The Powerball jackpot inched closer to $1 billion after Saturday’s drawing was held. For the 38th consecutive time, there was no winner, and the grand prize for Monday night’s drawing will be for $975 million.
Saturday’s numbers for the grand prize worth $935 million were 12-13-33-50-52 and the Powerball was 23. The Power Play was 3X.
Jackpot increases to $975 million
Update 12:05 a.m. EDT March 31: The Powerball jackpot continued to rise. There was no grand prize winner on Saturday night, which means Monday’s drawing will be for an estimated $975 million.
The jackpot is the fifth-largest in Powerball history.
If a player wins the jackpot in Monday’s drawing, they can choose between an annuitized prize worth an estimated $975 million or a lump sum payment estimated at $471.7 million. Both prize options are before taxes. If the winner selects the annuity option, they will receive one immediate payment followed by 29 annual payments that increase by 5% each year, lottery officials said.
There were four second-tier winners for $1 million. Winning tickets in Illinois, Louisiana, Michigan and Pennsylvania matched five white balls.
Top 10 Powerball jackpots
- 1. $2.04 billion -- Nov. 7, 2022; California.
- 2. $1.765 billion -- Oct. 11, 2023; California.
- 3. $1.586 billion -- Jan. 13, 2016; California, Florida, Tennessee.
- 4. $1.08 billion -- July 19, 2023; California.
- 5. $975 million -- April 1, 2024 drawing
- 6. $842 million -- Jan. 1, 2024; Michigan.
- 7. $768.4 million -- Mar. 27, 2019; Wisconsin.
- 8. $758.7 million -- Aug. 23, 2017; Massachusetts.
- 9. $754.6 million -- Feb. 6, 2023; Washington.
- 10. $731.1 million -- Jan. 20, 2021; Maryland.
Original report: It has been a big week for jackpots. On Tuesday, a Mega Millions ticket worth $1.13 billion was sold in New Jersey.
[ Mega Millions: Winning ticket for $1.13 billion jackpot sold in New Jersey ]
“This has been an exciting week for national jackpots, and it’s not over yet,” Drew Svitko, Powerball product group chair and executive director of the Pennsylvania Lottery, said in a statement.
The Powerball jackpot was last won on Jan. 1 by a single ticket in Michigan that matched all five white balls and the red Powerball to win an $842.2 million grand prize. Since then, there have been 37 consecutive drawings without a jackpot winner.
The highest jackpot in Powerball history is $2.04 billion, sold to a single winner in California on Nov. 7, 2022.
Drawings are held every Monday, Wednesday and Saturday. Tickets, which cost $2 per play, are sold in 45 states, the District of Columbia, Puerto Rico and the U.S. Virgin Islands.
The odds of winning the grand prize are 1 in 292.2 million, according to Powerball.com.