The two massive U.S. lotteries haven’t seen a winner in nearly three months, so Monday’s Powerball drawing was for $675 million — the form of eye-popping jackpot that entices even informal lottery patrons.

The successful numbers have been 2-24-34-53-58, with the Powerball being 13.

Powerball was final received April 19 and Mega Millions simply the day earlier than, and the subsequent Mega Millions drawing Tuesday shall be price $480 million.

Powerball expanded to a few nights every week in 2021, including a Monday drawing to its Wednesday and Saturday video games. Powerball mentioned that the additional drawing would result in “larger, faster-growing jackpots.”

Monday’s $675 million jackpot will not be one of many 10 richest in U.S. historical past — that may require a jackpot of greater than $731 million, a determine that could possibly be reached this weekend.

Those 10 largest jackpots, the champion being a $2.04 billion prize received final November, have all come since 2016.

If taken in a single lump sum of money, as most up-to-date massive lottery winners have chosen to do, Monday’s $675 million prize could be price $341 million. The bigger, marketed quantity is what the opposite choice — a 29-year annuity — could be price over its lifetime.

Federal taxes would shortly take nearly 40% of that quantity, with state taxes a chance on prime of that.

The $2 Powerball tickets are offered in 45 states, together with the District of Columbia, Puerto Rico and the U.S. Virgin Islands.

The odds of a successful Powerball ticket are 1 in 292.2 million.

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