UNDATED (KDAL) – The Powerball jackpot has reached a billion dollars for the Monday night drawing.
The lottery game, played in 45 states including both Minnesota and Wisconsin , has not seen a jackpot winner since early August.
This will be only the second time the top prize has surpassed a billion dollars. A 1.5 billion dollar top prize was won back in 2016.
The cash option for the big winner would be about 497 million or the billion dollars would be paid over 30 years.
Chances of matching all five numbers and the Powerball is one in 292.2 million and tickets are two dollars each.
UPDATE: No jackpot winner on Monday, the top prize for the Wednesday drawing increases to 1.2 billion dollars.
UPDATE 2: Still no jackpot winner on Wednesday, Saturday drawing will have top prize of 1.5 billion dollars.
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