Powerball jackpot soars over $1 billion, $2 million ticket sold in NC
The Powerball jackpot is officially over $1 billion after Saturday's drawing again failed to secure a grand prize winner.
The $960 million estimated prize for Saturday night's drawing would be the ninth-largest lottery jackpot in U.S., behind earlier Powerball and Mega Millions prizes that all topped $1 billion. If won, it would be the second-largest Powerball prize this year.
But because nobody won the drawing Saturday, the estimated prize for Monday's drawing is $1.04 billion — just shy of the third-largest Powerball jackpot in history.
Even without a jackpot winner, there were still a number of new millionaires minted Saturday.
Two tickets from Florida and one each from Maryland, Michigan and Pennsylvania are worth $1 million for guessing all five white ball numbers correctly.
Two additional tickets, one from Indiana and another from North Carolina, are worth $2 million because they added the Power Play multiplier. #WakeUpCLT #Lottery #Money
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