"NEW YORK -- No ticket matched all six numbers drawn Saturday night, pushing the Powerball jackpot to an estimated $1.1 billion for the next drawing on Monday night - the game's fifth-largest prize ever. The winning numbers in the Saturday, Aug 30 drawing: 22-3-33-18-27 Powerball: 17 Nine tickets matched all five white balls to win $1 million prizes in Saturday night's drawing. The $1 million-winning tickets were sold in California (4), Connecticut, Florida, Illinois, Massachusetts and Pennsylvania."
"Monday's Powerball drawing will be the 40th drawing since the jackpot was last won in California on May 31, 2025. To date, the longest Powerball jackpot run has been 42 consecutive drawings, which was set on April 6, 2024, with a $1.326 billion jackpot winner in Oregon. If a player wins Monday's jackpot, they will have the choice between an annuitized prize estimated at $1.1 billion or a lump sum payment estimated at $498.4 million. Both prize options are before taxes. If the winner selects the annuity option, they will receive one immediate payment followed by 29 annual payments that increase by 5-percent each year."
"The overall odds of winning a prize are 1 in 24.9. The odds of winning the jackpot are 1 in 292.2 million. Here is a look at the 10 largest U.S. jackpots that have been won and the states where the winning tickets were sold: 1. $2.040 billion, Powerball, Nov. 7, 2022 (one ticket: California)2. $1.765 billion, Powerball, Oct. 11, 2023 (one ticket: California)3. $1.602 billion, Mega Millions, Aug. 8, 2023 (one ticket: Florida)4. $1.586 billion, Powerball, Jan. 13, 2016 (three tickets: California, Florida and Tennessee)"
No ticket matched all six numbers in the Saturday, Aug. 30 Powerball drawing, increasing the jackpot to an estimated $1.1 billion for Monday. The winning numbers were 22-3-33-18-27 with Powerball 17. Nine tickets matched all five white balls and won $1 million each; those tickets were sold across California (4), Connecticut, Florida, Illinois, Massachusetts and Pennsylvania. Monday's drawing will be the 40th since the last jackpot win on May 31, 2025, and the longest run to date was 42 drawings. The jackpot winner may choose a $1.1 billion annuity or a $498.4 million lump sum, before taxes. Overall odds of any prize are 1 in 24.9 and jackpot odds are 1 in 292.2 million.
Read at ABC7 Los Angeles
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