The estimated cash value of the drawing is $425.2 million.
January 2, 2024, 1:00 am ET
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A ticket in Michigan won the first Powerball jackpot drawing of the year, winning an estimated $842 million. The estimated cash value of the drawing is $425.2 million, according to the lottery.
The winner purchased the ticket at the Food Castle in Grand Blanc, Michigan, just outside Flint, the Michigan Lottery said. The person has not yet participated in the lottery.
The winning numbers drawn on Monday evening were 12, 21, 42, 44, 49 and the Powerball was 1. The Powerplay was 3x.
There have been 34 consecutive Powerball drawings without a jackpot winner.
One ticket in Florida and one in Texas matched five numbers and the power play and each received $2 million.
Tickets purchased in California, Connecticut, Florida and Maryland each received $1 million.
Powerball lottery tickets pictured at a store in Homestead, Florida, July 19, 2023. Giorgio Viera/AFP via Getty Images
Monday's jackpot of $842.4 million is the fifth-largest Powerball jackpot ever won and the 10th-largest jackpot in U.S. lottery history. The jackpot is also the second largest lottery jackpot ever won in Michigan.
The latest win in 2023 – an estimated $760 million – was the fourth jackpot to top the $500 million mark this year. The year's biggest jackpot of $1.765 billion was won on October 11 in California. The second-largest prize, according to Powerball, was $1.08 billion and was won on July 19 in California.
Powerball tickets sell for $2 each.
According to the Multi-State Lottery Association, the odds of winning the jackpot are one in more than 292.2 million.
The highest prize ever – $2.04 billion – was won on November 7, 2022.