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| Powerball Jackpot Rises to $1.9 Billion After No Winning Ticket Sold | Powerball Jackpot Rises to $1.9 Billion After No Winning Ticket Sold |
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| The Powerball jackpot has climbed to another record — $1.9 billion — ahead of the next drawing on Monday after no tickets matched all six numbers to win the top prize in the drawing on Saturday night. | The Powerball jackpot has climbed to another record — $1.9 billion — ahead of the next drawing on Monday after no tickets matched all six numbers to win the top prize in the drawing on Saturday night. |
| The winner would receive the largest payout in U.S. lottery history, eclipsing the $1.586 billion payout in 2016 to three Powerball winners in California, Florida and Tennessee, which set a world record, officials said. | The winner would receive the largest payout in U.S. lottery history, eclipsing the $1.586 billion payout in 2016 to three Powerball winners in California, Florida and Tennessee, which set a world record, officials said. |
| Monday night’s event, at 11:30 Eastern time, comes after 40 straight drawings without a winner, tying a record set last year for the greatest number of consecutive drawings without a winner. That Powerball jackpot run ended on Oct. 4, 2021, with a $699.8 million winner in California after 41 drawings. | Monday night’s event, at 11:30 Eastern time, comes after 40 straight drawings without a winner, tying a record set last year for the greatest number of consecutive drawings without a winner. That Powerball jackpot run ended on Oct. 4, 2021, with a $699.8 million winner in California after 41 drawings. |
| “Like the rest of America, and the world, I think we’re all eager to find out when this historic jackpot will eventually be won,” Drew Svitko, the chairman of the Powerball Product Group and executive director of the Pennsylvania Lottery, said in a statement. | “Like the rest of America, and the world, I think we’re all eager to find out when this historic jackpot will eventually be won,” Drew Svitko, the chairman of the Powerball Product Group and executive director of the Pennsylvania Lottery, said in a statement. |
| The winner, if there is one, can choose to have the prize paid in a lump sum, worth $929.1 million, or in 30 graduated payments over 29 years, worth $1.9 billion. The first thing winners should do, according to experts, is seek advice from a lawyer, financial adviser and an accountant. And winners should research the professionals they turn to for help, checking the status of their licenses and getting references. (Those resources are online.) | |
| The Powerball prize is the second billion-dollar jackpot in recent months. This summer, a single Mega Millions ticket sold in Des Plaines, Ill., won $1.34 billion. Previous billion-dollar jackpots were also won in 2016, 2018 and 2021. | |
| The rising Powerball jackpot had set off a frenzy of ticket buying across the country by routine lottery players and even some skeptics, hopeful that the 1-in-292.2-million odds of winning will tilt in their favor. | |
| At a Marathon gas station in Coral Gables, Fla., just outside Miami, the buzz from customers on Thursday afternoon inspired Saria Lopez, a cashier, to buy a Powerball ticket, which she said she usually does not do. | At a Marathon gas station in Coral Gables, Fla., just outside Miami, the buzz from customers on Thursday afternoon inspired Saria Lopez, a cashier, to buy a Powerball ticket, which she said she usually does not do. |
| “One is enough, with luck,” Ms. Lopez, 60, said in Spanish. | “One is enough, with luck,” Ms. Lopez, 60, said in Spanish. |
| She said the jackpot is a lot of money for just one person and if she won, she would share her winnings with her family and people who may be in need. | She said the jackpot is a lot of money for just one person and if she won, she would share her winnings with her family and people who may be in need. |
| And if one of her customers bought the winning ticket from her, “I hope they come back and bring me a nice gift,” she said. | And if one of her customers bought the winning ticket from her, “I hope they come back and bring me a nice gift,” she said. |
| At a Chevron gas station in Miami on Thursday, Ruben Perez, 82, played a scratch-off ticket and fantasized about what he would do if one of the five Powerball tickets he bought had the winning numbers. | At a Chevron gas station in Miami on Thursday, Ruben Perez, 82, played a scratch-off ticket and fantasized about what he would do if one of the five Powerball tickets he bought had the winning numbers. |
| He said he would “take my wife and go somewhere better” than Miami, where he has lived for 20 years. One possible destination, he said, would be his wife’s native Honduras. | He said he would “take my wife and go somewhere better” than Miami, where he has lived for 20 years. One possible destination, he said, would be his wife’s native Honduras. |
| Mr. Perez, a former police officer and a longtime Powerball player, said he usually spends about $50 a week on the tickets. | Mr. Perez, a former police officer and a longtime Powerball player, said he usually spends about $50 a week on the tickets. |
| “If I don’t have that, I will only play one ticket,” he said. “It only takes one ticket to win.” | “If I don’t have that, I will only play one ticket,” he said. “It only takes one ticket to win.” |
| “I just hope somebody that needs it, gets it,” he added. “Even if it’s not me.” | “I just hope somebody that needs it, gets it,” he added. “Even if it’s not me.” |
| Players can buy a $2 Powerball ticket in 45 states, the District of Columbia, Puerto Rico and the U.S. Virgin Islands. The five states that do not participate are Alabama, Alaska, Hawaii, Nevada and Utah. | Players can buy a $2 Powerball ticket in 45 states, the District of Columbia, Puerto Rico and the U.S. Virgin Islands. The five states that do not participate are Alabama, Alaska, Hawaii, Nevada and Utah. |
| In Franklin County and Oneida County, Idaho, which draw Powerball players from neighboring Utah, ticket sales were up 597 percent last week compared to “a more traditional week a month ago,” when the jackpot was around $354 million, David Workman, a spokesman for the Idaho Lottery, said in an email. | In Franklin County and Oneida County, Idaho, which draw Powerball players from neighboring Utah, ticket sales were up 597 percent last week compared to “a more traditional week a month ago,” when the jackpot was around $354 million, David Workman, a spokesman for the Idaho Lottery, said in an email. |
| Jaw-dropping lottery jackpots are not unique to the United States, although other regions have smaller amounts. In October 2021, a ticket holder from France became the biggest EuroMillions winner of all time, winning 220 million euros, or about $219 million at current exchange rates. | |
| Mega Sena, the biggest lottery in Brazil, had its largest jackpot ever last year. Two people won and split 378 million real, or about $75 million. And in 2019, a man in South Africa won the country’s largest jackpot of 232 million rand, or about $13 million. | |
| States oversee lottery operations and have different rules for how winnings are taxed and whether the names of the winners must be made public. | States oversee lottery operations and have different rules for how winnings are taxed and whether the names of the winners must be made public. |
| In Florida, anyone can request a winner’s name, city of residence and how much they won. People who win $250,000 or more are exempt from this rule for 90 days from the day that they claim the prize. | In Florida, anyone can request a winner’s name, city of residence and how much they won. People who win $250,000 or more are exempt from this rule for 90 days from the day that they claim the prize. |
| In Miami, Janice Lusky Greenspan said she plays the lottery a few times each year, usually buying five or 10 tickets at a time, but the record Powerball jackpot inspired her to buy 15 tickets at a Publix supermarket on Thursday morning after she dropped her son off at his high school. | In Miami, Janice Lusky Greenspan said she plays the lottery a few times each year, usually buying five or 10 tickets at a time, but the record Powerball jackpot inspired her to buy 15 tickets at a Publix supermarket on Thursday morning after she dropped her son off at his high school. |
| “First thing I do after I win?” she said. “Change my phone number.” | “First thing I do after I win?” she said. “Change my phone number.” |
| Christine Chung and Derrick Bryson Taylor contributed reporting. |