The estimated cash payout for the next drawing is $516.8 million.
Three people won $2 million after matching all five numbers + the Power Play. Lottery officials say the winning tickets were sold in Arkansas, Georgia and Texas.
And there were five people who won $1 million after matching all five numbers. The winning tickets were sold in Connecticut, Florida, Kentucky, New York and Pennsylvania.The current Powerball jackpot falls only behind the $2.04 billion jackpot won last year, and the $1.586 billion jackpot won in 2016. The estimated $1 billion jackpot is also the seventh largest in U.S. lottery history.
The overall odds of winning a prize are 1 in 24.9. The odds of winning the jackpot are 1 in 292.2 million.And if $900 million isn't enough, the Mega Millions $640 million jackpot drawing is Tuesday night."I would travel. I think maybe buy some real estate, but I'd have to think about where," said Lillian Gervasi of Ardmore."I would share it. I would share it with my family, friends, relatives, charity. It's a lot of money," said Jeanette Streleckis of Ardmore.
"I'll try to do something good with it. I've been involved in a couple of charitable things that I'd like to do a little more for and this would certainly help," said Brown."We did sell a $200,000 cash ticket back in 2017, and a year later we won or we sold $10,000 on the Mega Millions," said Michael Roberta, the part-time manager at Newtown Square Beverage.Retailers that sell winning Powerball tickets receive a bonus of 1% of the prize amount.
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