The big US Powerball lottery jackpot rises to more than a billion dollars

The grand prize of the US Powerball lottery has already crossed the billion line with an estimated reward of 1,040 billion dollars (about 982,000 million euros), which will be played in this Monday's draw after There would be no winner in this Saturday's draw.

If someone gets it right this Monday, they will be able to choose between an annual prize worth an estimated $1.04 billion or a one-time payment estimated at $478.2 billion.. If the winner chooses the annuity option, they will receive an immediate payment followed by 29 annual payments increasing by 5% each year.

The winning numbers from the last drawing were 19, 30, 37, 44 and 46, with a Powerball of 22. It produced more than 2.5 million winning tickets nationwide, including five tickets (two in Florida, one in Maryland, one in Michigan and one in Pennsylvania) who matched all five white balls to win prizes of one million dollars (944,600 euros).

Two other tickets, sold in Indiana and North Carolina, matched all five white balls and won prizes of two million dollars (around 1,889,200 euros) by including the prize multiplier feature, Power Play.

The Powerball prize was won on July 19, when a ticket in California matched the five white balls and the red Powerball with which he won $1.08 billion.. Since then, there have been 32 consecutive drawings without a jackpot winner, making it the second-highest of the year and fourth in the history of the drawing.