Powerball's big prize surpasses $1 billion

The Powerball has crossed the 1 billion mark with an estimated $1.04 billion jackpot, for the next drawing on Monday night, which can be seen on 21 News at 11. The jackpot has a cash value of $478.2 million.
The Powerball jackpot rolled Saturday night after no ticket matched all six numbers drawn – white balls 19, 30, 37, 44, 46 and red Powerball 22. The Power Play® multiplier was 2X.
The Powerball jackpot was previously won on July 19, when a ticket in California matched all five white balls and the red Powerball® to win a $1.08 billion jackpot. Since then, there have been 32 consecutive drawings without a grand prize winner.
The prize ranks as the game’s second-largest jackpot this year and the fourth-largest jackpot in the history of the game.
The overall odds of winning a prize are 1 in 24.9. The odds of winning the jackpot are 1 in 292.2 million.
Top 10 Powerball Jackpots
- $2.04 Billion – Nov. 7, 2022 – CA
- $1.586 Billion – Jan. 13, 2016 – CA, FL, TN
- $1.08 Billion – July 19, 2023 – CA
- $1.04 Million (est.) – Oct. 2, 2023
- $768.4 Million – March 27, 2019 – WI
- $758.7 Million – Aug. 23, 2017 – MA
- $754.6 Million – Feb. 6, 2023 - WA
- $731.1 Million – Jan. 20, 2021 – MD
- $699.8 Million – Oct. 4, 2021 – CA
- $687.8 Million – Oct. 27, 2018 – IA, NY