URBANDALE, Ia. – We have a winner. Two of them actually.
Powerball officials say two tickets sold in Missouri and Texas matched all six number drawn Saturday night and will split a $1.787 billion jackpot. The jackpot came in at that exact number based on final ticket sales.
The jackpot was the second-largest U.S. lottery jackpot ever won, trailing only the record $2.04 billion Powerball jackpot won in California in November 2022.
Each ticket holder will have the choice of an annuitized prize of $893.5 million or a lump sum payment of $410.3 million. Both prizes are before taxes.
The jackpot now resets to $20 million for the next drawing Monday night.
More than 9.9 million tickets won cash prizes in Saturday’s drawing.
Nationwide, 18 tickets matched all five numbers without the Powerball to win $1 million prizes. The $1 million-winning tickets were sold in California (2), Colorado, Florida, Illinois (2), Kansas, Massachusetts, Michigan, New Jersey, New York (2), Ohio (2), Oregon, Texas (2) and West Virginia. Note: In California, prize payout amounts are pari-mutuel and determined by sales and the number of winners.
Two tickets matched all numbers without the Powerball increased their winnings to $2 million each, by including the Power Play option for $1 more at purchase. The $2 million-winning tickets were sold in Kansas and Texas.
There were also 232 tickets that won $50,000 prizes and 90 tickets that won $100,000 prizes.
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