DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — The Powerball jackpot climbed to an estimated $975 million after no person matched the six numbers drawn Saturday evening, proceeding a just about three-month stretch with out a large winner.The successful numbers drawn had been: 12, 13, 33, 50, 52 and the crimson Powerball 23.No person has received Powerball’s best prize since New Yr’s Day when a price ticket in Michigan hit for $842.4 million, bringing the choice of consecutive drawings with no jackpot winner to 38. That winless streak nears the document of 41 consecutive drawings, set two times in 2022 and 2021.The $975 million prize is for a sole winner who chooses an annuity paid over 30 years. A winner choosing money can be paid $471.7 million. The prizes can be matter to federal taxes, and plenty of states additionally tax lottery winnings.Because the prizes develop, the drawings draw in extra price ticket gross sales and the jackpots due to this fact grow to be tougher to hit. The sport’s lengthy odds for Saturday’s drawing had been 1 in 292.2 million.Powerball is performed in 45 states plus Washington, D.C., Puerto Rico and the U.S. Virgin Islands.
