Today’s Powerball features its second $1 billion jackpot in the lottery’s history.
The jackpot increased after no one hit all six numbers in Saturday’s drawing, which was worth $825 million.
The numbers for Saturday’s drawing were 19-31-40-46-57 and a Powerball of 23.
The odds of winning the jackpot are about 1 in 292 million. There have been four winning Powerball tickets sold in 2022
The Powerball jackpot has grown since a winning ticket was sold on Aug. 3.
Powerball also has prizes of $4 up to $2 million. The odds of winning a smaller prize are about 1 in 25. Among the smaller prizes, seven tickets on Saturday hit all five white balls, which pays out at least $1 million.
Powerball is played in 45 states and Washington, D.C. Monday’s jackpot is the largest Powerball has had since three winning tickets split a top prize of $1.586 billion in January 2016.
Monday’s drawing will also mark the fifth largest in U.S. history as three previous Mega Millions jackpots have topped $1 billion, including one in July 2022.
By Justin Boggs, Scripps National.
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