SAN ANTONIO – Powerball players have a chance of winning $1 billion jackpot this Saturday! That\u2019s an estimated cash value of $461.3 million.<\/p>\n
Saturday\u2019s jackpot ranks as the seventh-largest in Powerball history. It\u2019s also the second Powerball jackpot to reach $1 billion this year, following the $1.787 billion jackpot won on Sept. 6 in Missouri and Texas.<\/p>\n
The Powerball jackpot rolled Wednesday night after no ticket matched all six numbers drawn \u2013 white balls 10, 16, 29, 33, 69 and red Powerball 22. The Power Play multiplier was 3X.<\/p>\n
Although nobody won the jackpot, three tickets sold in Maryland, Michigan and New Jersey matched all five white balls to win $1 million prizes.<\/p>\n
Saturday\u2019s drawing will be the 42nd in the current jackpot run \u2013 tying the game record for most consecutive drawings in a single jackpot cycle.<\/p>\n
If a player wins Saturday\u2019s jackpot, they will choose between an annuitized prize estimated at $1 billion or a lump sum payment estimated at $461.3 million. Both prize options are before taxes. If the winner selects the annuity option, they will receive one immediate payment followed by 29 annual payments that increase by 5-percent each year.<\/p>\n
Powerball tickets are $2 per play. Tickets are sold in 45 states, the District of Columbia, Puerto Rico and the U.S. Virgin Islands. More than half of all proceeds from the sale of a Powerball ticket remain in the jurisdiction where the ticket was sold. Since its first drawing in 1992, the Powerball game has helped generate more than $37 billion for good causes supported by U.S. lotteries.<\/p>\n