Powerball, which is the 8th largest jackpot, reaches $ 640 million. The chances of winning are one in 292.2 million.
The Powerball Jackpot numbers were 14, 20, 39, 65, 67 in Saturday’s draw. The Powerball number is 2.
Another of the biggest jackpots in the history of the United States will get even bigger, as there was no winner in Friday’s drawing of the Mega Millions $ 750 million main prize.
Those numbers were 3, 11, 12, 38, 43, with a Mega Ball of 15 and would have been the fifth largest jackpot ever drawn.
There were many smaller winners on Friday.
Mega Millions estimated that its next prize would be $ 850 million, which would be the third largest ever. The draw is on Tuesday.
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It has been almost two years since a lottery prize has grown so much. No one has won the top prize in either game in months.
The listed jackpot values refer to the winners who choose an annuity, paid over 30 years. Winners almost always choose cash prizes, which for Powerball would be $ 478.7 million. The estimated cash prize for the next Mega Millions jackpot is $ 628.2 million.
Mega Millions and Powerball are played in 45 states, as well as in Washington, DC and the US Virgin Islands. Powerball is also offered in Puerto Rico.
A look at the top 10 US jackpots that were won and the states where the winning tickets were sold:
1. $ 1.586 billion, Powerball, January 13, 2016 (three tickets, from California, Florida, Tennessee)
2. $ 1.537 billion, Mega Millions, October 23, 2018 (one ticket, South Carolina)
3. $ 768.4 million, Powerball, March 27, 2019 (one ticket, Wisconsin)
4. $ 758.7 million, Powerball, August 23, 2017 (one pass, from Massachusetts)
5. $ 687.8 million, Powerball, October 27, 2018 (two tickets, from Iowa and New York)
6. $ 656 million, Mega Millions, March 30, 2012 (three tickets, from Kansas, Illinois and Maryland)
7. $ 648 million, Mega Millions, December 17, 2013 (two tickets, from California and Georgia)
8. $ 590.5 million, Powerball, May 18, 2013 (one pass, from Florida)
9. $ 587.5 million, Powerball, November 28, 2012 (two tickets, from Arizona and Missouri)
10. $ 564.1 million, Powerball, February 11, 2015 (three tickets, from North Carolina, Puerto Rico and Texas)
The Associated Press contributed to this report.
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