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Want to be a billionaire? Monday’s Powerball is $1.9 billion

Published 2:30 pm Sunday, November 6, 2022

By Andrea Brown

A rack with cards bettors can use to choose their own numbers to purchase lottery ticket on a counter at a market. (AP Photo/Keith Srakocic)
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A rack with cards bettors can use to choose their own numbers to purchase lottery ticket on a counter at a market. (AP Photo/Keith Srakocic)

A rack with cards bettors can use to choose their own numbers to purchase lottery ticket on a counter at a market. (AP Photo/Keith Srakocic)
A rack with cards bettors can use to choose their own numbers to purchase lottery ticket on a counter at a market. (AP Photo/Keith Srakocic)

The happy Powerball saga continues.

With no jackpot winner, Saturday’s record $1.6 billion pot is now at an estimated $1.9 billion for Monday’s drawing.

The cash value of the $1.9 billion prize is a lump sum payment of $921.1 million. The full amount can be taken as an annuity over 30 years.

This is the largest amount ever for a national lottery. Powerball is played in 45 states.

The previous record was a $1.586 billion Powerball jackpot in 2016, shared by winners in California, Florida and Tennessee.

Monday marks the 41st consecutive drawing without a grand prize winner, topping the prior record of 40.

Want to be a billionaire?

A ticket costs $2.

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

Ticket sales for Monday’s drawing will cut off at 6:45 p.m. Pacific Time. If nobody wins, that ginormous pot of money will be rolled over for Wednesday’s game that will fuel even more frenzy and dreams.

Andrea Brown: abrown@heraldnet.com; 425-339-3443. Twitter @reporterbrown.

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