No winner in Monday’s Powerball drawing has the jackpot approaching $1 billion

The Powerball jackpot has risen to an estimated $1 billion after no winning ticket was sold in the latest drawing.

The winner-less drawing: Monday’s Powerball drawing saw no winner, pushing the jackpot to approach $1 billion.
* No ticket matched the white balls 5, 8, 9, 17, 41 and red Powerball 2 in the latest drawing.
* The new jackpot for Wednesday’s drawing would be the third highest in U.S. history and will keep growing until someone wins.

Winners nonetheless: There were multiple winners in the lesser prize categories.
* Three people won $2 million after matching all five numbers plus the Power Play, with winning tickets sold in Arkansas, Georgia, and Texas.
* Five people won $1 million for matching all five numbers, with winning tickets sold in Connecticut, Florida, Kentucky, New York, and Pennsylvania.

Game statistics: The chances of winning Powerball are tremendously low, which is part of the game’s design.
* The game’s odds are approximately 1 in 292.2 million, a mechanism designed to build big prizes to attract more players.

Looking back: The Powerball jackpot has gone unwon for a significant amount of time.
* The last time someone won the Powerball jackpot was on April 19, nearly three months ago, for a top prize of nearly $253 million.
* Since then, no one has won the grand prize in the past 38 consecutive drawings.

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