The Powerball jackpot for the Wednesday evening drawing has grown to an estimated $700 million, the fifth largest Powerball jackpot within the sport’s historical past.
After 35 drawings in a row with no grand prize winner, Wednesday evening’s drawing can have a money worth of $335.7 million, in keeping with Powerball officers.
Greater than 1.2 million tickets received money prizes totaling $13.7 million in Monday’s drawing, together with one ticket in Texas that matched all 5 white balls to win $1 million.
Powerball tickets, $2 per play, are bought in 45 states, together with Colorado. Greater than half of all proceeds from the sale of a Powerball ticket stay within the jurisdiction the place the ticket was bought, Powerball officers mentioned.
The percentages of profitable the jackpot are 1 in 292.2 million.
Powerball holds the world document, to this point, for the most important jackpot $1.586 billion, set in 2016 and shared by winners in California, Florida and Tennessee.