Gamers in a US lottery will get one other likelihood Monday at a jackpot estimated at over $1bn.
Nobody has matched all six numbers within the Powerball recreation since 31 Could, permitting the jackpot to swell to $1.1bn, which might be the fifth-largest prize within the recreation’s historical past. Funds can be unfold over 30 years, or a winner might select an instantaneous lump sum of an estimated $498.4m, once more earlier than taxes.
The percentages of matching all six numbers are astronomical: 1 in 292.2 million. The probability of getting struck by lightning is way higher. However with so many individuals placing down cash for an opportunity at life-changing wealth, somebody ultimately wins.
Powerball, which prices $2 per ticket, is performed in 45 states, the District of Columbia, Puerto Rico and the US Virgin Islands. Drawings are held every week on Monday, Wednesday and Saturday nights.
