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Wednesday's (December 24) Powerball jackpot will be worth an estimated $1.70 billion after zero players matched all six numbers during the $1.59 billion drawing Monday (December 22) night.
Results from Monday's Powerball game are listed below:
NUMBERS: 3-18-36-41-54
POWERBALL: 7
POWER PLAY: 2x
Monday's Powerball jackpot will be the fourth largest drawing in the game's history and fifth largest drawing in U.S. lottery history. The odds of winning the Powerball jackpot are reported to be 1 in 292.2 million, according to Powerball.com.
Nine players won $1 million by matching the five white balls, which included two players from New York and one each from Florida, Georgia, Illinois, Ohio, Pennsylvania, Tennessee and Wisconsin. Two players won the $1.79 billion Powerball drawing on September 6.
Tickets purchased in Missouri and Texas matched all five white numbers and the red Powerball, resetting the next drawing to $20 million ($10.2 million cash value) for September 8. One player in California matched all six numbers to win the $2.04 billion ($997.6 million) jackpot on November 7, 2022, the largest jackpot offered in U.S. lottery history, according to the official Powerball website. Powerball has had jackpots exceeding $1 billion six times.
Mega Millions games have also exceeded $1 billion seven times, which includes its largest offering, a $1.603 billion jackpot that was one by a player in Florida on August 8, 2023. Both jackpots increase during each following game until there's a jackpot winning ticket matching all six numbers drawn, which includes the additional Mega Millions Gold Ball or Powerball in each respective game.