If a player wins the jackpot on Wednesday night, they will have the choice between an annuitized prize worth an estimated $1.2 billion or a lump sum payment estimated at $551.7 million. Since then, there have been 32 consecutive drawings without a grand prize winner. The Powerball jackpot was previously won on July 19 in California, when a single ticket won a jackpot worth $1.08 billion. This marks the first time in Powerball game history that back-to-back jackpot cycles have generated billion dollar grand prizes. Other big wins from Monday night include 70 tickets that won $50,000 prizes and 12 tickets that won $100,000 prizes. Two other tickets, sold in New York and South Carolina, matched all five white balls and increased the $1 million prize to $2 million by including the Power Play feature for an additional $1 per play. The Monday drawing produced more than 2.7 million winning tickets across the country, including two tickets, sold in Delaware and Michigan, that matched all five white balls to win $1 million prizes.

Wednesday's estimated jackpot ranks as the third largest in the Powerball game and seventh largest among U.S. The jackpot has a cash value of $551.7 million. The Powerball jackpot now stands at an estimated $1.2 billion for the next drawing on Wednesday night. The Powerball® jackpot will continue its ascent through billion dollar territory, after no ticket matched all six numbers drawn Monday night – white balls 12, 26, 27, 43, 47 and red Powerball 5.

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