The Mega Millions jackpot has stood at $427 million since Wednesday, bringing the combined total to $1.017 billion. Powerball’s jackpot has hit an estimated $590 million, a roughly $44 million increase that followed the lottery not drawing numbers on Wednesday resulting in a grand prize-winning ticket. The estimated combined jackpots of the Powerball and Mega Millions lotteries have breached the $1 billion-mark pre-tax ahead of Friday’s drawing for the latter. Powerball jackpot: How to handle becoming a multimillionaire overnight Iowa woman wins lottery 22 years after tornado destroys home The drawings are available to stream live on numbers released for $546 M Powerball jackpot Powerball drawings are broadcast live from the Florida Lottery studio on Mondays, Wednesdays and Saturdays beginning at 10:59 p.m. Virgin Islands, with more than half of proceeds from each ticket sale going back to the jurisdiction where it was sold, the lottery says. states, Washington, D.C., Puerto Rico and the U.S.

A Powerball ticket costs $2 and can be purchased in 45 U.S. More broadly, the odds of winning any Powerball prize are slightly less than 1 in 25. Odds of winning the jackpot are 1 in approximately 292,200,000, according to Powerball. A ticket purchased in Ohio matched all six numbers drawn that night and took home the jackpot worth $252.6 million. There have been 35 consecutive Powerball drawings without a jackpot winner, since it was last hit in the lottery's April 19 drawing earlier this year. Another 28 tickets won prizes worth $50,000 during the most recent drawing, and 12 tickets won $10,000 each. The California ticket-holder won a $1 million prize, while the Iowa ticket-holder won $2 million - because they had purchased the ticket with the game's Power Play feature for an extra dollar, which doubles the prize.

Two tickets sold in California and Iowa, respectively, matched all five white balls and reaped significant earnings, lottery officials said in a news release.

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