Powerball jackpot climbs to third largest prize in game history

The Powerball jackpot will continue its climb through billion-dollar territory after no ticket matched all six numbers drawn Monday night.
White balls 12, 26, 27, 43, 47 and red Powerball 5 were drawn. The Power Play multiplier was 2X.
The Powerball jackpot now stands at an estimated $1.2 billion for the next drawing on Wednesday night which can be seen on 21 News at 11. The jackpot has a cash value of $551.7 million.
Wednesday's estimated jackpot ranks as the third largest in the Powerball game and seventh largest among U.S. lottery jackpots.
This marks the first time in Powerball game history that back-to-back jackpot cycles have generated billion-dollar grand prizes. The Powerball jackpot was previously won on July 19 in California, when a single ticket won a jackpot worth $1.08 billion. Since then, there have been 32 consecutive drawings without a grand prize winner.
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
- $1.2 Billion (est.) – Oct. 4, 2023
- $1.08 Billion – July 19, 2023 – CA
- $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