Powerball winning numbers drawn for $1B jackpot
Winners almost always opt for cash, which for Monday’s Powerball drawing will be an estimated $497.3 million
The Powerball numbers for the estimated $1 billion jackpot were drawn Monday night, but there is still no winner.
The winning numbers Monday night were: white balls 13, 19, 36, 39, 59 and the red power ball 13.
The advertised prize is for winners who receive their winnings through an annuity paid over 29 years. But winners typically select the cash option, which would be an estimated $497.3 million for Monday's drawing.
The Powerball reaching $1 billion for Monday's drawing was only the second time in the lottery's 30-year history it had reached that mark. The highest grand prize was won in 2016 on a $1.586 billion jackpot. The $1 billion jackpot would have been the fifth-largest grand prize in U.S. lottery history.
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The Powerball numbers for the estimated $1 billion jackpot were drawn Monday night. (AP Photo/Nam Y. Huh, File / AP Newsroom)
This comes after no one won Saturday's drawing carrying an estimated $825 million prize.
After no ticket matched the winning numbers Monday night, the jackpot climbs to an estimated $1.2 billion for Wednesday's drawing.
The Powerball reaching $1 billion for Monday's drawing was only the second time in the lottery's 30-year history it has reached that mark. The highest grand prize was won in 2016 on a $1.586 billion jackpot. (Nicolaus Czarnecki/MediaNews Group/Boston Herald via Getty Images / Getty Images)
The last time anyone matched all six numbers and won the top prize was August 3, when a $206.9 million jackpot was won in Pennsylvania. There have been 38 straight drawings without a winner.
The odds of winning the jackpot are 1 in 292.2 million, according to Powerball officials.
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The advertised prize is for winners who receive their winnings through an annuity paid over 29 years, but winners typically select the cash option. (Jakub Porzycki/NurPhoto via Getty Images / Getty Images)
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Powerball is played in 45 states, as well as Washington, D.C., Puerto Rico and the U.S. Virgin Islands.