Powerball jackpot sits at $103 billion, fourth largest in game history

Powerball jackpot sits at $103 billion, fourth largest in game history

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The Powerball jackpot ballooned to an estimated $1.3 cardinal pinch a rate worth of $608.9 cardinal for Saturday night's drawing.

The winning numbers Saturday nighttime were: 22, 27, 44, 52, 69 and a reddish Powerball 9. The Power Play was 3X.

This is nan fourth-largest jackpot in nan game's history and nan eighth largest among U.S. lottery jackpots, according to a property merchandise from Powerball.

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A personification holds up their Powerball summons successful New York City connected July 19, 2023.  (ANGELA WEISS/AFP via Getty Images / Getty Images)

Earlier successful nan evening, nan Powerball jackpot was delayed to "protect nan information and integrity" of nan game.

"Tonight, we person 1 participating lottery that needs further clip to complete required pre-draw procedures, which person been enacted to protect nan information and integrity of nan Powerball game," nan lottery institution wrote.

"Powerball crippled rules require that each azygous summons sold nationwide beryllium checked and verified against 2 different machine systems earlier nan winning numbers are drawn," nan institution said. "This is done to guarantee that each summons sold for nan Powerball drafting has been accounted for and has an adjacent chance to win. Tonight, we person 1 jurisdiction that needs other clip to complete that pre-draw process."

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Forms to prime numbers for Powerball are connected show successful a shop connected October 04, 2023 successful Miami, Florida.  (Joe Raedle/Getty Images / Getty Images)

If a subordinate wins nan jackpot successful Saturday's drawing, they will person nan prime betwixt an annuitized prize worthy an estimated $1.03 cardinal aliases a lump sum costs estimated astatine $608.9 million. 

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Both prize options are earlier taxes. 

If nan victor selects nan annuity option, they will person 1 contiguous costs followed by 29 yearly payments that summation by 5 percent each year.

The jackpot was past won connected Jan. 1 erstwhile a subordinate successful Michigan won nan $842.4 cardinal expansive prize. That was nan sixth-largest prize successful nan game's history.

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A elephantine lottery advertizing motion is seen on Highway 101 arsenic U.S. Powerball jackpot grows $1.1 billion, successful Belmont of San Mateo County, California, United States connected April 1, 2024.  (Tayfun Coskun/Anadolu via Getty Images / Getty Images)

Powerball tickets are $2 per play. Tickets are sold in 45 states, nan District of Columbia, Puerto Rico and nan U.S. Virgin Islands. 

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The wide likelihood of winning a prize are 1 successful 24.9. The likelihood of winning nan jackpot are 1 successful 292.2 million. 

The adjacent drafting will beryllium held Monday night. Drawings are broadcast unrecorded each Monday, Wednesday and Saturday from nan Florida Lottery workplace successful Tallahassee and live-streamed connected Powerball.com.

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