Powerball jackpot climbs to est. $835 million after no grand prize winners in Monday night's drawing

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There was no grand-prize winner of Monday night's record-breaking $785 million Powerball jackpot, Powerball officials announced early Tuesday morning.The numbers pulled for Monday night's drawing were: White balls 10, 12, 22, 36, 50 and red Powerball 4.The prize for Monday's drawing became the fourth largest in history after Saturday’s drawing produced no winners matching all six drawn numbers. Had there been a grand prize winner, they would have had the option to take $785 million in payments or cash out for $367 million, both before taxes.The odds of winning the jackpot are 1 in 292.2 million, according to lottery officials.The next Powerball drawing will be on Wednesday. Since no one won Monday's jackpot, the grand prize climbs to an estimated $835 million ($390.4 million cash value), according to Powerball officials.The large prize is now surpassed only by previous jackpots over $1 billion, according to the Multi-State Lottery Association.The largest jackpots were $2.04 billion in November 2022, $1.586 billion in January 2016 and $1.08 billion in July 2023, lottery officials said in a news release.At least one person from California scored a jackpot-winning ticket in each of those three drawings, according to the release.While there were no jackpot winners Saturday, the drawing produced more than 1.5 million winning tickets across the United States, including three tickets matching all five white balls to win $1 million, lottery officials said.In a release early Tuesday morning, Powerball officials said Monday's 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. "Other big wins from Monday night include 32 tickets that won $50,000 prizes and six tickets that won $100,000 prizes," the Powerball release stated on Tuesday morning.There have been 29 consecutive drawings without a grand prize winner since the winning numbers for the $1.08 billion jackpot were drawn on July 19.

There was no grand-prize winner of Monday night's record-breaking $785 million Powerball jackpot, Powerball officials announced early Tuesday morning.

The numbers pulled for Monday night's drawing were:

White balls 10, 12, 22, 36, 50 and red Powerball 4.

The prize for Monday's drawing became the fourth largest in history after Saturday’s drawing produced no winners matching all six drawn numbers.

Had there been a grand prize winner, they would have had the option to take $785 million in payments or cash out for $367 million, both before taxes.

The odds of winning the jackpot are 1 in 292.2 million, according to lottery officials.

The next Powerball drawing will be on Wednesday. Since no one won Monday's jackpot, the grand prize climbs to an estimated $835 million ($390.4 million cash value), according to Powerball officials.

The large prize is now surpassed only by previous jackpots over $1 billion, according to the Multi-State Lottery Association.

The largest jackpots were $2.04 billion in November 2022, $1.586 billion in January 2016 and $1.08 billion in July 2023, lottery officials said in a news release.

At least one person from California scored a jackpot-winning ticket in each of those three drawings, according to the release.

While there were no jackpot winners Saturday, the drawing produced more than 1.5 million winning tickets across the United States, including three tickets matching all five white balls to win $1 million, lottery officials said.

In a release early Tuesday morning, Powerball officials said Monday's 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.

"Other big wins from Monday night include 32 tickets that won $50,000 prizes and six tickets that won $100,000 prizes," the Powerball release stated on Tuesday morning.

There have been 29 consecutive drawings without a grand prize winner since the winning numbers for the $1.08 billion jackpot were drawn on July 19.

Powerball jackpot climbs to est. $835 million after no grand prize winners in Monday night's drawing

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