Saturday marks the forty first drawing within the jackpot run.April 6, 2024, 12:53 PM ET• 3 min readThe Powerball jackpot has ballooned to an estimated $1.3 billion forward of Saturday evening’s drawing after a record-tying streak and not using a jackpot winner.The Powerball jackpot hasn’t been received since Jan. 1, when a price ticket bought in Michigan claimed a $842.4 million jackpot.Saturday sees the forty first drawing within the present jackpot run — which ties the lottery recreation’s listing for many consecutive drawings with no jackpot winner. Handiest two different earlier Powerball jackpot runs have reached 41 drawings, prior to somebody received the grand prize, in keeping with Powerball.A Powerball multi-state lottery price ticket is proven at a store in Washington, D.C., April 2, 2024. Will Oliver/EPA by the use of ShutterstockThe estimated $1.3 billion jackpot is the fourth-largest jackpot in Powerball historical past and the eighth-largest total when factoring in Mega Thousands and thousands jackpots.If a participant wins the Powerball jackpot Saturday evening, they are able to make a choice from an estimated lump-sum, pre-tax cost of $608.9 million or annual payouts of $1.3 billion, additionally pre-tax — beginning with one speedy cost adopted by means of 29 annual bills that build up by means of 5% each and every yr.The percentages of successful the jackpot are 1 in 292.2 million, in keeping with Powerball.Powerball tickets are $2 in step with play. Tickets are bought in 45 states, Washington, D.C., Puerto Rico and the U.S. Virgin Islands.The following drawing is Saturday at 10:59 p.m. ET.
