Key takeaways:
- The Powerball lottery is offering an estimated $900 million jackpot up for grabs.
- Three lucky ticket holders matched all five white balls and are eligible to claim $1 million prizes.
- The odds of winning the Powerball jackpot on Monday are 1 in 292,201,338.
The Powerball lottery is offering a huge prize this week, with an estimated $900 million jackpot up for grabs. Saturday night’s drawing ended without a winner, meaning the prize has grown even larger.
Three lucky ticket holders, however, did match all five white balls and are eligible to claim $1 million prizes. The tickets were sold in Texas and Colorado.
The next Powerball drawing will be held on Monday, with the lucky winner having the choice between an annuitized prize worth an estimated $900 million paid out in yearly increments or a $465.1 million, one-time lump sum before taxes.
The odds of winning the Powerball jackpot on Monday are 1 in 292,201,338, according to the lottery. The winning numbers for Saturday’s drawing were 2, 9, 43, 55 and 57, and the Powerball was 18.
The $900 million jackpot is the third biggest Powerball jackpot and the seventh largest in U.S. lottery history. It’s an exciting time for lottery players, and the anticipation is building as the drawing nears.
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