No Powerball jackpot winner, but Stockton resident still wins big
The winning numbers were drawn for the massive Powerball jackpot Saturday and no one won the $615 million jackpot – the 10th largest Powerball prize in history. However, one Stockton resident won a seven-figure prize.
The winning numbers are 7, 23, 24, 32, 43, and 18 is the Powerball.
The California Lottery said someone in Stockton matched five out of the six numbers, snagging them a prize worth $2.6 million.
Saturday's jackpot had a $310.6 million lump-sum cash value, according to a Powerball news release.
The winner would have been able to choose between the annuitized $615 million prize over 30 years or to take the lump-sum payment. Both prizes are before taxes, according to lottery officials.
There have been 33 consecutive drawings without a big winner, and the prize has soared from an estimated $590 million on Friday. Monday's prize is now estimated to be worth around $650 million.
"The decision to raise the jackpot was the result of strong ticket sales and an increase in the interest rates used to fund the annuitized prize," a spokesperson for the Multi-State Lottery Association, which helps run the Powerball, told CNN in an email.
The last time a lottery player matched all five white balls and the red Powerball was on April 19, when a winning ticket in Ohio earned a grand prize of $252.6 million.
No ticket matched all six numbers Wednesday – white balls 17, 24, 48, 62, 68 and red Powerball 23. However, three tickets sold in Florida, New York and Ohio matched all five white balls to win $1 million prizes.
Nationwide, Wednesday's drawing produced over 864,000 winning tickets for lower-tier prizes worth a combined total of $9 million.
"If no one wins the jackpot Saturday night, we are projecting an estimated jackpot of $650 million for Monday's drawing," a Multi-State Lottery Association spokesperson said.
The largest-ever Powerball prize of $2.04 billion was won in California on November 7, 2022.
The Powerball isn't the only massive lottery prize this week. The Mega Millions jackpot is also approaching half a billion dollars, making it the 14th largest prize in Mega Millions history. Players will have a chance to claim the $480 million jackpot during Tuesday's drawing.
