There was no big winner in Wednesday’s Powerball drawing. The jackpot is now $483 million
After 36 draws with no winner
By Alisha Ebrahimji and Joe Sutton, CNN
There were no winners in the final Powerball drawing of 2021, and the jackpot grew to $483 million, according to the game operator.
The winning numbers Wednesday were 02 – 06 – 09 – 33 – 39 and Powerball 11.
The next drawing will take place place January 1.
It’s been almost three months since someone hit the Powerball jackpot. A single ticket in California raked in a $699.8 million grand prize on October 4. Since then, there have been 37 drawings in a row without a jackpot winner, the game operator said.
While the overall odds of winning a prize are 1 to 24.9, the odds of winning the jackpot are 1 in 292.2 million, according to Powerball.
Powerball holds the world record for largest jackpot. The record $1.586 billion cache was shared in 2016 by winners in California, Florida and Tennessee.
Tickets cost $2, and drawings are each Monday, Wednesday and Saturday at 10:59 p.m. ET.
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