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Odds of winning the Powerball grand prize are an astronomical 1 in 292.2 million. dennizn \u2013 stock.adobe.com<\/p>\nTwice as nice!<\/p>\n
A lucky Powerball player from Missouri and Texas each won the lottery\u2019s historic $1.79 billion jackpot on Saturday night, ending a drought that spanned over three months.<\/p>\n
The winning numbers for the game\u2019s second-largest jackpot were 11, 23, 44, 61, 62 and the red Powerball 17.<\/p>\n
The new multi-millionaires will split the jackpot equally, each choosing between an annuitized prize of $895 million paid out over 29 years, or a one-time lump sum of $410.3 million \u2014 before taxes, Powerball officials said.<\/p>\n
Odds of winning the Powerball grand prize are an astronomical 1 in 292.2 million. dennizn \u2013 stock.adobe.com<\/p>\n
Texas\u2019 winning ticket was sold at Big\u2019s 103 gas station in Fredericksburg, a rural city in central Texas, 75 miles west of Austin.<\/p>\n
It is the 33rd time the Powerball jackpot has been won in Missouri, trailing Indiana\u2019s 39 for most wins by a state. It is the third\/fourth time Texas sold the Powerball jackpot.<\/p>\n
Fifteen Powerball players won a million-dollar payout after matching all five white balls during the massive drawing.<\/p>\n
The winners are from\u00a0California (2), Colorado, Florida, Illinois (2), Kansas, Massachusetts, Michigan, New Jersey, New York (2), Ohio (2), Oregon, Texas (2) and West Virginia.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Players from Kansas and Texas also matched all five white balls, but opted for the power play option, which doubled their prize to $2 million.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n
The transformational wins claim the second-largest jackpot in the game\u2019s history,\u00a0surpassing the $1.765 billion prize<\/a>\u00a0that California man Theodorus Struyck and his group claimed in 2023.<\/p>\n The then 65-year-old resident of Frazier Park, a mountain town 73 miles north of Los Angeles,\u00a0chose the lump sum payment<\/a>\u00a0of $744 million before taxes.<\/p>\n Saturday\u2019s win broke the 2025 jackpot record, smashing the previous mark of $526.5 million, which was awarded to a ticketholder in California during a\u00a0March 29 drawing<\/a>.<\/p>\n Odds of winning the Powerball grand prize are an astronomical 1 in 292.2 million. Meaning there are better chances of becoming President of the United States (1 in 32.6 million) than striking rich with the Florida-based lottery.<\/p>\n The three-month run of grand prizeless drawings had\u00a0produced multiple new millionaires<\/a>\u00a0who managed to match all five white balls but never cashed in on the elusive red Powerball.<\/p>\n The unidentified ticket holders have between 90 days and up to a year to claim the prize, depending on the state where the ticket was sold.<\/p>\n Saturday night\u2019s win was the first time the Jackpot grand prize was won since a ticket worth $204.5 million was sold in California on May 31.<\/p>\n That grand prize has yet to be claimed.<\/p>\n