The Powerball jackpot reached $654 million after no winner was found in the $629 million drawing on Saturday, November 22. The winning numbers were 28-32-36-51-69 with Powerball 2 and Power Play 2x. The top 6 Powerball jackpots have all surpassed $1 billion.
WASHINGTON Powerball's jackpot rose to 654 million after there were no winners of Saturday's 629 million jackpot inching closer to cracking the top 10 of the lottery game's largest jackpots ever. The grand prize has steadily increased since the last grand prize winners in September who split the second-largest Powerball jackpot in history earlier this year. On Sept. 6 two tickets sold in Missouri and Texas matched all six numbers to claim a staggering 1.8 billion prize marking one of the largest lottery wins in U.S. history. Powerball's rising jackpot comes after a long winless run for the competing lottery game Mega Millions finally came to an end when a ticket worth nearly a billion dollars was sold in Newnan Georgia. Check your tickets to see if you could be a winner The winning numbers for Saturday were 28-32-36-51-69 with Powerball number 2 and Power Play 2x. The Powerball drawing takes place live at 10 59 p.m. ET every Monday Wednesday and Saturday. Tickets which cost 2 per play are sold in 45 states the District of Columbia Puerto Rico and the U.S. Virgin Islands. The top 6 largest Powerball wins have all surpassed 1 billion. Powerball lottery games have potentially huge jackpots because they are played in multiple states. To stream 12News on your phone you need the 12News 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