Powerball jackpot rises to $925 million after another drawing without a big winner

The Powerball jackpot climbed to an es💛timಞated $925 million after no players hit it big Wednesday night, continuing a stretch of lottery futility that has lasted for more than two months.

The winning numbers were:𒅌 1, 7, 46, 47, 63 and red Powerball 7.

The jackpot for the next drawing Saturday night remains the world’s ninth-largest lottery prize of all time, behiꦫnd earlier prizes in the Powerball and Mega Millions games that all topped $1 billion.

🐈The jackpot has grown so large because there have now been 30 consecutive drawings without a big wiღnner, dating back to July 19.

Powerball’s terrible od🐟ds of 1 in 292.2 million are designed to generate big jackpots, with prizes ☂becoming ever larger as they repeatedly roll over when no one wins.

The largest jackpot was a&ꦇnbsp;$2.04 billion Powerball prize hit by a𒀰 player in California in November 2022.

In most states, a Powerball ticket costs $2 and players can select the❀ir own numbers or leave that task to a computer.

The $925 million jacꦍkpot is for a sole wi☂nner who opts for payment through an annuity, doled out over 30 years.

Winners almost always take the cash option, which for Saturday night’s drawing would be an estimated $432.4 mil🗹lion.

Those winnings would be subjec🥀t to federal taxes, and many states also tax lottery winnings.

Powerball is played in 45 states as well as Wဣashington, D.C., Puerto Rico and the U.S. ꧟Virgin Islands.