Winning numbers: Powerball jackpot is biggest lottery prize in over 8 months

DES MOINES, Iowa — The biggest lottery prize successful much than 8 months is up for grabs successful Saturday night’s Powerball drawing.

The winning numbers are 28, 38, 42, 47 and 52. The Powerball is 1.

The Powerball jackpot has dilatory climbed to an estimated $635 cardinal acknowledgment to 39 consecutive drawings without a expansive prize winner, a grounds streak for the crippled dating backmost to June 5. There hasn’t been a bigger Powerball jackpot since a $731.1 cardinal prize was won connected Jan. 20. Saturday’s expansive prize would beryllium the 10th largest U.S. lottery jackpot ever won.

Since Aug. 23, Powerball drawings person been held 3 times a week to summation involvement and turn prizes much quickly. Drawings are held each Monday, Wednesday and Saturday astatine 10:59 p.m. EDT.

One happening that hasn’t changed, though, are the agelong likelihood of winning the jackpot — 1 successful 292.2 million.

The estimated jackpot magnitude refers to winners who opt to beryllium paid done an annuity implicit 29 years. Most winners similar the currency option, which for Saturday’s drafting would beryllium an estimated $450 cardinal earlier taxes.

Powerball is played successful 45 states positive Washington, D.C., Puerto Rico and the U.S. Virgin Islands.