MIAMI – There is lottery fever in South Florida, and across the region, as the Powerball jackpot has climbed to in the vicinity of a single billion dollars.
For Monday night’s drawing, the estimated jackpot is $975 million. It has a hard cash value of $471.7 million, before taxes.
No a person has received Powerball’s prime prize due to the fact New Year’s Working day, amounting to 37 consecutive drawings with no a jackpot winner. That streak without having a winner is nearing the report amount of 41 consecutive drawings, established two times in 2022 and 2021.
The game’s extensive odds of 1 in 292.2 million make it a unusual jackpot.
The frequency of significant jackpots has surged for both of those Powerball and Mega Hundreds of thousands in current several years as both equally online games doubled ticket selling prices and reduced odds.
Past August, a solitary successful ticket was bought in Neptune, Florida, for a $1.6 billion jackpot, the most significant in Mega Thousands and thousands record, and the third-greatest in lottery heritage. In February 2023, a winning ticket marketed in the vicinity of Los Angeles claimed a $2.04 billion Powerball jackpot, the major in lottery history.
Powerball drawings are Monday, Wednesday, and Saturday nights. Tickets expense two bucks apiece.
You can enjoy the Powerball drawings are living on CBS News Miami at 11.
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