Gamers in Missouri and Texas gained the almost $1.8 billion Powerball jackpot Saturday night time, the second largest prize in U.S. lottery historical past, after greater than three months with no massive winner.
Two fortunate tickets — one offered in Missouri, the opposite in Texas — matched all six numbers in Saturday’s drawing, in line with Powerball.
The successful numbers in Saturday night time’s drawing had been: 11, 23, 44, 61 and 62 with Powerball 17.
The successful ticketholders, who will share the jackpot, can select between a lump sum money fee of $410.3 million or $893.5 million unfold out over 30 annual funds that enhance by 5% annually.
An digital signal reads $1.8 billion as crowds wait in line to purchase lottery tickets on the Bluebird Liquor retailer in Hawthorne, Calif., on Friday, Sept. 5, 2025.
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Saturday’s drawing was the forty second because the Powerball jackpot was final gained on Might 31 in California. The present streak has tied the sport’s file for essentially the most consecutive drawings with no jackpot winner.
With closing ticket gross sales, the Powerball jackpot got here in at $1.787 billion, the group mentioned, which is the second largest within the sport’s historical past.
The chances of successful the jackpot had been 1 in 292.2 million, whereas the general odds of successful any prize are 1 in 24.9.
Prime 10 US lottery jackpots
- $2.04 billion – Powerball, November 2022 (California)
- $1.79 billion (present Powerball jackpot)
- $1.76 billion – Powerball, October 2023 (California)
- $1.60 billion – Mega Hundreds of thousands, August 2023 (Florida)
- $1.59 billion – Powerball, January 2016 (California, Florida, Tennessee)
- $1.54 billion – Mega Hundreds of thousands, October 2018 (South Carolina)
- $1.35 billion – Mega Hundreds of thousands, January 2023 (Maine)
- $1.34 billion – Mega Hundreds of thousands, July 2022 (Illinois)
- $1.33 billion – Powerball, April 2024 (Oregon)
- $1.27 billion – Mega Hundreds of thousands, December 2024 (California)
