Powerball Jackpot Surges Past $600M Now One Of Biggest In History

The jackpot for Saturday’s Powerball drawing has risen to one of the greatest in recent memory, but there were no significant winners.

Over $600 million has been won in the Powerball lottery.

Since no fortunate winners have hit the magic numbers, lottery players nationwide will compete for a $605 million jackpot at the next Powerball drawing on Monday, August 18.

With a Powerball of 23, the winning numbers for the Saturday, August 16 drawing were 23-40-49-65-69.

For the fourteenth time in the game’s history, the anticipated prize will exceed $600 million if there are no winners. The jackpot has a cash value of over $273 million if someone hits all five numbers plus the Powerball.

Officials say lottery players who match all five balls plus the Powerball have a 1 in 292,201,338 chance of winning a Powerball jackpot. Then, prizes can be doubled by the Power Play option and range from $1 million to $4.

Five times, Powerball has had jackpots over $1 billion.