Monday's Powerball jackpot grows to record $1.9B - Detroit News

Get acceptable for much lottery frenzy: Monday’s Powerball jackpot is present a whopping $1.9 billion.

More than 1.2 cardinal tickets person been sold arsenic of Sunday evening for the adjacent drawing, the 41st since the past Powerball jackpot was won, according to Michigan lottery officials. Players person until 9:45 p.m. Monday to marque their bets.

Since Aug. 3, nary 1 has won the game, including successful Saturday’s record-breaking prize, rolling the jackpot up to $1.9 cardinal with a currency enactment of $929 million. The satellite grounds for a lottery jackpot is $1.586 billion, won connected Jan. 13, 2016, with 3 winning tickets from California, Florida and Tennessee, lottery officials said.

The winning numbers Saturday were 69, 53, 45, 56, 28 and reddish Powerball 20. Saturday’s jackpot offered an estimated currency worth of $782.4 million.

One Michigan subordinate matched the 5 achromatic balls drawn Saturday night, 28-45-53-56-69, to triumph a $1 cardinal prize, said Jake Harris, subordinate relations manager for the Michigan Lottery successful an email. The winning summons was bought astatine the K&G Deli, astatine 5625 Conner successful Detroit.

After income ended astatine 9:45 p.m., players successful Michigan bought much than 8.3 cardinal tickets for Saturday’s drawing, with much than 4.5 cardinal of those tickets purchased Saturday, according to the Michigan Lottery.

Saturday’s drafting was the 40th Powerball drafting since the jackpot was past won connected Aug. 3 successful Pennsylvania, according to Powerball.

“We are witnessing past successful the making with this $1.6 cardinal jackpot. What’s besides breathtaking is that this tally has already created millions of winners, including astir 100 players who person won prizes worthy $1 cardinal oregon more,” said Drew Svitko, Powerball merchandise radical seat and Pennsylvania Lottery enforcement director.

The existent jackpot has created 98 millionaires, including 7 $1 cardinal winners successful Michigan, authorities lottery officials said.

A $1.05 cardinal Mega Millions jackpot, which was claimed successful Novi, presently holds the grounds for the largest prize ever won successful Michigan. It was picked successful January 2021 and is the fourth-largest prize won of each time.

State lottery officials besides said the Lottery has provided much than $26 cardinal to enactment nationalist acquisition successful Michigan, since it began successful 1972.

"Last year, the Lottery provided a grounds $1.4 cardinal to the School Aid Fund. The Lottery is connected gait to lend much than $1 billon to the School Aid Fund for the third-straight year."

The longest jackpot tally successful Powerball past ended connected Oct. 4, 2021, erstwhile a victor successful California claimed the $699.8 cardinal jackpot connected the 41st drawing.

Your likelihood of matching each 5 numbers positive the reddish Powerball are astir 1 successful 292.2 million.

How overmuch are Powerball tickets?

Powerball tickets are $2 per play.

Where tin I play?

Tickets are sold successful 45 states, including the District of Columbia, Puerto Rico and the U.S. Virgin Islands. More than fractional of each proceeds from the merchantability of a Powerball summons stay successful the jurisdiction wherever the summons was sold, according to Powerball.

If I win, however tin I assertion my prize?

Jackpot winners tin either person their prize arsenic an annuity, paid successful 30 graduated payments implicit 29 years, oregon a lump sum payment. All options are taxable to national and jurisdictional taxes.

What clip is the Powerball drawing?

Powerball numbers are drawn connected Mondays, Wednesdays and Saturdays astatine 10:59 p.m.

The adjacent Powerball drafting volition beryllium connected Monday.