No winning tickets were sold for Monday night’s $905 million Powerball jackpot, so the estimated grand prize for Wednesday night’s drawing will be at least $975 million, Powerball says. The estimated cash value would be at least $422.3 million. Jackpots tend to grow as more and more tickets are sold. Monday’s winning numbers were 6, 37, 54, 55, 64 with a Powerball of 10. The estimated cash value would come into play if the holder of a winning ticket chooses a lump sum payment instead of 30 annuity payments spanning 29 years, according to the Multi-State Lottery Association. Both options are before taxes. Wednesday’s drawing will be the 44th since a Powerball gold jackpot was won on May 2, when tickets purchased in Florida and Texas split a $20 million jackpot. If Wednesday’s jackpot reaches $1 billion, it would be the 15th time that level has been reached in U.S. lottery history and the eighth for Powerball. ticket sold in California in November 2022. Powerball tickets are $2. They were sold in 45 states, Washington, DC, Puerto Rico and the US Virgin Islands until last month, when tickets also went on sale in the UK. However, tickets purchased there only count toward the Powerball jackpot and lower-tier prizes are structured differently. The odds of winning the Powerball grand prize are 1 in 292,201,338. Powerball drawings take place on Mondays, Wednesdays and Saturdays at 10:59 pm Eastern Time.
