Powerball, which is the 8th largest jackpot, is up to $ 640 million. The chances of winning are one in 292.2 million.
The Powerball Jackpot numbers were 14, 20, 39, 65, 67 from Saturday’s draw. The Powerball number is 2.
Another of the biggest jackpots in US history will increase even more, as there was no winner for Friday’s draw of the top prize of 750 million dollars of Mega Millions.
These numbers were 3, 11, 12, 38, 43, with a Mega Ball of 15 and would have marked the fifth largest jackpot ever drawn.
There were many smaller winners on Friday.
Mega Millions has estimated that its next top prize will be $ 850 million, which would be the third largest of all time. The drawing is on Tuesday.
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It’s been almost two years since a lottery jackpot increased so much. No one has won the game’s biggest prize in months.
The jackpot amounts listed refer to the winners who opt for a rate, paid for a period of 30 years. The winners almost always choose cash prizes, which for Powerball would be 478.7 million dollars. The estimated cash prize for the next Mega Millions jackpot is $ 628.2 million.
Mega Millions and Powerball are both played in 45 states, as well as in Washington, DC and the US Virgin Islands. Powerball is also offered in Puerto Rico.
A look at the top 10 American jackpots that have been won and the states in which the winning tickets have been sold:
1. $ 1.586 billion, Powerball, January 13, 2016 (three tickets, from California, Florida, Tennessee)
2. $ 1.537 billion, Mega Millions, October 23, 2018 (one ticket, South Carolina)
3. $ 768.4 million, Powerball, March 27, 2019 (one ticket, Wisconsin)
4. $ 758.7 million, Powerball, August 23, 2017 (one ticket, from Massachusetts)
5. $ 687.8 million, Powerball, October 27, 2018 (two tickets, from Iowa and New York)
6. $ 656 million, Mega Millions, March 30, 2012 (three tickets, from Kansas, Illinois and Maryland)
7. $ 648 million, Mega Millions, December 17, 2013 (two tickets, from California and Georgia)
8. $ 590.5 million, Powerball, May 18, 2013 (one ticket, Florida)
$ 9,587.5 million, Powerball, November 28, 2012 (two tickets, from Arizona and Missouri)
10. $ 564.1 million, Powerball, February 11, 2015 (three tickets, from North Carolina, Puerto Rico and Texas)
The Associated Press contributed to this report.
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