The multistate Powerball jackpot has grown to the second largest in Powerball history, an estimated $1 billion.
The winning numbers will be announced Monday evening, and Californians can purchase $2 tickets through 7 p.m. to play, according to California Lottery.
While there were no jackpot winners in Saturday’s drawing, Powerball players won lower-tier prizes, including six tickets that matched all five white balls, but missed the Powerball — two of which were sold at California retailers, according to Powerball officials. The tickets worth more than $550,000 were sold at Ramirez Liquor in Pico Rivera and Mad Dog café in Alpine County, east of Sacramento, according to California Lottery.
If someone wins Monday’s jackpot, it will be the fifth-largest grand prize in U.S. lottery history, according to Powerball officials. The current record was set in 2016 at $1.586 billion, shared by Powerball winners in California, Florida and Tennessee.
Monday’s Powerball drawing will be announced at the Florida Lottery draw studio in Tallahassee at 7:59 p.m. Pacific time.
There have been 37 Powerball drawings since August without a grand prize winner, according to Powerball officials. The last jackpot was hit Aug. 3 in Pennsylvania.
The odds of winning the jackpot are 1 in 292.2 million, according to Powerball officials.
Grace Toohey
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