$1.9 billion Powerball jackpot drawing delayed due to ‘security protocol’ issues

The drawing for the $1.9 billion Powerball jackpot has been delayed as lottery officers work to finish “required safety protocols.”

In an announcement launched Monday evening, lottery officers famous that strict safety necessities should be met by all 48 lotteries earlier than the drawing takes place. When these are accomplished the drawing can be carried out.

The profitable numbers and video of the drawing can be posted to the Powerball web site and YouTube channel.

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It is a Powerball Monday and the document lottery jackpot for tonight’s profitable numbers drawing is for at the very least $1.9 billion.

Robust ticket gross sales may push that jackpot even greater. The jackpot is already at an all-time excessive, eclipsing the earlier lottery document of $1.586 billion from a Powerball jackpot in 2016. The highest prize then was shared by three winners in California, Florida and Tennessee.

The jackpot comes with a money worth of $929.1 million.

The jackpot grew after nobody claimed the highest prize for Saturday’s drawing. The profitable numbers have been: 28 45 53 56 69 and Powerball 20

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The present Powerball run started on August 4, There have been 40 drawings with out a jackpot winner.

What to think about in the event you win the lottery

Powerball tickets are $2 per play. Tickets are offered in 45 states, the District of Columbia, Puerto Rico and the U.S. Virgin Islands.

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Retailers that promote profitable Powerball tickets obtain a bonus of 1 % of the prize quantity.

Winners have one yr from the date of the profitable draw to say their prize.

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Powerball tickets are $2 every, and gamers have the choice so as to add the Powerplay for a further $1 for the possibility to multiply non-jackpot prizes.

Powerball drawings are held each Monday, Wednesday and Saturday.

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10 largest Mega Tens of millions, Powerball jackpots gained in US lottery historical past

1. $1.586 billion, Powerball, Jan. 13, 2016 (three tickets, from California, Florida, Tennessee)

2. $1.537 billion, Mega Tens of millions, Oct. 23, 2018 (one ticket, from South Carolina)

3. $1.337 billion, Mega Tens of millions, July 29, 2022 (one ticket, from Illinois)

4. $1.05 billion, Mega Tens of millions, Jan. 22, 2021 (one ticket, from Michigan)

5. $768.4 million, Powerball, March 27, 2019 (one ticket, from Wisconsin)

6. $758.7 million, Powerball, Aug. 23, 2017 (one ticket, from Massachusetts)

7. $731.1 million, Powerball, Jan. 20, 2021 (one ticket, from Maryland)

8. $699.8 million, Powerball, Oct. 4, 2021 (one ticket, from California)

9. $687.8 million, Powerball, Oct. 27, 2018 (two tickets, from Iowa and New York)

10. $656 million, Mega Tens of millions, March 30, 2012 (three tickets, from Kansas, Illinois and Maryland)