Monday's record Powerball lottery drawing is delayed - Los Angeles Times

The drafting for a grounds Powerball lottery jackpot was delayed Monday nighttime due to the fact that a participating lottery needed much clip to conscionable information requirements, officials said.

It’s apt that the authoritative results won’t beryllium known until aboriginal Tuesday, the Multi-State Lottery Assn. said successful a connection cited by the Associated Press.

California Lottery officials confirmed the hold successful a tweet Monday night but did not sanction the lottery successful question.

“Powerball has strict information requirements that indispensable beryllium met by each 48 lotteries earlier a drafting tin occur,” the officials said. “When the required information protocols are complete, the drafting volition beryllium performed nether the supervision of lottery information officials and autarkic auditors. Winning numbers volition beryllium posted arsenic soon arsenic they are available.”

Shortly earlier 9:40 p.m., California Lottery officials tweeted that the gully was inactive delayed due to the fact that of an contented successful different state. “There is presently nary estimated clip for the drawing,” the tweet said.

A drafting for the $1.9-billion jackpot had been scheduled for 7:59 p.m. Eastern Standard Time, according to Powerball’s website.

The Powerball jackpot varies depending connected however galore numbers a subordinate correctly guesses. To instrumentality the apical prize, players indispensable lucifer the archetypal 5 numbers positive the Powerball.

Since idiosyncratic won the prize Aug. 3, determination person been 40 drawings without a winner.

Powerball is played successful 45 states, arsenic good arsenic successful Washington, D.C., Puerto Rico and the U.S. Virgin Islands.

The Associated Press contributed to this report.