There were no tickets sold with all six numbers in the latest drawing of the multi-state Powerball lottery, pushing the estimated jackpot for Monday’s drawing to $975 million, the 11th-largest U.S. lottery jackpot.
One ticket each with five numbers, but missing the Powerball number, were sold in Illinois, Michigan, Pennsylvania and Louisiana. They are each worth $1 million, according to the Multi-State Lottery Association, which conducts the game.
The numbers drawn Saturday were 12, 13, 33, 50, 52 and the Powerball number was 23. The estimated jackpot was $951 million, also the 11th-largest U.S. lottery jackpot.
The prize has been growing steadily since the last Powerball winner hit the jackpot on New Year’s Day 2024.
If there is a single winner on Monday, the ticket holder can choose to accept it in a single lump sum, with the prize carrying a cash value of about $471.7 million, lottery officials said.
To secure the prize, the winner or winners must beat a one in 292.2 million chance and match the correct six numbers on a $2 ticket. Powerball tickets are sold in 45 states, the District of Columbia, Puerto Rico and the U.S. Virgin Islands.
The purse at stake on Saturday was still below the $1.13 billion jackpot won this week in a drawing by another lottery, Mega Millions, and well below the largest single lottery prize total in U.S. history.
That came in November 2022 when a lone ticket holder in California won a $2.04 billion Powerball jackpot.