Powerball jackpot rises to $526 million after no top winner

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Wednesday, January 25, 2023
Powerball jackpot rises to $526 million
The top prize has an estimated cash value of $284 million. Shirleen Allicot reports.

NEW YORK (WABC) -- The Powerball jackpot has risen to $526 million for Wednesday night's drawing after no one matched all six numbers.

That is an estimated cash value of $284 million.

Here are Monday's winning numbers: 47, 60, 31, 58, 12 with a Powerball of 23.

The rising total comes on the heels of a lucky player in Maine who recently won the $1.35 billion Mega Millions jackpot. That was the second-largest jackpot in the history of the game.

Here is a look at the 10 largest U.S. jackpots that have been won and the states where the winning tickets were sold:

1. $2.04 billion, Powerball, Nov. 8, 2022 (one ticket, from California)

2. $1.586 billion, Powerball, Jan. 13, 2016 (three tickets, from California, Florida, Tennessee)

3. $1.537 billion, Mega Millions, Oct. 23, 2018 (one ticket, from South Carolina)

4. $1.35 billion, Mega Millions, Jan. 13, 2023 (one ticket from Maine)

5. $1.337 billion, Mega Millions, July 29, 2022 (one ticket, from Illinois)

6. $1.05 billion, Mega Millions, Jan. 22, 2021 (one ticket, from Michigan)

7. $768.4 million, Powerball, March 27, 2019 (one ticket, from Wisconsin)

8. $758.7 million, Powerball, Aug. 23, 2017 (one ticket, from Massachusetts)

9. $731.1 million, Powerball, Jan. 20, 2021 (one ticket, from Maryland)

10. $699.8 million, Powerball, Oct. 4, 2021 (one ticket, from California)

WATCH: New York state lottery drawings live daily at 2:30 p.m. and 10:30 p.m. and Wednesdays and Saturdays at 8:15 p.m.

Powerball drawings are also streamed here on Monday, Wednesday, and Saturday at 10:59 p.m.

Mega Millions drawings are streamed on Tuesday and Friday at 11:00 p.m.

ALSO READ | Woman pleads guilty to stealing cousin's $1 million New York State Lottery jackpot

The Nassau County DA says the victim won a $1 million prize on a scratch-off ticket in 2020.

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