Powerball Jackpot is Now Third-Biggest in History
Tuesday October 3rd 2023The Monday draw didn’t bring the big jackpot to any of the Powerball participants. Having rolled over 32 times, the grand prize has now reached $1.20 billion, becoming the third-largest jackpot in the history of the game.
On October 2, 2023 no one managed to match all six numbers—12, 26, 27, 43, 47, and the red Powerball number was 5. The Power Play multiplier was 2x. Four players were one Powerball number away from winning the big jackpot. Two participants who bought their tickets from Delaware and Michigan matched five numbers and won $1 million each. Two other players matched five numbers and added the Power Play, thus winning $2 million each. Those tickets were sold in New York and South Carolina. The winning numbers brought prizes to 2,749,731 winners, so whether you only matched the Powerball or up to five numbers, check out the draw results which include a prize breakdown.
Biggest Winners in 2023
When it comes to this year, the current jackpot will become the third Powerball jackpot which is worth a substantial amount. The other two also got into the top ten largest prizes ever won.
The first big win of the year happened on February 6, 2023 when a player from Washington matched all six numbers and won $754 million. The lucky participant was Becky Bell from Auburn, who became the state’s biggest winner. She took the $407.2 million cash option and planned on retiring from her job at Boeing, but not without training her colleagues to replace her first. The jackpot now occupies the seventh place in top ten biggest Powerball prizes.
The second notable win in 2023 happened on the July 19 draw and brought a $1.08 billion prize to a single ticket holder from Los Angeles, California. The prize hasn’t been claimed yet and no further details have been released about the winner. This became the third-largest Powerball prize and the sixth-largest US lottery jackpot ever won.
Could the third big win of the year be yours? Enter the next Powerball draw and you can find out. Don’t forget to check the results right after every draw takes place, on Monday, Wednesday and Saturday evenings.
Written by Bianca-Andreea Pârvu
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