The Powerball jackpot has risen to $1.04B after another drawing went by without a big winner.
The Monday night drawing, which comes in as the ninth-largest prize in lottery history, will be the 32nd consecutive one without a winner if no one hits the jackpot. The last grand prize to be hit was worth $1.08B off a ticket sold in California, lottery officials said.
The following numbers were drawn on Saturday: 19, 30, 37, 44, 46 and red Powerball 22. With an increased cash prize and a jackpot that continues to balloon with every passing drawing, Mark Wiliam Bracken, executive director of the state lottery, urged participants to be mindful.
“When playing Powerball and other lottery games, we remind people to keep the experience enjoyable by playing responsibly and within their means,” Bracken said in a statement.
The cash winnings for someone who wins the $1.04B jackpot would be approximately $478M. The largest jackpot in lottery history came nearly a year ago, with a California player winning a $2.04B grand prize.
Monday’s jackpot would also be the largest winner sold in Massachusetts, with the current record set at $758.7M back in August 2023. If no one wins the jackpot on Monday, the grand prize total could inflate past the seventh and eighth-highest grand prizes set at $1.08B and $1.05B, respectively.
The only jackpot closest to the record $2.04B mark is a $1.602B Mega Millions prize won in Flordia this past August. The next closest Powerball jackpot of $1.586B was split between three people in California, Tennessee and Florida.
The $2 Powerball tickets for drawings held every Monday, Wednesday and Saturday have been a driving force in the Massachusetts Lottery’s increased profit this year. Bracken announced last week that the organization’s net profit of $1.19B for fiscal year 2023 grew by $18 million from a July estimate.
Record-setting profits will also be able to further aid local cities and towns throughout Massachusetts and the lottery has also seen a $17M increase in profit through the first two 2024 fiscal year, which began on July 1, compared to last year.
