There was no holiday cheer for Powerball players on Christmas night. No one matched five numbers and Powerball on Saturday, meaning that Monday’s jackpot will be worth $416 million.
The numbers drawn Saturday night were 27-29-45-55-58 and the Powerball number was 02, lottery officials said.
According to Powerball officials, jackpot-winning numbers have not been selected in the past 35 drawings.
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No one has won a Powerball jackpot since Oct. 4, when one player won $699.8 million. That was Powerball’s fifth-largest and the seventh-largest for any lottery in the United States.
Meanwhile, the largest Powerball jackpot to date was the $1.586 billion payout split by three winners in 2016, CNN reported.
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If somebody wins Monday night’s jackpot, they can take the full amount in an annuity or take a lump sum option of $299.5 million before taxes.
Powerball is played in 44 states, according to lottery officials. The odds of winning the Powerball jackpot is 1 in 292 million.
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