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Powerball grand prize reaches $ 441 million after 36 weeks without a winner


Con grandes premios, aumentan las ventas de boletos de lotería.
With great prizes, lottery ticket sales increase.

Photo: MARK RALSTON / AFP / Getty Images

Maria Ortiz

The final draw of the Power lottery ball de 2021 It’s on Wednesday 27 December and the estimated jackpot is $ 441 millions of dollars.

The cash value of the prize is $ 317. 5 million dollars, according to a Powerball statement.

Jackpot winners may choose to receive their prize as an annuity, paid in 30 gradual payments during 29 years, or a lump sum payment.

Both advertised award options precede federal and jurisdictional tax discounts.

Monday’s Powerball lottery draw 27 from December delivered two winning Match 5 + Power Play tickets worth $ 2 million each, in Florida and New Jersey. Also sold a winning Match 5 ticket valued at $ 1 million in Florida.

The Powerball jackpot was last won in California in the drawing on October 4, 2021 when a single ticket won a grand prize of $ 699. $ 8 million .

Since then, 33 draws in a row without a jackpot winner.

Powerballs cost $ 2 per play and are sold in 45 states , the District of Columbia, Puerto Rico and the U.S. Virgin Islands

More than half of the proceeds from the sale of a Powerball tickets remain in the jurisdiction where the ticket was sold.

To date, Powerball holds the world record for the largest lottery jackpot set at 2016.

The record jackpot of $ 1, 586 was shared by winners in the states of California, Florida and Tennessee.

Big prizes won in the Powerball lottery in 2021

– 23 January – $ 731. 1 million – Maryland

– 27 January – $ 23, 2 million – New Jersey

– 30 January – $ 33, 2 million – New Jersey

– 27 March – $ 235, 4 million – Florida

– June 5 – $ 285, 6 million – Florida

– October 4 – $ 699. 8 million – California

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