The winning numbers for Monday’s estimated $800 million Powerball jackpot – which would be one of the largest prizes in the lottery’s history – have been drawn.
The numbers are 7, 11, 19, 53 and 68 with a red Powerball of 23. This was the first of two opportunities lottery players have to potentially strike it rich this week as Tuesday’s Mega Millions jackpot tops $1 billion.
If the Powerball prize is won it would be the sixth-largest in the game’s history. A winner would have the option of receiving an estimated $800 million in annual payments or a lump sum payment of $384.8 million – both before taxes, according to Powerball.
The Powerball jackpot was last won on January 1 by a ticket in Michigan with an estimated $842.4 million prize. There have been 35 consecutive Powerball drawings with no grand prize winner. The odds of winning any prize are 1 in 24.9, but the odds of snagging the jackpot are 1 in 292.2 million, according to the lottery.
If the odds weren’t in your favor during Monday’s Powerball drawing, you can try again with Tuesday’s Mega Millions drawing, when $1.1 billion will be up for grabs. The lottery crossed the billion-dollar mark after there were no grand prize winners in Friday’s drawing.
If the jackpot is won Tuesday, it would be the fifth largest prize in the history of the game, according to Mega Millions.
Tuesday’s drawing will happen at 11 p.m. ET.
— CutC by cnn.com
