With one week left until Christmas, there is still a chance for lottery players to experience holiday cheer. No one won Monday night’s Powerball drawing, which balloons the grand prize to $572 million for Wednesday’s drawing.
The numbers selected Monday night were 5-8-19-34-39 and the red Powerball was 26. The multiplier was 3X.
Jackpot jumps to $572 million
Update 12:02 a.m. EST Dec. 19: No one matched all six numbers in Monday night’s drawing, sending Wednesday’s jackpot to $572 million.
If someone should choose all six numbers in Wednesday’s drawing, they will have two options: An annuity, in which the winner receives one immediate payment followed by 29 annual payments that increase by 5% each year, or the lump sum option. Choosing the second option will make the cash value amount approximately $286.7 million before taxes, lottery officials said.
The jackpot was $543 million before Monday’s drawing.
Solo tickets sold in North Carolina and New York matched five numbers and were worth a $1 million payday.
Top 10 Powerball jackpots
- $2.04 billion – Nov. 7, 2022 (One ticket from California).
- $1.75 billion – Oct. 11, 2023 (One ticket from California).
- $1.586 billion – Jan. 13, 2016 (Three tickets from California, Florida and Tennessee).
- $1.08 billion – July 19, 2023, drawing (One ticket from California).
- $768.4 million – March 27, 2019 (One ticket from Wisconsin).
- $758.7 million – Aug. 23, 2017 (One ticket from Massachusetts).
- $754.6 million – Feb. 6, 2023 (One ticket from Washington).
- $731.1 million – Jan. 20, 2021 (One ticket from Maryland).
- $699.8 million – Oct. 4, 2021 (One ticket from California).
- $687.8 million – Oct. 27, 2018 (Two tickets from Iowa and New York).
Powerball jackpots won in 2023
- Feb. 6 – $754.6 million (Ticket sold in Washington).
- March 4, 2023 – $162.6 million (Ticket sold in Virginia).
- April 19, 2023 – $252.6 million (Ticket sold in Ohio).
- July 19, 2023 – $1.08 billion (Ticket sold in California).
- Oct. 11, 2023 – $1.765 billion (Ticket sold in California).
Original report: The last time someone won the grand prize was on Oct. 11. There have been 28 consecutive drawings since then without a grand prize winner.
If someone should choose all six numbers in Monday’s drawing, they will have two options: An annuity, in which the winner receives one immediate payment followed by 29 annual payments that increase by 5% each year, or the lump sum option. Choosing the second option will make the cash value amount approximately $272.2 million before taxes, lottery officials said.
Drawings are held every Monday, Wednesday and Saturday. Tickets, which cost $2 per play, are sold in 45 states, the District of Columbia, Puerto Rico and the U.S. Virgin Islands.
The odds of winning the grand prize are 1 in 292.2 million, according to Powerball.com.