Saturday evening’s $1.3 billion Powerball jackpot drawing was delayed, resulting from a taking part lottery needing to “full required pre-draw procedures,” Powerball mentioned.
“Powerball recreation guidelines require that each single ticket bought nationwide be checked and verified towards two totally different pc techniques earlier than the successful numbers are drawn. That is executed to make sure that each ticket bought for the Powerball drawing has been accounted for and has an equal likelihood to win. Tonight, we have now one jurisdiction that wants further time to finish that pre-draw course of,” an announcement from Powerball learn.
The lottery didn’t say when the subsequent drawing would happen, however to “maintain on to your tickets for Saturday’s Powerball drawing.”
The Powerball jackpot had ballooned to an estimated $1.3 billion forward of Saturday evening’s drawing after a record-tying streak with no jackpot winner.
The Powerball jackpot hasn’t been gained since Jan. 1, when a 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 file for many consecutive drawings with out a jackpot winner. Solely two different earlier Powerball jackpot runs have reached 41 drawings, earlier than somebody gained the grand prize, based on Powerball.
A Powerball multi-state lottery ticket is proven at a retailer in Washington, D.C., April 2, 2024.
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The estimated $1.3 billion jackpot is the fourth-largest jackpot in Powerball historical past and the eighth-largest general when factoring in Mega Thousands and thousands jackpots.
If a participant wins the Powerball jackpot Saturday evening, they will select between an estimated lump-sum, pre-tax fee of $608.9 million or annual payouts of $1.3 billion, additionally pre-tax — beginning with one speedy fee adopted by 29 annual funds that improve by 5% every year.
The percentages of successful the jackpot are 1 in 292.2 million, based on Powerball.
Powerball tickets are $2 per 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.
