A $500,000 Powerball ticket was sold in Colorado, as the jackpot continues to grow, reaching $1.1 billion after no one won the grand prize on Sunday. Several other tickets across the country won $1 million or more in the latest drawing.
DENVER One person won 500 000 in Saturday night's Powerball drawing with a ticket purchased in Colorado. The Powerball jackpot is nearing record territory soaring to 1.1 billion after nobody won the grand prize Sunday night. No one won Saturday's jackpot but there were seven tickets nationwide that each won 1 million or more. Tickets in California Florida Michigan New Jersey and Virginia won 1 million by correctly matching all five white ball numbers. Two tickets sold in North Carolina and Pennsylvania won 2 million by getting the white ball numbers and adding the Power Play option. The 500 000 Colorado ticket was sold at Maverik 304 Main St. in Colorado Springs. Saturday's drawing also produced 49 tickets that won 50 000 prizes and 12 tickets that won 100 000 prizes. One of the 50 000 tickets was sold in Colorado at Northglenn Discount Liquor 420 E. 120th Ave. The current jackpot has been rolling since Sept. 6 when two winners beat odds of 1 in 292.2 million. If someone wins Monday night's drawing the cash value totals 503.4 million. The current jackpot is now the sixth largest in the game's history with the next drawing on Monday Dec. 15. READ MORE 1 billion Powerball jackpot How much would a winner take home after taxes? This year has produced three major Powerball wins the 1.8 billion September prize a 526.5 million jackpot claimed in California in March and a 328.5 million prize won in Oregon in January. The Powerball Double Play will have these winning numbers 7-11-20-52-60 PB 24 The winning numbers for Saturday were 1-28-31-57-58 and Powerball 16. The Power Play multiplier was 2. The odds of winning the Powerball jackpot are one in 292.2 million. The odds of matching all five white balls and winning the 1 million prize are 1 in 11 688 053. The overall odds of winning a prize are 1 in 24.87. The Powerball drawing takes place live at 10 59 p.m. ET every Monday Wednesday and Saturday. Tickets cost 2 per play and are sold in 45 states the District of Columbia Puerto Rico and the U.S. Virgin Islands. The top six largest Powerball wins have all surpassed 1 billion. Powerball lottery games have potentially huge jackpots because they are played in multiple states. To stream 9NEWS on your phone you need the 9NEWS app. Next up in 5 Example video title will go here for this video Next up in 5 Example video title will go here for this video In Other News