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Two players won the $1.79 billion Powerball drawing Saturday (September 6) night.
Tickets purchased in Missouri and Texas matched all five white numbers and the red Powerball, resetting the next drawing to $20 million ($10.2 million cash value) for Monday (September 8).
Results from Saturday's Powerball game are listed below:
NUMBERS: 11-23-44-61-62
POWERBALL: 17
POWER PLAY: 2x
Two players in Kansas and Texas won the $2 million consolation prize by getting all the five white numbers with the Power Play doubling option, while players in 13 states won the $! million consolation prize by getting all five white numbers.
Saturday's drawing was the second largest jackpot in U.S. lottery history, behind only the $2.04 billion Powerball drawing on November 7, 2022. The odds of winning the Powerball jackpot are reported to be 1 in 292.2 million, according to Powerball.com.
Saturday's jackpot winner was the first since one player won the $205 million Powerball drawing on May 31. The Powerball had previously reset after one player won the $167 million Powerball drawing on April 26.
One player in California matched all six numbers to win the $2.04 billion ($997.6 million) jackpot on November 7, 2022, the largest jackpot offered in U.S. lottery history, according to the official Powerball website. Powerball has had jackpots exceeding $1 billion six times.
Mega Millions games have also exceeded $1 billion seven times, which includes its largest offering, a $1.603 billion jackpot that was one by a player in Florida on August 8. Both jackpots increase during each following game until there's a jackpot winning ticket matching all six numbers drawn, which includes the additional Mega Millions Gold Ball or Powerball in each respective game.