New jaw-dropping world record as Powerball jackpot hits $1.9 BILLION
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The Powerball jackpot has officially smashed another new world record.
No one won Saturday's Powerball drawing. Now the jackpot has grown to nearly $2 billion.
According to Powerball the jackpot is now estimated at $1.9 billion ahead of the next drawing Monday at 10:59 p.m. ET. The cash option is $929.1 million,
That means should someone win Monday's jackpot, it would go down as the largest win in history.
This would beat the previous record set in 2016, when the jackpot was won at $1.586 billion by three ticket holders.
The Powerball jackpot also surpasses a Mega Millions jackpot of $1.537 billion in 2018, which had ranked as the second-largest lottery prize ever.
The Powerball jackpot drawn Saturday night had climbed to $1.6 billion, but none of the tickets sold matched all six of the winning numbers: 28 45 53 56 69, and the Powerball of 20. The Power Play was 3.
Powerball tickets are $2 a play. Tickets are sold in 45 states, the District of Columbia, Puerto Rico and the U.S. Virgin Islands.
Winners can receive their prize through an annual payment plan over 29 years, but most people opt for the grand jackpot prize in cash.
2. $1.586 billion: Jan. 13, 2016 – CA, FL, TN
3. $768.4 million: March 27, 2019 – WI
4. $758.7 million: Aug. 23, 2017 – MA
5. $731.1 million: Jan. 20, 2021 – MD
6. $699.8 million: Oct. 4, 2021 – CA
7. $687.8 million: Oct. 27, 2018 – IA, NY
8. $632.6 million: Jan. 5, 2022 – CA, WI
9. $590.5 million: May 18, 2013 – FL
10. $587.5 million: Nov. 28, 2012 – AZ, MO
