Powerball goes 41 straight draws without a winner, sending jackpot to $1.7 billion

The numbers chosen have been: 3, 16, 29, 61 and 69, with the Powerball quantity being 22.

Since Might 31, there have been 41 straight drawings with out a huge winner.

The subsequent drawing will probably be Saturday evening, with the prize anticipated to be the third-largest in U.S. lottery historical past.

Powerball’s horrible odds of 1 in 292.2 million are designed to generate huge jackpots, with prizes changing into ever bigger as they repeatedly roll over when nobody wins. Lottery officers notice that the chances are much better for the sport’s many smaller prizes. There are three drawings every week.

The estimated $1.4 billion jackpot from Wednesday evening’s drawing would have been for a winner who had opted to obtain 30 funds over 29 years by an annuity. Winners nearly at all times select the sport’s money possibility, which might have been an estimated $634.3 million.

The money possibility for Saturday evening’s drawing is an estimated $770.3 million.

Powerball tickets value $2 and the sport is obtainable in 45 states plus Washington, D.C., Puerto Rico and the U.S. Virgin Islands.