In Saturday's drawing, four tickets sold in New Jersey came to be worth big money. Wednesday night's Powerball drawing will be the 39th in this run. It's just the second time the jackpot has topped $1 billion in the game's history - and even though the lump sum cash option would be less than half of that, thanks to taxes, we're pretty sure there's no one in the United States who wouldn't be thrilled to take that win. 2, will climb to $1.2 billion, according to Powerball, the second-largest prize in its history. The biggest prize was a $1.586 billion Powerball jackpot won by three ticket holders in 2016.Īnd because there were no grand prize winners, the drawing for Wednesday, Nov. history behind another Powerball prize and three Mega Millions lottery game jackpots. The jackpot was the fifth-largest in U.S. The winning numbers for Monday's $1 billion Powerball jackpot were 19, 13, 39, 59 and 36 with a red Powerball of 13. Here are a few numbers strategies for those vying again on Wednesday.
The odds of hitting the $1 million prize are 1 in 11,688,054, while the odds of hitting the jackpot, matching all five white balls plus the Powerball, are 1 in 292,201,338. Get Tri-state area news and weather forecasts to your inbox.
