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$900 million Powerball jackpot expected for Monday night's drawing
The Powerball jackpot is expected to grow to an estimated $900 million for Monday night's drawing, a sum that would be the third-largest Powerball jackpot in History, the lottery said.
The estimated cash payout would be about $465.1 million.
The was no Powerball jackpot winner in Saturday night's $875 million drawing, Powerball said Sunday.
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There have been 37 consecutive drawings without a jackpot, Powerball officials said in a press release. The most recent jackpot winner was in the April 19, 2023, drawing, which had a grand prize worth $252.6 million, the lottery said.
The $900 million jackpot trails only two previous drawings, the lottery said. A ticket in California won a $2.04 billion jackpot in November 2022 and tickets in California, Florida and Tennessee hit a $1.586 billion jackpot in January 2016.
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Saturday's winning numbers were 2, 9, 43, 55, 57 and the red Powerball was 18.
Two tickets in Texas and one in Colorado matched all five white balls, winning the $1 million prize on Saturday.
The odds of winning the jackpot are 1 in 292.2 million.
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