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Powerball Jackpot Hits $1.6 Billion After No Winner as Record Streak Reaches 46

A winner could choose a $735.3 million cash option before taxes instead of the 30-year annuity.

Overview

  • Saturday’s winning numbers were 4, 5, 28, 52, 69 and Powerball 20, and no ticket matched all six numbers.
  • The next drawing is Monday, Dec. 22 at 10:59 p.m. ET, with the prize ranking fourth-largest in Powerball history and fifth among all U.S. jackpots.
  • Powerball says Monday marks the 46th consecutive drawing without a grand-prize winner, the longest single-cycle run on record.
  • Eight Match 5 tickets won $1 million each in California, Florida, Iowa, Massachusetts, Michigan (2), New Hampshire and Ohio, plus a New Jersey Double Play ticket won $500,000 and a California Match 5 paid about $2.3 million.
  • The odds of winning the jackpot are about 1 in 292.2 million; tickets cost $2 and are sold in 45 states plus D.C., Puerto Rico and the U.S. Virgin Islands.