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The suspense surrounding Powerball’s gigantic jackpots will keep on building. There were no winning tickets sold for Monday night’s drawing with a jackpot of almost $1 billion so the grand prize for Wednesday night’s selections will be a minimum of roughly $1.2 billion, Powerball officials say.

The winning numbers for Monday night’s drawing were: 13-19-36-39-59 and a Powerball 13.

Wednesday’s jackpot will have a cash value of at least $596.7 million.

The jackpot could grow as more and more tickets are sold.

The $1.2 billion pot of gold would be the second-largest in Powerball history, trailing only the world record $1.586 billion Powerball jackpot. It would also be the fourth-largest jackpot in U.S. lottery history.

Wednesday’s jackpot would be Powerball’s biggest in more than six years.

The last time a Powerball jackpot was hit was August 3, in Pennsylvania. Since then, there have been 38 straight Powerball drawings with no grand prize winner.

The gargantuan $1,586 billion jackpot was shared by holders of three winning tickets, in California, Florida and Tennessee in January 2016.

Jackpot winners can get their prize as an annuity paid out over 29 years, or a lump sum payment. All prize amounts are before taxes.

The odds of winning the jackpot are —1 in 292.2 million.  

Powerball tickets are $2 each.

Tickets are sold in 45 states, the District of Columbia, Puerto Rico and the U.S. Virgin Islands.

Powerball drawings are broadcast live every Monday, Wednesday and Saturday at 10:59 p.m. ET and livestreamed at Powerball.com. 

Powerball officials increased the estimated jackpot for Saturday night’s drawing to $825 million. The game’s second-largest grand prize in its history was raised because of strong ticket sales, officials said in a statement.

The winning numbers Saturday were 19, 31, 40, 46, 57 and a Powerball of 23. It was still unclear if any winning tickets were sold.   

The jackpot climbed after no one matched all six numbers in Wednesday night’s drawing. 

If someone does win the big prize Saturday, they could choose to receive their millions spread out over 29 years or go with a one-time cash payout, which was estimated to be over $410 million.

The odds of winning it all are 1 in 292.2 million. No one has won the jackpot since Aug. 3.

The growing jackpot has led people to think about what they’d do if they won. Ahead of Wednesday night’s drawing, Jane DeRusha told CBS Minnesota she’d probably donate some of her winnings to help homeless people in her state and Floridians still recovering from Hurricane Ian.

“That is still a mess down there,” she said.

In Southern California, a man who goes by one name, Cardea, told CBS Los Angeles he’d buy his own music studio.

In the San Francisco Bay Area, Gabriel Benda said he’d spread the wealth among his loved ones.

“I’m going to split half with my brother,” Benda told CBS Bay Area, “and also help my family — help my momma, help my poppa, help the business — and then save the rest.”

In July, a single winning ticket for a $1.337 billion Mega Millions jackpot was sold in Illinois, marking the third-largest lottery prize ever. The two people who purchased the ticket didn’t come forward to claim the winnings until September. They opted to take a $780.5 million lump sum payment.

The largest lottery prize ever was a $1.586 billion Powerball jackpot in January 2016. Three winning tickets were sold in California, Florida and Tennessee.

The already massive Powerball jackpot keeps on growing and now has hit an estimated $800 million — the game’s second-biggest ever and fifth largest in U.S. lottery history.

No winning tickets were sold for Wednesday night’s Powerball jackpot of about $700 million, the game’s biggest this year. So for Saturday night’s drawing, the grand prize will be at least approximately $800 million, Powerball’s second-largest ever, Powerball officials say. The number could grow as more and more tickets are gobbled up.

Wednesday was the 36th straight time no one won the Powerball pot of gold.

Powerball’s biggest jackpot was also the largest ever won in any lottery anywhere in the world, a colossal $1.586 billion in January 2016. It was shared by ticketholders in California, Florida and Tennessee.  

Powerball jackpot winners have the option of getting their prize in an immediate lump sum, which would amount to an estimated $383.7 million in cash value if someone wins Saturday, or as an annuity. That option pays out the full jackpot amount over roughly 30 years. All of that would be before taxes.

Wednesday night’s winning numbers were 19, 36, 37, 46, 56, and a Powerball of 24.

Powerball offers nine ways to win. Lottery officials say six tickets were million dollar winners Wednesday: two in California and one each in Connecticut, Illinois, Michigan and New York. They matched all five white balls but fell short of taking it all because they didn’t guess the correct Powerball.

Powerball jackpots have been won five times so far this year.

The odds of winning any prize are one in 24.9. But the odds of winning the jackpot are — one in 292.2 million.  

Powerball tickets cost $2 each and are sold in 45 states, the District of Columbia, Puerto Rico and the U.S. Virgin Islands.

Powerball drawings are broadcast live every Monday, Wednesday and Saturday at 10:59 p.m. ET and live streamed at Powerball.com.