The jackpot could grow larger ahead of the drawing if ticket sales surge in the hours before the drawing.since Scott Godfrey claimed a $699.8 million drawing in California on Oct. 4. Drawings are held three nights a week.
While no one hit the $561.3 million jackpot Monday, four second-prize tickets were bought across the country that matched five numbers but not the Powerball. Tickets worth $1 million apiece were sold in Connecticut and Texas, while a ticket purchased in Montana is valued at $2 million since the winner spent an extra $1 for the Power Play option.are 292,201,388 to 1.
Powerball is played on Monday, Wednesday and Saturday in 45 states, Washington D.C., the U.S. Virgin Islands and Puerto Rico.
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