NORTH CAROLINA (WTVD) — Two Powerball players in North Carolina are having a really merry Christmas after winning $50,000 in Saturday’s drawing. This drawing also marks the very first time in Powerball history that 3 back-to-back jackpots have reached the billion-dollar mark, according to Powerball officials. Powerball is played in 43 states, Washington, D.C., and the U.S. Lottery officials stated Wednesday night they sold $32,000 worth of tickets by the minute. Several purchased into the lottery in hopes of becoming a billionaire. MEMPHIS, TN (WMC) – Three folks won the record setting $1.five billion Powerball jackpot Wednesday night, and 1 of the fortunate winners was from Munford, Tennessee.

If you win the jackpot and want your income right away, you’ll want to opt for the cash alternative, and if you want the biggest payout in the end, you will want the annuity solution. Opting for the annuity payout does not guarantee you’ll be a billionaire, though. Most lately Powerball drawing in Aug. 2013, Paul White won a share of the $448.four million jackpot. Two tickets in New Jersey also turned up as winners, so White won $149.4 million and selected the $86 million money solution. A single ticket won the $768.4 million jackpot in the Powerball Wednesday night, cementing a spot for the winner (or winners) in lottery history. CBS News’ David Begnaud reported that Dana Naifeh’s grocery shop sold the state’s winning ticket.

The current Mega Millions jackpot is worth an estimated $308 million, with a money option of $142.1 million. The Powerball® jackpot is now the sixth biggest in the history of the game! The Powerball jackpot now stands at an estimated $760 million for the next drawing on Saturday evening. The winning numbers in the Dec. 27 Powerball drawing were white balls 4, 11, 38, 51, 68 and red Powerball 5. The Powerball jackpot has reached an estimated $1.73 billion with a cash worth solution of $756.6 million. This is the third-biggest prize in the game’s history and the fifth-largest amount of any U.S. lottery jackpot.

Wednesday’s Powerball jackpot climbed to an estimated $1.2 billion soon after none of the tickets sold matched all six of the winning numbers drawn on Monday. There were no winners from the Monday, Dec. 18 drawing, and the Powerball jackpot is worth an estimated $572 million with a cash prize of $286.7 million. The estimated prize heading into Monday’s drawing was just the fourth in the game’s history to surpass $1 billion. Jackpots that exceeded the threshold in the previous consist of a $1.08 billion prize, which went to a ticket holder in California during a draw on July 19.

A winning ticket should be claimed in the jurisdiction in which it was bought, regardless of residence. The minimum age to play Powerball is 18, except in Nebraska (19), and Arizona, Iowa, Louisiana and Mississippi (21). Primarily Powerball drawing based on statistical projections, the average jackpot win improved from $95 million to $141 million.

No one particular matched all six numbers to win the Powerball jackpot. No tickets matched all five numbers except for the Powerball worth $1 million. More than the past few years, big lottery jackpots have grow to be more widespread as lottery officials have changed the guidelines and ticket rates to increase prime prizes. A winning combination of numbers for the fifth-largest jackpot in the game’s history was drawn Monday, ending a streak of two months with out a winner.

Monday’s $842.four million jackpot is the fifth-biggest Powerball jackpot ever won and the 10th largest jackpot won in U.S. lottery history. A player won $390,191 Sunday in the Super 7s Progressive InstaPlay game with a ticket bought at Casey’s, 717 Initial Ave. That would’ve been worth $1 million, but the player added the Power Play choice, which tends to make the prize $2 million. If you win the major Powerball prize, Iowa law needs winners to come forward publicly.

A single ticket purchased in the District of Columbia matched all 5 numbers except for the Powerball and added the Energy Play worth $2 million. If there is a winner on Wednesday and they decide on the cash alternative, they could now go residence with $10.1 million, according to the lottery. No one has won Powerball since Oct. 11, when a ticket in California won the lottery’s $1.765 billion jackpot. Powerball isn’t the only chance to win big this weekend. The jackpot for Friday night’s Mega Millions drawing, meanwhile, now stands at $450 million. An estimated $1.04 billion jackpot is up for grabs in the subsequent Powerball drawing on Monday evening.

The winning numbers in Wednesday’s drawing have been 7, 13, ten, 24, 11 and red Powerball 24. Castro was named the winner of the Powerball jackpot on Feb 14. And elected to take the money value of his prize revenue, totaling $997.6 million, according to a press release. He did not appear at the press conference, but said in a statement that he was “shocked and ecstatic to have won.” “California Lottery remains confident that Edwin Castro is the rightful winner of the $2.04 billion prize stemming from the Powerball drawing in November of 2022.” Rivera alleged in the complaint that his ticket was stolen prior to the drawing by an person referred to as “Reggie” in the documents.