Powerball jackpot grows to an estimated $960M - 4th largest in history

Saturday's drawing will be the 31st consecutive drawing in the jackpot run

The Powerball lottery jackpot climbed to $960 million, the 4th largest jackpot in history. 

This after no winner hit Wednesday night with the following numbers: 47, 63, 1, 46, 7 and the red power ball 7. The Power Play was 3X.

Winners who select a cash option, would get an estimated $441.1 million for Wednesday's drawing. The lottery also offers an annual annunity. 

There were four tickets in California, Kansas, Maryland and New York that matched five numbers worth $1 million.

No ticket on Monday matched all six numbers drawn. The numbers were 10, 12, 22, 36, 50 and the red Powerball was 4. The Power Play multiplier was 2X, Powerball said.

POWERBALL NUMBERS DRAWN FOR $750 MILLION JACKPOT

"The Monday drawing produced more than 1.2 million winning tickets across the country, including four tickets (three in Florida and one in Oregon) that matched all five white balls to win $1 million prizes." Powerball said in a press release. "Other big wins from Monday night include 32 tickets that won $50,000 prizes and six tickets that won $100,000 prizes."

The last Powerball jackpot a $1.08 billion prize was won by one person in California and was claimed on July 19.

Drawings are held three times per week: every Monday, Wednesday and Saturday. 

Powerball tickets are $2 per play. Tickets are sold in 45 states, the District of Columbia, Puerto Rico and the U.S. Virgin Islands.

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Powerball says the odds of winning a prize are 1 in 24.9. The odds of winning the jackpot are 1 in 292.2 million.

FOX Business’ Landon Mion contributed to this report. 

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