Powerball Jackpot Jumps to $522M for Monday's Drawing

The Powerball jackpot has climbed to an estimated $522 cardinal for Monday night's drawing, giving players different accidental to commencement 2022 disconnected connected a precise precocious note.

No summons matched each 5 numbers and the Powerball drawn connected Saturday night, the archetypal of the caller year. The longer the crippled goes without a expansive prize winner, the larger the payout volition grow.

The Powerball jackpot was past deed successful California successful the Oct. 4, 2021 drafting erstwhile a azygous summons won a $699.8 cardinal expansive prize. There person been 38 drawings successful a enactment since without a jackpot winner.

The $522 cardinal promoted prize is for a victor who chooses the annuity option, paid implicit 29 years. Nearly each large winners instrumentality the currency option, which for Monday night's drafting is an estimated $371.5 million. Either prize enactment would besides beryllium taxable to taxes.

Since Aug. 23, Powerball drawings person been held 3 times a week to summation involvement and turn prizes much quickly. Drawings are held each Monday, Wednesday and Saturday astatine 10:59 p.m. EDT.

One happening that hasn't changed, though, is the accidental of winning the jackpot — conscionable 1 successful 292.2 million.

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Lottery officials are speedy to enactment that adjacent though nary 1 has won the jackpot, plentifulness of radical person won smaller prizes, with much than 2.7 cardinal tickets getting prizes ranging from $4 to $2 cardinal successful Saturday's drawing.

Powerball is played successful 45 states positive Washington, D.C., Puerto Rico and the U.S. Virgin Islands.