$ 1 billion PowerBall gives gold to social media

PowerBall amounted to only one billion dollars, and people are Fall About it.

For 39 consecutive draws, no ticket with all six numbers for the Grand Prize Award was matched. The last withdrawal was on Saturday night.

Now, in the next fee on Labor Day, the Grand Prize victory has increased to $ 1.1 billion and will be the fifth largest award in the game ever, according to A statement from the lottery. the Elderly The award winning was ever spent in November 2022 by Edwin Castro, a California man recorded a $ 2.04 billion fee.

The five winning numbers will be announced after 11 pm Live broadcast One of the studios of the lottery in Florida in Talhaasi.

The winner will have the option to get a full $ 1.1 billion as an annual reference for 30 years or obtain a one -time amount of $ 498.4 million. Most of the winners choose the last option.

Then the award is subject to Great taxes,, Which includes 24 % automatic deduction tax and more in federal and state taxes comes the next tax season. But the winners of some states – California, Florida, New Hampshire, South Dakota, Tennessee, Texas, Washington and Woewing – are exempt from government taxes.

The drawing of Monday night will be forty since then Last winning the grand prize It was won by $ 204.5 million on May 31, 2025 by a person in California. There were three other winners in winning the grand prize so far in 2025 alongside the winner in May, and three lucky winners from Oregonand KentuckyAnd another from California.

The possibility of winning the grand prize is one of 292.2 million, according to the multi -state lottery.

Here are some of our favorites

I only got the number one in PowerBall pic.twitter.com/f2xoxownqp

– I*Y (Heizehye) August 28, 2025

I have a talent to buy 5 PowerBall tickets
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Not to get one number pic.twitter.com/f1qdytaqy

Eren Simens 🍀🇺🇦 (Cosmoksmom) August 25, 2025

There are two types of people when PowerBall reaches a billion pic.twitter.com/lemgiyociq

– Barrett Linburg (DallasappGP) August 30, 2025

He did not win the ball, and he is still alive ?? pic.twitter.com/hs19t14n2f

Party (@marynalara_) August 31, 2025

How to play PowerBall

PowerBall tickets cost $ 2 per piece and sold in 45 states, as well as Washington, DC, Puerto Rico and Virgin Vergin. You can buy it from local stores, gas stations, grocery stores, some airport stations and even Online in some states Like Arizona, Massachusetts, and New York.

After that, you can choose six numbers on your ticket – white balls, amounted to 1 to 69 and one red state of 1 to 26. You have to use a black pen, blue or pencil to do so. If you can’t choose them yourself, you can request a “PowerBall Ticket”, and the computer will create random numbers for you.

Then you hand them over to run retail stores or lottery selling machines to receive a ticket, all of which have been appointed to the results.

Come on Monday night, you can set it on the live broadcast on the official lottery site to watch the numbers rolling. If you match all the five white balls in any arrangement, and Red PowerBall, you win the mega prize.

People not only play to win the grand prize

the Winning numbers on Saturday The night was 3-18-22-27-33 and PowerBall 17, but no winner match all these numbers to strike the grand prize.

But if you do not win the grand prize on Monday, you can still win smaller prizes. For these, some people also add “power playing”, an additional double for one dollar, which can increase your profits other than jackpot anywhere from 2x to 10x.

On Saturday night, there were three $ 2 million winners in Colorado, Indiana, New Hampsheer, and nine million dollars in Florida, Contecticut, Illinois, Massachusetts, Pennsylvania, and California.

Why has winning the grand prize very big?

There are a number of factors in the estimated value of the ticket price. Ultimately, they are determined by the basic gambling rules, and the number of tickets purchased at the country level. The higher the purchased tickets, the higher the salaries of winning the grand prize, but also the chances of winning.

PowerBall’s winning award possibilities are very low. It also raises the price. When the award winning does not match any ticket, the prize increases for the next fee as more people continue to buy tickets.

If no ticket in all six numbers match Monday, the Grand Prix will win again with the continuation of the fortieth drawing on Wednesday night.

the The longest winning the grand prize Run was for 42 consecutive drawings, which ended with a victory of $ 1.326 billion, Oregon player on April 6, 2024.