No winning ticket has been identified for the Powerball game on Saturday. The current jackpot for Monday is $900 million.
For Saturday's $875 million Powerball drawing, numbers were chosen.
The figures were 57, 43, 02, 55, 09, and 18 in the Powerball.
The enormous cash award follows a drawing for $746,300,000 on Wednesday night in which nobody won big.
This week's top lottery prize is not just the Powerball. The Mega Millions jackpot is now $640 million for the drawing on Tuesday.
The previous Powerball winner occurred in April.
There are Powerball draws every Monday, Wednesday, and Saturday.
One in 292,201,338 have a chance of winning the highest Powerball prize.
Retailers who sell winning Powerball tickets are rewarded with a 1% extra on the winnings.
After the winning draw, winners have one year to claim their prize.
Each Powerball play costs $2. In addition to the District of Columbia, Puerto Rico, and the U.S. Virgin Islands, 45 states also sell tickets.
10 biggest Mega Millions, Powerball jackpots won in U.S. lottery history
1. $2.04 billion, Powerball, Nov. 7, 2022 (1 ticket from California)
2. $1.586 billion, Powerball, Jan. 13, 2016 (three tickets, from California, Florida, Tennessee)
3. $1.537 billion, Mega Millions, Oct. 23, 2018 (one ticket, from South Carolina)
4. $1.35 billion, Mega Millions, Jan. 13, 2023 (one ticket from Maine)
5. $1.337 billion, Mega Millions, July 29, 2022 (one ticket, from Illinois)
6. $1.05 billion, Mega Millions, Jan. 22, 2021 (one ticket, from Michigan)
7. $768.4 million, Powerball, March 27, 2019 (one ticket, from Wisconsin)
8. $758.7 million, Powerball, Aug. 23, 2017 (one ticket, from Massachusetts)
9. $754.6 million, Powerball, Feb. 6, 2023 (one ticket, from Washington
10. $731.1 million, Powerball, Jan. 20, 2021 (one ticket, from Maryland)
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