The Powerball jackpot has jumped to an eye-popping $1.7 billion, after one more drawing handed with no large winner Wednesday.
The numbers chosen have been: 3, 16, 29, 61 and 69, with the Powerball quantity being 22.
Since Could 31, there have been 41 straight drawings with no large winner.
The following drawing shall be Saturday night time, with the prize anticipated to be the third-largest in U.S. lottery historical past.
Powerball’s horrible odds of 1 in 292.2 million are designed to generate large jackpots, with prizes changing into ever bigger as they repeatedly roll over when nobody wins. Lottery officers be aware that the chances are much better for the sport’s many smaller prizes. There are three drawings every week.
The estimated $1.4 billion jackpot from Wednesday night time’s drawing would have been for a winner who had opted to obtain 30 funds over 29 years by way of an annuity. Winners virtually all the time select the sport’s money choice, which might have been an estimated $634.3 million.
The money choice for Saturday night time’s drawing is an estimated $770.3 million.
Powerball tickets value $2 and the sport is obtainable in 45 states plus Washington, D.C., Puerto Rico and the U.S. Virgin Islands.
