Las Palmitas Mini Market owner Navor Herrera received a check for $1 million during a news conference with Powerball officials Thursday morning. (FOX 11)
Powerball players in the US are hoping to hit the lucky ticket as the jackpot for Monday night’s drawing is an estimated $638 million, the 10th largest in the game’s history.
The top prize is now an estimated $638 million, with a one-time cash payout of approximately $304.2 million – the 10th largest in the game’s history. According to the game, there is a 1 in 292.2 million chance of winning the top prize.
The winning numbers drawn on Monday evening were 2, 21, 26, 40, 42 with a red Powerball number of 9.
The Power Play option was 3X.
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The Powerball jackpot is currently an estimated $638 million with a one-time cash payout of approximately $304.2 million. (Tasos Katopodis/Getty Images / Getty Images)
The largest Powerball jackpot of 2023 – and the third largest in the game’s history – was won in July by a lucky player in California, who secured the $1.08 billion prize, the lottery said.
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The jackpot for Monday night’s Powerball drawing is the 10th largest in the game’s history. (Portal/Andrew Kelly / Portal Photos)
That was behind a $754.6 million top prize won by a player in Washington in February, which ranks as the sixth-largest prize of all time in the game.
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Powerball tickets cost $2 per game and are sold in 45 states, Washington, DC, Puerto Rico and the U.S. Virgin Islands.
The game says more than half of the proceeds from a ticket sale remain in the jurisdiction where the ticket was sold.