There had been no huge treats from the Halloween evening Powerball drawing, as not one of the tickets bought matched all six numbers.
The lack of a winner means the following drawing Wednesday evening shall be for an enormous $1.2 billion jackpot.
The profitable numbers drawn Monday had been: white balls 13, 19, 36, 39, 59 and the crimson energy ball 13.
The elevated jackpot would be the 4th-largest in U.S. historical past. The largest prize was a $1.586 billion Powerball jackpot received by three ticketholders in 2016.
Massive lottery jackpots have turn into extra frequent in recent times as lottery officers have adjusted recreation guidelines and ticket costs to pump up the highest prizes. The most up-to-date tweak got here in August, when Powerball officers added a further drawing day — going from two every week to 3 — to construct bigger prizes and increase gross sales.
Although the marketed high prize Wednesday shall be an estimated $1.2 billion, that’s for winners who obtain their winnings by means of an annuity paid over 29 years. Winners nearly all the time go for money, which for Wednesday evening’s drawing shall be an estimated $596 million.
No one has hit all six numbers since Aug. 3, which means there have now been 38 consecutive attracts with no jackpot winner — a testomony to how slim the chances are of profitable the jackpot: 1 in 292.2 million.
Powerball is performed in 45 states, in addition to Washington, D.C., Puerto Rico and the U.S. Virgin Islands.
Source: www.bostonherald.com”