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Powerball has grown to an estimated $1.1 billion after no ticket matched all 6 numbers in the last drawing. Dec. 15 draw is close to Hanukkah holiday.
Florida Lotto players pick 6 numbers between 1 and 53 and have a 1 in 22,957,480 chance to win the top prize. Drawings are Wednesdays and Saturdays.
The luckiest Florida Lottery draw game players on Saturday, with the $1 billion Powerball jackpot, Cash4Life, Florida Lotto and Fantasy 5 big prizes on the line, played at a Publix and a gas station.
Monday’s Powerball drawing will be the 43rd in the current jackpot run, setting a game record for most consecutive drawings in a single jackpot cycle. The Powerball jackpot was last won on Sept. 6 by two tickets in Missouri and Texas that split a $1.787 billion prize.
The Powerball jackpot has swelled to an estimated $1.1 billion after no player won the grand prize in Saturday night's drawing.
After Wednesday's Florida Lotto, Cash4Life, Fantasy 5 and Powerball drawings, the biggest jackpot grew even fatter and three people shared the smallest jackpot. The Powerball top prize will be up to almost $1 billion for Saturday's drawing.
The U.S. has seen more than a dozen lottery jackpot prizes exceed $1 billion since 2016. Here is a look at the largest U.S. jackpots won and the places where the winning tickets were sold: 1. $2.04 billion, Powerball, Nov. 7, 2022. The winning ticket was sold at a Los Angeles-area gas station.
A lottery player in Union County won $50,000 in the Saturday, Dec. 6, Powerball drawing, matching four white balls and the Power Ball.