The next Powerball drawing will be held Monday, Jan. 1.
The Powerball jackpot has risen to an estimated $810 million after there was no winner in Saturday night’s drawing, Powerball said.
The estimated cash value for the next drawing, on Monday, Jan. 1, is $408.9 million, according to the lottery.
The winning numbers drawn for Saturday’s $760 million jackpot were: 10, 11, 26, 27, 34 and red Powerball 7. The power play was 4.
The estimated cash value of the prize had been $383.6 million. If a player had won the jackpot in Saturday night’s drawing, they will be offered the choice between annual payments worth $760 million — starting with one immediate payments and remaining payments over 29 years increasing by 5% each year — or a lump sum payment estimated at $383.6 million.
Saturday’s drawing marked the last one of 2023.
There have been 34 consecutive drawing without a jackpot winner. The last Powerball jackpot was won on Oct. 11.
The prize is the fourth jackpot this year to exceed more than $500 million. This year’s largest jackpot prize of $1.765 billion was won on Oct. 11 in California. The second largest prize was $1.08 billion that was won on July 19 in California, according to Powerball.
Powerball tickets are sold for $2 each.
The odds of winning the jackpot prize are one in 292.2 million.
The game’s largest prize ever — of $2.04 billion — was won on Nov. 7, 2022.
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