{"id":1724502,"date":"2022-11-04T06:08:02","date_gmt":"2022-11-04T10:08:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1724502"},"modified":"2022-11-04T08:38:02","modified_gmt":"2022-11-04T12:38:02","slug":"powerball-jackpot-tops-1-5-billion-approaches-world-record","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/powerball-jackpot-tops-1-5-billion-approaches-world-record\/","title":{"rendered":"Powerball Jackpot Tops $1.5 Billion, Approaches World Record"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">16<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fpowerball-jackpot-tops-1-5-billion-approaches-world-record%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1724502&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47-->\n<div class=\"featured featured-video video-ct\">\n<div class=\"contain\">\n<div class=\"info\">\n<div class=\"caption\">\n<p>Check out what&#8217;s clicking on FoxBusiness.com<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>There was no grand prize winner in Wednesday night&#8217;s Powerball drawing.<\/p>\n<p>The jackpot rolls over to Saturday night&#8217;s drawing with a grand prize of $1.5 billion up for grabs.<\/p>\n<p>The jackpot for a potential winner who takes the cash option, would be worth approximately $745.9 million.<\/p>\n<p>The numbers drawn on Wednesday night were: 2, 11, 22, 35, 60 \u00a0with the Powerball of 23. The Powerplay multiplier is: 2x<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxbusiness.com\/lifestyle\/powerball-jackpot-soars-second-largest-games-history\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>POWERBALL JACKPOT SOARS TO $1.2B, SECOND LARGEST IN GAME&#8217;S HISTORY<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<div class=\"inline image-ct\">\n<div class=\"m\"><source media=\"(max-width: 767px)\" \/><source media=\"(min-width: 768px) and (max-width: 1023px)\" \/><source media=\"(min-width: 1024px) and (max-width: 1279px)\" \/><source media=\"(min-width: 1280px)\" \/><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/a57.foxnews.com\/static.foxbusiness.com\/foxbusiness.com\/content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/931\/523\/PB-2.jpg?ve=1&#038;tl=1\" alt=\"Powerball logo\" \/><\/div>\n<div class=\"caption\">\n<p><span>Powerball logo displayed on a phone screen and coins are seen in this illustration photo.<\/span><span> ((Photo illustration by Jakub Porzycki\/NurPhoto via Getty Images) \/ Getty Images)<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>There were three winning tickets that matched five numbers and the Powerplay for $2 million. Those tickets were in Arizona, Montana and New Jersey.<\/p>\n<p>There were 12 winning tickets that matched five numbers for $1 million. They were in Arizona, California, Colorado, Georgia, Maryland, Minnesota, North Carolina, New Jersey, New York, Oregon, Texas and Virginia.<\/p>\n<p>The payout has reached this level after 39 drawings in a row with no grand prize winner.<\/p>\n<p>The overall odds of winning a prize are 1 in 24.9, and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxbusiness.com\/sports\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">the odds of winning the jackpot<\/a> are 1 in 292.2 million.<\/p>\n<div class=\"inline image-ct\">\n<div class=\"m\"><source media=\"(max-width: 767px)\" \/><source media=\"(min-width: 768px) and (max-width: 1023px)\" \/><source media=\"(min-width: 1024px) and (max-width: 1279px)\" \/><source media=\"(min-width: 1280px)\" \/><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/a57.foxnews.com\/static.foxbusiness.com\/foxbusiness.com\/content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/931\/523\/Powerball-card-A.jpg?ve=1&#038;tl=1\" alt=\"Picking Powerball numbers\" \/><\/div>\n<div class=\"caption\">\n<p><span>A customer fills out a Powerball lottery ticket at a convenience store in Northbrook, Ill.<\/span><span> ((AP Photo\/Nam Y. Huh, File) \/ AP Newsroom)<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxbusiness.com\/lifestyle\/iowa-poweball-winner-what-should-do-you-win-1-2-billion-jackpot\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>IOWA POWERBALL WINNER REVEALS WHAT YOU SHOULD DO RIGHT AFTER YOU WIN THE $1.2 BILLION JACKPOT<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p>The Powerball jackpot was previously won on Aug. 3, when a Pennsylvania ticket won a $206.9 million jackpot.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>The Powerball <a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxbusiness.com\/category\/lottery\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><u>holds the world record<\/u><\/a> for the largest jackpot set in 2016, with $1.586 billion shared by winners in California, Florida and Tennessee.<\/p>\n<div class=\"inline image-ct\">\n<div class=\"m\"><source media=\"(max-width: 767px)\" \/><source media=\"(min-width: 768px) and (max-width: 1023px)\" \/><source media=\"(min-width: 1024px) and (max-width: 1279px)\" \/><source media=\"(min-width: 1280px)\" \/><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/a57.foxnews.com\/static.foxbusiness.com\/foxbusiness.com\/content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/931\/523\/powerball.jpg?ve=1&#038;tl=1\" alt=\"A person holding a Powerball ticket\" \/><\/div>\n<div class=\"caption\">\n<p><span>Player holding a Powerball ticket.<\/span><span> (iStock)<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>In August 2021, Powerball added a third weekly drawing to help increase jackpots faster.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/foxbusiness.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong><u>CLICK HERE TO READ MORE ON FOX BUSINESS<\/u><\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Powerball is played on Monday, Wednesday and Saturday in 45 states, along with Washington, D.C., Puerto Rico and the U.S. Virgin Islands.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Check out what&#8217;s clicking on FoxBusiness.com There was no grand prize winner in Wednesday night&#8217;s Powerball drawing. 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