Drawing delayed for world record $1.9 billion Powerball jackpot - CBS News

Des Moines, Iowa — The Powerball drafting scheduled for Monday nighttime was delayed and it's apt that the authoritative results won't beryllium known until Tuesday morning, the Multi-State Lottery Association said successful a statement.

The satellite record-breaking $1.9 cardinal Powerball drafting was held up due to the fact that a participating lottery needed much clip to process its sales, officials said. The authorities having the issues wasn't named.

"Powerball requires each 48 participating lotteries to taxable their income and play information anterior to the winning numbers being selected. Once Powerball receives the outstanding submission, the drafting tin proceed," the lottery said.

California lottery officials tweeted further information:

The winning numbers and recorded video of the drafting volition beryllium posted to the Powerball website and YouTube channel. Players should clasp onto their tickets, the Multi-State Lottery Association connection said.

The jackpot is astir $400 cardinal larger than Saturday night's erstwhile grounds jackpot of immoderate $1.6 billion and volition support increasing until idiosyncratic wins the prize.

Only 4 erstwhile jackpots person topped $1 billion, but nary were adjacent adjacent to the existent one, which started astatine $20 cardinal backmost connected Aug. 6 and implicit 3 winless months has grown ever much massive. No 1 has won the jackpot since Aug. 3.

A victor who chooses an annuity, paid annually implicit 29 years, would get the estimated $1.9 cardinal payout. Nearly each winners alternatively opt for cash, which for Monday's drafting would beryllium $929.1 million.

All prize amounts are earlier taxes. 

Even arsenic much radical attracted by the elephantine prize driblet $2 connected a Powerball ticket, the game's ultra-long likelihood of 1 successful 292.2 cardinal means determination inactive is simply a bully accidental that different drafting volition walk without anyone winning the expansive prize. That would propulsion the jackpot for Wednesday's drafting to much than $2 billion.

Those who walk $2 connected a Powerball summons mightiness wonderment if thing is incorrect erstwhile 40 drawings walk without a jackpot winner, but this is however the crippled is designed: The likelihood of 1 successful 292 cardinal marque it improbable anyone volition triumph the prize until a increasing jackpot attracts much players. And much summons income mean the lottery tin rise much wealth for nationalist programs, which is the constituent of the authorities lotteries. Still, it's been an atrocious agelong clip without a jackpot and if determination isn't a victor immoderate clip Tuesday present due to the fact that of the delay, different benignant of grounds volition person been reached: 41 draws without anyone matching each six numbers.

The crippled is played successful 45 states, arsenic good arsenic Washington, D.C., Puerto Rico and the U.S. Virgin Islands. Tickets are $2 each.

Powerball drawings are broadcast unrecorded each Monday, Wednesday and Saturday astatine 10:59 p.m. ET and are unrecorded streamed at Powerball.com.

When a Powerball summons is purchased, the subordinate is asked to take 5 numbers betwixt 1 and 69, and 1 fig betwixt 1 and 26, for a full of six figures printed connected a play slip. Those who would alternatively not prime numbers themselves tin opt for the lottery terminal to take their numbers randomly. 

Smaller prizes are fixed retired to players who clasp tickets with numbers that partially lucifer the series announced during a drawing. In bid to triumph the jackpot, a summons indispensable lucifer each six numbers, including the last Powerball number. 

-- Emily Mae Czachor contributed reporting.

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