Powerball jackpot 急に上がるs to $1BILLION - the third largest in US history - after no winning ticket matched Monday's 製図/抽選

  • Three people won $2mn after matching all five numbers 加える the 力/強力にする Play?

The Powerball jackpot rose yet again to an 概算の $1 billion after no winning ticket was sold for the 最新の 製図/抽選, the third largest in US history.

No ticket for Monday's 製図/抽選 matched the white balls 5, 8, 9, 17, 41 and red Powerball 2. The jackpot was 概算の at $900 million.

Wednesday's jackpot would now be the third highest in the nation's history and will keep growing until someone (警官の)巡回区域,受持ち区域s the one in 292.2 million 半端物s and 勝利,勝つs.

Ticket 買い手s have a chance at $1bn paid out in 年一回の increments or a $516.8mn one-time lump sum before 税金s.

The largest Powerball jackpot was?$2.04 billion Powerball last November.

Vinnie Clemente, right, buys Powerball tickets from Elias Harv at a gas station, on Friday, July 14, 2023, in Crystal, Minn. Harv said he's seen a surge in customers buying lottery tickets as Powerball and Mega Millions jackpots reached $875 million and $560 million respectively

Vinnie Clemente, 権利, buys Powerball tickets from Elias Harv at a gas 駅/配置する, on Friday, July 14, 2023, in 水晶, Minn. Harv said he's seen a 殺到する in 顧客s buying 宝くじ tickets as Powerball and Mega Millions jackpots reached $875 million and $560 million それぞれ

Powerball ticket sales continue to grow in St. Joseph, Mo., Monday, July 17, 2023, after no winner was selected in the previous drawing. (AP Photo/Nick Ingram)

Powerball ticket sales continue to grow in St. Joseph, Mo., Monday, July 17, 2023, after no 勝利者 was selected in the previous 製図/抽選. (AP Photo/Nick Ingram)

Three people won $2 million after matching all five numbers 加える the 力/強力にする Play, 宝くじ 公式の/役人s said. The winning tickets were sold in Arkansas, Georgia and Texas.

?Biggest jackpots in US history

?1.?$2.04 billion, Powerball, Nov. 2022 (one ticket, in California)

2. $1.586 billion, Powerball, Jan. 13, 2016 (three tickets, in California, Florida, Tennessee)

3. $1.537 billion, Mega Millions, Oct. 23, 2018 (one ticket, in South Carolina)

4. $1.337 billion, Mega Millions, July 29, 2022 (one ticket, in Illinois)

5. $1.05 billion, Mega Millions, Jan. 22, 2021 (one ticket, in Michigan)

6. $768.4 million, Powerball, March 27, 2019 (one ticket, in Wisconsin)

7. $758.7 million, Powerball, Aug. 23, 2017 (one ticket, in Massachusetts)

8. $731.1 million, Powerball, Jan. 20, 2021 (one ticket, in Maryland)

9. $699.8 million, Powerball, Oct. 4, 2021 (one ticket, in California)

10. $687.8 million, Powerball, Oct. 27, 2018 (two tickets, in Iowa and New York)?

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Five people won $1 million after matching all five numbers.?

The winning tickets were sold in Connecticut, Florida, Kentucky, New York and Pennsylvania.

The probability of winning that prize is いっそう少なく than 1 in 11 million.

For 言及/関連, the 半端物s of 存在 struck by 雷 is only 1-in-15,000.?

The last time?someone won the Powerball jackpot was April 19 for a 最高の,を越す prize of nearly $253 million.?

Since then, no one has won the grand prize in the past 38 連続した 製図/抽選s.

Powerball is played in 45 明言する/公表するs, 同様に as Washington, D.C., Puerto Rico and the U.S. Virgin Islands.

The snowballing jackpot has encouraged more 買い手s to take a punt on the 宝くじ, 蓄える/店 clerks believe.

'It's never been before like this,' 蓄える/店 clerk Harv said. 'They come two to three times a day.'

'Everybody has his own dream,' he 追加するd.

Lia Nower, a professor and the director of the 中心 for 賭事ing 熟考する/考慮するs at Rutgers University, said the 宝くじ has 歴史的に 行為/法令/行動するd as a regressive 税金 on the poor.

It means the people that can least afford to lose their money buy the most tickets.

She said her '関心 with 宝くじ is really more people who are buying it every day or two or three times a week' as …に反対するd to those who 購入(する) one ticket as the jackpot 近づくs $1 billion.

An electronic message board displays Powerball and Mega Millions lottery jackpots in New York City, New York, U.S., July 17, 2023

An electronic message board 陳列する,発揮するs Powerball and Mega Millions 宝くじ jackpots in New York City, New York, U.S., July 17, 2023

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