After no Powerball winner for months, one ticket bought within the state of Washington matched all six numbers in Monday night time’s drawing.
The Powerball jackpot climbed to an estimated $754.6 million Monday marking the fifth largest jackpot in Powerball historical past and ninth largest U.S. lottery prize ever, officials said.
The jackpot continued to develop ever because it was final gained on Nov. 19. Monday was the thirty fourth drawing for the present jackpot, Powerball mentioned.
Profitable the grand prize would web the winner $747 million in the event that they selected the annuity choice, which might be paid out progressively over 29 years. The favored choice – money choice – would give the winner $407.2 million earlier than federal and state taxes.
Listed below are Powerball’s profitable numbers for Monday:
Powerball profitable numbers: 2/6/23
The profitable numbers for Monday night time’s drawing are 5, 11, 22, 23, 69,, and the Powerball is 7. The Energy Play was 2X.
Did anybody win the Powerball jackpot final night time, Feb. 6, 2023?
One ticket from Washington state matched all six numbers to win the $747 million jackpot, according to Powerball. It was not instantly identified the place within the state of Washington the profitable ticket was bought.
The fortunate winner may also select the money choice for $407.2 million.
Along with the jackpot winner, different million-dollar prizes had been gained in Monday night time’s drawing. A ticket purchased in Texas matched all 5 numbers apart from the Powerball and added the Energy Play value $2 million.
5 tickets matched all 5 numbers apart from the Powerball value $1 million. They had been bought in Michigan and New York.
What are the possibilities of profitable Powerball?
Taking part in Powerball will be thrilling, however simply do not go spending these hundreds of thousands earlier than you win. The sport’s abysmal odds are designed to construct huge prizes drawing extra gamers.
The percentages of profitable the jackpot are 292,201,338-to-1.
The percentages to match all 5 white balls are 11,688,053-to-1.
How do I play Powerball?
Powerball tickets value $2 per play. To play, gamers decide (or choose to randomly obtain) 5 numbers from one to 69 for the white balls, and one quantity from one to 26 for the crimson Powerball.
To win the jackpot, you want to match the numbers for all 5 white balls and the crimson Powerball.
Other than the grand prize, relying on what number of balls are matched, there are eight extra methods you’ll be able to win a Powerball prize throughout the sport’s non-jackpot tiers.
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Non-jackpot prizes begin at $4 and go as much as $1 million. For an additional $1, you’ll be able to choose into “Powerplay” – which multiplies non-jackpot profitable prizes by 2, 3, 4, 5 or 10.
Powerball says the 10X Powerplay is simply obtainable when the jackpot is $150 million or much less. The sport’s second-tier “Match 5” prize is capped at $2 million for the Powerplay.
An extra add-on function referred to as “Double Play,” which provides gamers one other probability to match their numbers after every Powerball drawing, is on the market in some jurisdictions for $1 per play.
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Powerball will be performed in 45 states, the District of Columbia, Puerto Rico, and the U.S. Virgin Islands.
Highest jackpots in Powerball historical past
Listed below are the most important Powerball jackpots in historical past, according to the lottery game.
- $2.04 billion — Nov. 7, 2022; California.
- $1.586 billion — Jan. 13, 2016; California, Florida, Tennessee.
- $768.4 million — Mar. 27, 2019; Wisconsin.
- $758.7 million — Aug. 23, 2017; Massachusetts.
- $754.6 million (estimated) – Feb. 6, 2023; Washington
- $731.1 million — Jan. 20, 2021; Maryland.
- $699.8 million — Oct. 4, 2021; California.
- $687.8 million — Oct. 27, 2018; Iowa, New York.
- $632.6 million — Jan. 5, 2022; California, Wisconsin.
- $590.5 million — Might 18, 2013; Florida.
Largest lottery prizes in US historical past
Listed below are the most important lottery prizes in U.S. historical past, together with Mega Tens of millions.
- $2.04 billion, Powerball, Nov. 7, 2022: Received in California.
- $1.586 billion, Powerball, Jan. 13, 2016: Three winners in California, Florida, and Tennessee.
- $1.537 billion, Mega Tens of millions, Oct. 23, 2018: Received in South Carolina.
- $1.348 billion, Mega Tens of millions, Jan. 13, 2023: Received in Maine.
- $1.337 billion, Mega Tens of millions, July 29, 2022: Received in Illinois.
- $1.05 billion, Mega Tens of millions, Jan. 22, 2021: Received in Michigan.
- $768.4 million, Powerball, March 27, 2019: Received in Wisconsin.
- $758.7 million, Powerball, Aug. 23, 2017: Received in Massachusetts.
- $754.6 million (estimated) – Feb. 6, 2023; Received in Washington
- $730 million, Powerball, Jan. 20, 2021: Received in Maryland.
Contributing: Wyatte Grantham-Philips and Thao Nguyen, USA TODAY; John Connolly, NorthJersey.com; The Related Press
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