Powerball jackpot soars to $1.2B, second largest in game's history
Winners almost always opt for cash, which for Wednesday's Powerball drawing will be an estimated $596.7 million
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The Powerball jackpot reached an estimated $1.2 billion ahead of the Wednesday drawing.
The jackpot rolled after no ticket matched all six numbers drawn on Halloween night.
The white balls were 13, 19, 36, 39 and 59, and the red Powerball was 13.
If someone wins the Wednesday jackpot — a cash value of $596.7 million — it will be the second-largest jackpot in Powerball history and Powerball's largest prize in more than six years.
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The Powerball jackpot was last hit on Aug. 3 in Pennsylvania and there have been 38 consecutive drawings without a grand prize winner since then.
Powerball logo displayed on a phone screen and PowerBall website displayed on a laptop screen are seen in this illustration photo taken in Krakow, Poland on November 2, 2022. ((Photo by Jakub Porzycki/NurPhoto via Getty Images) / Getty Images)
More than 5.4 million tickets won cash prizes totaling $59.5 million on Monday.
Tickets in California, Florida, Indiana, Michigan, New York, Ohio and Texas matched all five white balls to win a $1 million prize.
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A person buys a Powerball ticket as the Powerball lottery jackpot hits $1 billion in Doylestown, Pennsylvania, U.S. October 31, 2022. (REUTERS/Hannah Beier / Reuters Photos)
Tickets in Florida, New York and Oklahoma matched all five white balls and doubled that prize by including the Power Play option for an additional $1 per play.
In addition, 23 tickets won a $150,000 prize.
Lottery tickets are pictured as the Powerball lottery jackpot hits $1 billion in Doylestown, Pennsylvania, U.S. October 31, 2022. (REUTERS/Hannah Beier / Reuters Photos)
The overall odds of winning a prize are 1 in 24.9, and the odds of winning the jackpot are 1 in 292.2 million.
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Powerball holds the world record for the largest jackpot, a record $1.586 billion that was set in 2016.