Meanwhile, if no one wins the jackpot in Saturday’s drawing, Powerball officials said it will tie the game record for the number of consecutive drawings without a grand prize winner. 3 was the last time the Powerball jackpot was won and the jackpot has rolled 39 times since then.

Please, play responsibly.”įlashback: Aug. “We would like to remind players that it only takes one ticket to win. “There’s a lot of anticipation and excitement leading up to Saturday’s drawing,” Svitko said.'What’s also exciting is that this run has already created millions of winners, including nearly 100 players who have won prizes worth $1 million or more,” Svitko said.What they're saying: “We are witnessing history in the making with this $1.6 billion jackpot,' Drew Svitko, Powerball product group chair and Pennsylvania lottery executive director, in a statement Friday. 5 drawing is now an estimated $782.4 million, according to the Powerball website. There’s a chance for another this Friday, and it’s a big one!” the lottery said in a news release early Wednesday.The Powerball jackpot for Saturday's drawing has now grown to a record $1.6 billion, the nation and world's largest lottery prize ever.ĭriving the news: Saturday's jackpot exceeds the record $1.586 billion jackpot won by three Powerball players in 2016 and is up from the original $1.5 billion estimate on Thursday.

“While many consider Friday the 13th an unlucky day, it has been rewarding for Mega Millions players over the years, with six previous jackpots won on such a day. If won, it would be second only to a $1.537 billion Mega Millions jackpot won in South Carolina in 2018, the lottery said. The next drawing for the estimated $1.35 billion prize – which would amount to roughly $707.9 million if the winner chooses the cash option – is scheduled for Friday night. While no ticket matched the jackpot drawing, 16 won the game’s second-tier prize, taking home as much as $3 million.

That’s a boost from Tuesday’s jackpot of $1.1 billion, which saw no tickets match all six winning numbers of 7, 13, 14, 15, 18 and the Mega Ball 9. The Mega Millions jackpot has reached an estimated $1.35 billion – the second-largest in the lottery’s history – after no winner snagged the big prize in Tuesday night’s drawing, officials said.

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