The biggest prize ofPowerball remains ownerless in the United States. After not finding a winner in the draw held on Monday night, theaccumulated rose from 900 to 1,000 million dollars facing the new opportunity of this July 19.
The figure remains the third largest in the history of this popular game of chance., only behind the prize of 1,586 million drawn in January 2016 and the 2,040 million that found an owner in November of last year.
On Monday night, no ticket matched the winning combination: 17, 8, 9, 41, 5 in the white balls and 21 in the red Powerball.
If there is a lucky person this Wednesday, they will be able to collect the total in annual payments or choosea single cash payment, which has now risen to 516.8 million before taxes, as specified by theweb of the draw.
The slim chances of hitting the Powerball jackpot, which is one in 292.2 million, are designed to accumulate large sums that attract more players.
No one has won the jackpot in 38 consecutive drawings. The last time was April 19, when a ticket sold for 252.6 million in the state of Ohio was the lucky one with the juiciest prize in the popular game of chance.
Powerball costs two dollars a ticket and is played in 45 states, as well as Washington DC, Puerto Rico and the US Virgin Islands.
There are only eight states, Florida among them, that do not charge state taxes on lottery winnings, which means they offer the highest payment. In addition to the Sunshine State, California, New Hampshire, South Dakota, Tennessee, Texas, Washington and Wyoming appear on that list.
To participate in the draw - held on Mondays, Wednesdays and Saturdays - it is necessary to choose five numbers between 1 and 59, in addition to a sixth number between 1 and 35, which is called Powerball.
You can pay an extra amount - called "Powerplay" - so that if you win, the jackpot is multiplied by two, three, five or ten.
Although the chances of winning the Powerball jackpot are difficult, history shows that it is not impossible.
A 30-year-old former mechanic and aspiring architect of Hispanic origin, Erdwin Castro, became the winner of thelargest prize ever paid in any lottery in the world.
Castro won $2.04 billion with a ticket he purchased at a Joe's Service Center gas station in Altadena, a town in Los Angeles, California, with just over 42,000 inhabitants. In that case, the lucky person was left with 997.6 million after choosing to collect the prize only.
The five Powerball jackpots so far:
1. $2,040 million – November 7, 2022 – CA
2. $1,586 million – January 13, 2016 – CA, FL, TN
3. $768.4 million – March 27, 2019 – WI
4. $758.7 million – August 23, 2017 – MA
5. $754.6 million – February 6, 2023 - WA
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