After there was no winner of the Powerball of Labor Day of one billion dollars on Monday, Jackpot Dreams is still alive since the award money increases to the amazing amount of $ 1.40 billion, according to the last update on Wednesday morning.
The next draw will be Wednesday night, with the Prize Mayor that has an estimated cash value of $ 634.3 million before taxes.
The winning numbers in the draw on Monday were 8, 23, 25, 40 and 53 with a red powerball of 5. Throughout the country, ten tickets coincided with the five white balls to win $ 1 million awards. The $ 1 million winning tickets were sold in California, Florida, Kentucky, Massachusetts, Michigan, New Jersey (2), New York, Pennsylvania and Virginia, according to Powerball.
Wednesday’s Jackpot is now located as the largest room in the Powerball game and the largest sixth between the Jackpot games of the American lottery.
You can see a major award of $ 1 billion of lottery kiosk powerball in Nashville, Tenn.
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“Tonight could be the night this Powerball Mayor of one billion dollars is won!” The Powerball Product Group chair and the Iowa Lottery CEO, Matt Strawn, said in a press release on Wednesday.
Although the main prize remained elusive, nine tickets in the draw on Monday coincided with the five white balls to win $ 1 million each, with four winners in California and one in Connecticut, Florida, Illinois, Massachusetts and Pennsylvania. Three additional tickets in Colorado, Indiana and New Hampshire doubled their awards at $ 2 million by including the Power Play option.
Monday’s draw marked the 40th attempt to find a winner of the Mayor Award since May 31, 2025. The current streak approaches the record of 42 consecutive drawings, which ended with a winner of $ 1,326 billion in Oregon on April 6, 2024.
Winners can choose between annual payments for 30 years, with an increase of 5% each year or the immediate cash option.
Powerball’s story includes record awards, and the largest is a jackpot of $ 2.04 billion won in California in November 2022, followed by an award of $ 1,765 billion claimed in California in October 2023, and a separation of $ 1,586 billion between winners in California, Florida and Tennessee in January 2016.
Other notable victories include the Oregon Award of $ 1,326 billion, the victory of $ 1.08 billion in California in July 2023 and awards ranging from $ 842.4 million to $ 754.6 million won between Michigan, Wisconsin, Massachusetts and Washington.
Tickets cost $ 2 and are available in 45 states, the district of Columbia, Puerto Rico and the Virgin Islands of the United States. The chances of winning the Jackpot are 1 in 292.2 million, while the general probabilities of winning any prize are 1 in 24.9.
The drawings are broadcast live from Tallahassee, Florida, every Monday, Wednesday and Saturday at 10:59 pm et and are broadcast on Powerball.com.
