This is the first time there have been back-to-back Powerball jackpots topping $1 billion.
People flocked to lottery outlets to fill out tickets in hopes of winning the $1.04 billion jackpot that was drawn on Monday night.For the first time in Powerball history, back-to-back jackpots have topped $1 billion. Monday night’s drawing, for the fourth-largest Powerball prize in the promotion’s history, was for $1.04 billion.The Powerball jackpot was previously won on July 19 in California, when a single ticket won a grand prize worth $1.08 billion.
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.$1.08 billion – July 19, 2023, drawing .$758.7 million – Aug. 23, 2017 .
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