According to Powerball, the top prizes increase based on game sales and interest. That means there have now been 30 consecutive drawings without a big winner, with the pot growing larger each time players fail. The current prize also ranks behind a $1.586 billion prize won in January 2016 and the $1.08 billion jackpot from July, which is the last time anyone has produced a ticket with all six winning numbers. It’s the fourth-largest prize in the game’s history, trailing behind a $2.04 billion jackpot won in November 2022. Those prizes pale in comparison to the lottery’s largest pot though, which stood at $850 million going into the drawing.īut without a winner Wednesday, the pot swelled to approximately $925 million, which has an estimated cash value of $432.4 million. However, four tickets, purchased in California, Kansas, Maryland and New York, matched all five white balls to nab $1 million, Powerball said. Not a single person successfully matched all six numbers - 1, 7, 46, 47, 63 and red Powerball 7 - pulled. The Powerball jackpot edged ever closer to $1 billion after a big winner failed to emerge after its latest drawing Wednesday night.
