Winning Powerball numbers drawn for $1.2 billion lottery jackpot

It is a Powerball Wednesday with greater than a billion {dollars} up for grabs.

The jackpot is at $1.2 billion for Wednesday’s profitable numbers drawing, the second-largest jackpot in Powerball historical past and the fourth-largest general lottery prize in US historical past.

The highest prize comes with a money worth of $596.7 million.

The profitable numbers are: 22, 11, 60, 2, 35 and the Energy Ball was 23. The Energy Play was 2X.

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The most important all-time lottery jackpot was a $1.5863 billion Powerball prize in 2016, with the highest prize shared by three winners in California, Florida and Tennessee.

Powerball is performed in 45 states, he District of Columbia, Puerto Rico and the U.S. Virgin Islands. Odds of profitable the Powerball jackpot is 1 in 292 million and tickets are $2 apiece.

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10 greatest Mega Thousands and thousands, Powerball jackpots received in US lottery historical past

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

2. $1.537 billion, Mega Thousands and thousands, Oct. 23, 2018 (one ticket, from South Carolina)

3. $1.337 billion, Mega Thousands and thousands, July 29, 2022 (one ticket, from Illinois)

4. $1.05 billion, Mega Thousands and thousands, 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 Thousands and thousands, March 30, 2012 (three tickets, from Kansas, Illinois and Maryland)

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