A buyer purchases 5 Powerball tickets at a lottery agent, Tuesday, Oct. 10, 2023, in Haverhill, Mass.
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A buyer purchases 5 Powerball tickets at a lottery agent, Tuesday, Oct. 10, 2023, in Haverhill, Mass.
Charles Krupa/AP
DES MOINES, Iowa — The Powerball jackpot climbed to an estimated $975 million after nobody matched the six numbers drawn Saturday night time, persevering with an almost three-month stretch with no massive winner.The successful numbers drawn had been: 12, 13, 33, 50, 52 and the pink Powerball 23.Nobody has gained Powerball’s high prize since New 12 months’s Day when a ticket in Michigan hit for $842.4 million, bringing the variety of consecutive drawings with no jackpot winner to 38. That winless streak nears the document of 41 consecutive drawings, set twice in 2022 and 2021.The $975 million prize is for a sole winner who chooses an annuity paid over 30 years. A winner choosing money could be paid $471.7 million. The prizes could be topic to federal taxes, and lots of states additionally tax lottery winnings.Because the prizes develop, the drawings appeal to extra ticket gross sales and the jackpots subsequently turn out to be more durable to hit. The sport’s lengthy odds for Saturday’s drawing had been 1 in 292.2 million.Powerball is performed in 45 states plus Washington, D.C., Puerto Rico and the U.S. Virgin Islands.