The Powerball jackpot continues to climb, with the prize for Monday’s drawing estimated at a whopping $1.55B.
The grand prize increase follows another Saturday night drawing without a winner. The winning numbers were 47, 54, 57, 60, 65 and red Powerball 19.
Two $1 million prize winners were sold Saturday for matching all 5 numbers without a Powerball match. Those tickets were sold at A.L. Prime Energy on Bridge Street in Dracut and at a Stop & Shop in West Springfield.
Lottery officials announced that the drawing’s estimated cash prize is $679.8M. Monday’s jackpot would also be the largest winner sold in Massachusetts, with the current record set at $758.7M back in August 2023.
There have been 34 Powerball drawings since a jackpot was last hit in July with a $1.08B prize. The record for the most consecutive lottery drawings without a jackpot winner was set in 2021 and 2022.
An estimated $1.55B jackpot is the fourth-highest grand prize in U.S. lottery history and the third-highest Powerball prize ever. The record $2.04B Powerball prize was won last November in California.
While no one had the winning Powerball ticket during Saturday night’s drawing, Joe’s Kwik Mart in Franklin sold a Megabucks Doubler ticket worth $11.7M on Saturday, officials said. It had been over a year since the Megabucks Doubler jackpot was hit, which was a ticket sold in Ware worth a record $16.35B.
“With this jackpot approaching a record level, it is a very exciting time for our customers and our retail partners, and we encourage people to keep the experience enjoyable by playing responsibly and within their means,” Massachusetts State Lottery Executive Director Mark William Bracken said in a statement ahead of the drawing.
