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The profitable numbers for an estimated $1 billion Powerball jackpot — the seventh-largest within the lottery sport’s historical past — had been introduced Saturday evening. They’re 1, 28, 31, 57 and 58, with a Powerball of 16.
That is the second Powerball jackpot to succeed in $1 billion in 2025 after no ticket matched all six numbers in a drawing earlier within the week. The doable winner or winners will get to decide on between an annuitized prize estimated at $1 billion or a lump sum cost estimated at $461.3 million earlier than taxes.
It was not instantly identified if there have been any winners of Saturday’s jackpot.
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In September, the $1.787 billion Powerball jackpot was cut up between two tickets bought in Missouri and Texas. Powerball tickets are $2 and are bought in 45 states, the District of Columbia, Puerto Rico and the U.S. Virgin Islands.
The odds of profitable the Powerball jackpot stay extraordinarily low. Powerball elevated its variety of white balls from 59 to 69 in 2015, and its variety of crimson balls decreased from 35 to 26. The Multi-State Lottery Affiliation mentioned the jackpot odds turned steeper after the redesign, shifting from 1 in 175.2 million to 1 in 292.2 million.
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