The Powerball jackpot spiked to an estimated $1.73 billion after no one matched the game’s six winning numbers Monday night.
The Powerball jackpot rolled after no ticket matched all six numbers drawn on October 9 – white balls 16, 34, 46, 55, 67, and red Powerball 14. The Power Play multiplier was 3X.
The Monday night drawing produced more than 3.7 million winning tickets across the country, including four tickets (California, Indiana, Oregon, Virginia) that matched all five white balls to win $1 million prizes. One ticket in Florida matched all five white balls and increased the $1 million prize to $2 million by including the Power Play feature.
Other big wins include 101 tickets that won $50,000 prizes and 17 tickets that won $150,000 prizes.
Wednesday’s will be the 36th drawing in the jackpot run and the first time in Powerball history that back-to-back jackpot cycles have generated billion-dollar grand prizes. The last Powerball jackpot was won on July 19, when a ticket holder in California won a jackpot worth $1.08 billion.
