NEW YORK (WABC)—— Ahead of Wednesday night’s drawing, the Powerball jackpot was expected to have jumped to $550 million.
The current estimated cash value of the jackpot is $266 million.
Here are Monday night’s winning numbers: 9, 25, 27, 53, 66, with the Powerball number 5.
The Powerball jackpot grows based on game sales and interest, but the odds of winning the jackpot remain the same — 1 in 292.2 million.
Jackpot winners can claim their prize immediately as a lump sum or in 30 annual installments over 29 years. Prize options in both advertisements exclude federal and jurisdictional taxes.
All winning tickets must be redeemed in the jurisdiction in which they were sold.
Here are the 10 largest jackpots won in the United States and the states in which winning tickets were sold:
1. $2.04 billion, Powerball, November 8, 2022 (one lottery ticket, from California)
2. $1.586 billion, Powerball, January 13, 2016 (three tickets, from California, Florida, Tennessee)
3. $1.537 billion, Mega Millions jackpot, October 23, 2018 (one ticket, from South Carolina)
4. $1.35 billion, Mega Millions jackpot, January 13, 2023 (Maine ticket)
5. $1.337 billion, Mega Millions jackpot, July 29, 2022 (one ticket, from Illinois)
6. $1.05 billion, Mega Millions jackpot, January 22, 2021 (one ticket, from Michigan)
7. $768.4 million, Powerball, March 27, 2019 (one ticket, from Wisconsin)
8. $758.7 million, Powerball, August 23, 2017 (one lottery ticket, from Massachusetts)
9. $754.6 million, Powerball, February 6, 2023 (one lottery ticket, from Washington state)
10. $731.1 million, Powerball, January 20, 2021 (one lottery ticket, from Maryland)
WATCH: New York State Lottery drawings live daily at 2:30 pm and 10:30 pm, Wednesdays and Saturdays at 8:15 pm
Powerball There will also be live drawings here on Mondays, Wednesdays and Saturdays at 10:59pm
millions millions Drawings live on Tuesdays and Fridays at 11:00 p.m.
Source: Associated Press archives, www.megamillions.com and www.powerball.com
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