Powerball Jackpot Rises To $522 Million

January 2, 2022 8:09 am

It may be a new year, but for Powerball players it was the same old result — no jackpot winner. No one matched the five numbers and Powerball on Saturday night, meaning that Monday’s jackpot will be worth at least $522 million, lottery officials said. The numbers drawn were 6-12-39-48-50 and the Powerball number was 7, according to the Powerball website. According to Powerball officials, jackpot-winning numbers have not been selected in the past 38 drawings. No one has won a Powerball jackpot since Oct. 4, when one player claimed $699.8 million. That was Powerball’s fifth-largest and the seventh-largest for any lottery in the United States. Meanwhile, the largest Powerball jackpot to date is the $1.586 billion payout split by three winners in 2016, CNN reported. If somebody wins the jackpot on Monday, they can take the full amount in an annuity payment or take a lump sum option of $371.5 million before taxes. Powerball is played in 44 states, according to lottery officials, with drawings held on Mondays, Wednesdays and Saturdays. The odds of winning the Powerball jackpot are 1 in 292 million.