Winning Powerball ticket sold in Washington state for $747 million jackpot

SACRAMENTO — A successful Powerball lottery ticket for Monday night time’s large jackpot estimated at $747 million was offered in Washington state, in accordance with California officers.

The successful numbers drawn Monday night time have been 5-11-22-23-69 with 7 because the Energy Quantity.

The California Lottery Press Twitter account confirmed {that a} single successful ticket was offered in Washington state. Whereas the jackpot wasn’t received in California, greater than 224,000 successful tickets have been offered within the state.

The Powerball jackpot will now roll again to $20 million.

The massive prize is the most recent in a string of latest sizeable lottery jackpots. A large $1.35 billion Mega Thousands and thousands jackpot winner in Maine was introduced final month. Lately, Mega Thousands and thousands has taken steps to make it tougher to attract a successful quantity, similar to rising the price of a ticket and permitting gamers extra numbers to select from, which decreases the general successful odds.

For Powerball, low odds of matching all six numbers and a just lately added third drawing per week permit jackpots to extend pretty shortly over the course of months, with the final Powerball winner taking residence a whopping $2 billion final November.

The Powerball lottery is offered in 45 out of fifty U.S. states, along with Washington, D.C., Puerto Rico and the U.S. Virgin Islands.