the past few years, huge lottery jackpots have become more common as lottery officials have changed the rules and ticket prices to boost top prizes.
Powerball's biggest change came in 2021 when officials decided to add a Monday drawing to its weekly lineup of Wednesday and Saturday evening drawings. At the time of the announcement, Powerball proclaimed the addition of the Monday drawing would lead to "larger, faster-growing jackpots."
What are the largest Powerball jackpots?
- $2.04 Billion – Nov. 7, 2022 – CA
- $1.586 Billion – Jan. 13, 2016 – CA, FL, TN
- $1.08 Billion – July 19, 2023 – CA
- $835 Million (est.) – Sept. 27, 2023
- $768.4 Million – March 27, 2019 – WI
- $758.7 Million – Aug. 23, 2017 – MA
- $754.6 Million – Feb. 6, 2023 - WA
- $731.1 Million – Jan. 20, 2021 – MD
- $699.8 Million – Oct. 4, 2021 – CA
- $687.8 Million – Oct. 27, 2018 – IA, NY