Powerball drawing delayed: Here's why Monday's record $1.9 billion lottery is being announced today

Heather Hamilton

November 08, 06:50 AM November 08, 07:28 AM

The winning numbers for the record $1.9 billion Powerball lottery are expected Tuesday morning after it was delayed due to a technical issue.

The Multi-State Lottery Association released a statement early Tuesday morning explaining that one participating lottery needed additional time to process “sales and play data.”

RECORD $1.9 BILLION POWERBALL JACKPOT DRAWING DELAYED

Powerball has stringent security requirements to protect the integrity of the game and remains committed to holding a drawing that gives all players a fair chance to win,” Powerball officials said. “Due to the length of the draw delay, it is likely that we will not know the official results of the Powerball drawing until Tuesday morning.”

The Powerball website lists the estimated jackpot at $1.9 billion and cash value at $929.1 million.

Powerball players were encouraged to “hold on to their tickets.” Officials said that once the protocols are complete, the winning numbers and recorded video of the drawing will be posted to the Powerball website and YouTube channel.

The drawing was originally scheduled for 10:59 p.m. Eastern time.

Because no one has hit the Powerball jackpot in three months, the prize is set to be the world’s biggest to date. The "greatest jackpot in a national lottery" was in January 2016, when three tickets in California, Florida, and Tennessee won a $1.586 billion jackpot.

Mega Millions $1.28 billion golden ticket offered in Illinois

Misty Severi

July 30, 10:20 AM July 30, 10:20 AM

The winning ticket of the $1.28 billion lottery jackpot was offered at a gas station in Des Plaines, Illinois, lottery officials announced Saturday.

The profitable numbers, which had been 13, 36, 45, 57, and 67, with the gold Mega Ball remaining 14, ended up marketed to just 1 person around the Speedy Cafe Speedway fuel station, the lottery said Saturday early morning. The location that sells the successful ticket also gets a monetary prize.

MEGA Thousands and thousands JACKPOT TOPS $1 BILLION Immediately after NO WINNER TUESDAY Night time

"Congratulations to the Illinois Lottery for selling the profitable ticket for the $1.337 billion Mega Tens of millions jackpot," Ohio Lottery Director Pat McDonald stated following Friday night's drawing. "We are thrilled to have witnessed a single of the most important jackpot wins in Mega Thousands and thousands background. We’re eager to find out who gained and seem ahead to congratulating the winner quickly! Improved however, this fascinating jackpot operate has experienced a major good impact on the revenues for good brings about lifted by our member lotteries."

The winner of the billion-dollar prize now faces a alternative. Winners are authorized to declare a income prize, approximated at $747 million for Friday's jackpot, or to accumulate the full $1.28 billion before taxes more than the span of 29 years.

20-6 individuals won a $1 million prize by matching 5 of the winning balls to the jackpot. Six winners will get $2 million immediately after having the five balls and the 2x multiplier, in accordance to the lottery's web page.

The odds of successful the lottery are 1 in 302.5 million, and the odds of winning the reduced $1 million prize are approximately 1 in 12.6 million, according to Fox Business enterprise. The name of the winner of the jackpot was not declared.

The subsequent jackpot is established for $20 million, the same prize volume as the last lottery winner on April 15. The Mega Thousands and thousands lottery is performed in 45 states, Washington, D.C., and the U.S. Virgin Islands.