WASHINGTON — Nobody won Powerball's ninth-largest jackpot ever in Monday night's drawing, causing the potential prize to jump even further.
The jackpot prize surged to an estimated $675 million on Monday after strong ticket sales. After the numbers were drawn, the estimated prize pool jumped to $725 million overnight. The cash option for the new prize comes out to $366.2 million.
While the jackpot is still up for grabs, two ticketholders are waking up at least a million dollars richer — before taxes, of course. Two tickets sold in Iowa and California matched the five white balls to win $1 million. The Iowa player added the $1 Power Play feature, increasing that prize to $2 million.
Powerball is one of two lottery games with a hefty prize on the line. A combined $1.1 billion is on the line between Monday night's Powerball jackpot and Tuesday night's Mega Millions jackpot, which is sitting at $480 million.
The last Mega Millions jackpot was won on April 18, and Powerball hasn't seen a grand prize winner since April 19.
Jackpot winners have the option to be paid out the full amount over 29 years, or choose the smaller cash option.
What were the winning Powerball numbers for 7/10/23?
The winning numbers were 34-58-24-2-53, Powerball 13 and Power Play 2.
What are my chances of winning the Powerball?
The odds of winning the Powerball jackpot are one in 292.2 million.
Over the past few years, huge lottery jackpots have become more common as lottery officials have changed the rules and ticket prices to boost top prizes.
Powerball's biggest change came in 2021 when officials decided to add a Monday drawing to its weekly lineup of Wednesday and Saturday evening drawings. At the time of the announcement, Powerball proclaimed the addition of the Monday drawing would lead to "larger, faster-growing jackpots."
Powerball is played in 45 states, as well as Washington, D.C., Puerto Rico and the U.S. Virgin Islands.
What are the largest US lottery jackpots ever won?
- $2.04 billion, Powerball, Nov. 8, 2022 (one ticket, from California)
- $1.586 billion, Powerball, Jan. 13, 2016 (three tickets, from California, Florida, Tennessee)
- $1.537 billion, Mega Millions, Oct. 23, 2018 (one ticket, from South Carolina)
- $1.35 billion Mega Millions, Jan. 13, 2023 (one ticket, from Maine)
- $1.337 billion, Mega Millions, July 29, 2022 (one ticket, from Illinois)
- $1.05 billion, Mega Millions, Jan. 22, 2021 (one ticket, from Michigan)
- $768.4 million, Powerball, March 27, 2019 (one ticket, from Wisconsin)
- $758.7 million, Powerball, Aug. 23, 2017 (one ticket, from Massachusetts)
- $731.1 million, Powerball, Jan. 20, 2021 (one ticket, from Maryland)
- $699.8 million, Powerball, Oct. 4, 2021 (one ticket, from California)