Illinois lottery players have another shot at winning big.
The Powerball jackpot swelled to an estimated $610 million after Saturday's drawing produced no winners — and it will be up for grabs Monday.
The jackpot has been snowballing for 34 drawings, with its current cash value sitting at $292.6 million. Saturday night's Powerball prize was worth an estimated $580 million, boasting a cash value of $278.2 million.
If won, the current jackpot would mark the second largest Powerball prize claimed this year. So far, the largest sum collected in 2022 was a $632.6 million jackpot hit Jan. 5 and split by winners in California and Wisconsin.
The jackpot also tallies as the eighth largest prize in game history. But, the odds of winning it all are pretty slim: 1 in 292.2 million.
Here are the 10 largest Powerball jackpots:
- $1.586 Billion: Jan. 13, 2016
- $768.4 Million: March 27, 2019
- $758.7 Million: Aug. 23, 2017
- $731.1 Million: Jan. 20, 2021
- $699.8 Million: Oct. 4, 2021
- $687.8 Million: Oct. 27, 2018
- $632.6 Million: Jan. 5, 2022
- $610 Million (Estimated): Oct. 24, 2022
- $590.5 Million: May 18, 2013
- $587.5 Million: Nov. 28, 2012
Powerball drawings take place at 9:59 p.m. Mondays, Wednesdays and Saturdays.
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