Powerball tickets are $2 each and are sold in 45 states, the District of Columbia, Puerto Rico, and the U.S. These are the best, worst states to win the lottery in Should there be a winner on Saturday, they will have to choose between the annuitized prize - the estimated $596 million - or a lump sum payment of about $288.2 million. It would need to grow to roughly $633 million to become the 10th largest, a spot currently held by a $632.6 million jackpot split by tickets in California and Wisconsin in 2022. ET drawing.Īt its current estimated value, it ranks as the 11th largest Powerball jackpot on record, edging out a $590.5 million prize won by a ticket in Florida in 2013. At an estimated $596 million, the jackpot has the potential to grow to $600 million ahead of Saturday’s 10:59 p.m. There have been 24 consecutive drawings since, producing the current jackpot.
These record-setting Powerball, Mega Millions jackpots are still unclaimed: What if they stay that way?
