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Winning numbers picked for $2.04B Powerball

Winning numbers picked for $2.04B Powerball

Newslooks- DES MOINES, Iowa (AP)

The numbers for a record-breaking $2.04 billion Powerball jackpot have been drawn following a delay and players were awaiting the announcement of a possible winner.

The numbers for the drawing held in Tallahassee, Florida, were: white balls 10, 33, 41, 47 and 56, and the red Powerball was 10.

A woman enters a convenience store near a vending machine that sells tickets for the Monday Powerball drawing with an annuity value of at least $1.9 billion, Monday, Nov. 7, 2022, in Renfrew, Pa. (AP Photo/Keith Srakocic)

The Multi-State Lottery Association says Monday night’s Powerball drawing was delayed until Tuesday morning because a participating lottery had issues processing sales. The association said it was against its policy to say which lottery had the delay.

Dressed as Lotto balls, California Lottery employees Marina Maldonado, right, and Liza Solis, left, dance past people waiting to buy Powerball tickets at Lichine’s Liquor & Deli in Sacramento, Calif., Nov. 7, 2022. Monday night’s drawing is estimated an estimated to be a record $1.9 billion. (AP Photo/Rich Pedroncelli)

The jackpot was reported as an estimated $1.9 billion on Monday, but was $2.04 billion Tuesday morning after updated calculations.

It wasn’t immediately known whether any jackpot-winning tickets were sold, but word of that was expected to be announced later in the day.

THIS IS A BREAKING NEWS UPDATE. AP’s earlier story follows below.

Kimberly Fong, left and Lino Soto, right, wait in line to buy Powerball tickets at Lichine’s Liquor & Deli in Sacramento, Calif., Nov. 7, 2022. Monday night’s drawing is estimated an estimated to be a record $1.9 billion. (AP Photo/Rich Pedroncelli)

DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — The record-breaking $1.9 billion Powerball drawing was delayed because a participating lottery had issues processing sales and it’s likely that the results won’t be known until later Tuesday, officials said.

“Powerball requires all 48 participating lotteries to submit their sales and play data prior to the winning numbers being selected. Once Powerball receives the outstanding submission, the drawing can proceed,” the Multi-State Lottery Association said in a statement.

Past winning lottery tickets decorate the interior of Wo Won Mini market, one of California Lottery’s Lucky Retailers, in the Chinatown district of Los Angeles, Monday, Nov. 7, 2022. Monday night’s estimated $1.9 billion Powerball jackpot is nearly $400 million larger than the previous record jackpot. (AP Photo/Damian Dovarganes)

Nearly three hours after the scheduled 10:59 p.m. EST Monday drawing, the association told The Associated Press: “It’s against our policy to name the lottery that is experiencing the delay.” On Tuesday morning, the association said in a new statement that Powerball was “in communication with the lottery throughout the night as it works to resolve the issue.”

“Like the rest of America, Powerball is eager to hold its drawing for the world record jackpot, however, protecting the integrity of the draw is of upmost importance, even if that means a further delay,” the statement said.

Madeline Copper, second from right, and her granddaughter, Lay-Lonnie, 5, stand in line to buy Powerball lottery tickets at the Wo Won Mini market in the Chinatown district of Los Angeles, Monday, Nov. 7, 2022. Monday night’s estimated $1.9 billion Powerball jackpot is nearly $400 million larger than the previous record jackpot. (AP Photo/Damian Dovarganes)

The winning numbers and recorded video of the drawing will be posted to the Powerball website and YouTube channel. Players should hold onto their tickets, the statement said.

The jackpot is nearly $400 million larger than the previous record jackpot and will keep growing until someone wins the prize. Only four previous jackpots have topped $1 billion, but none of those are close to the current prize, which started at $20 million back on Aug. 6 and over three winless months has grown ever more massive. No one has won the jackpot since Aug. 3.

Customers lineup to purchase Powerball lottery tickets at a Bedford–Stuyvesant grocery store, Monday, Nov. 7, 2022, in the Brooklyn borough of New York. The jackpot is at $1.9 billion for Monday’s drawing. (AP Photo/Bebeto Matthews)

A winner who chooses an annuity, paid annually over 29 years, would get the estimated $1.9 billion payout. Nearly all winners instead opt for cash, which for Monday’s drawing would be $929.1 million.

Even as more people attracted by the giant prize drop $2 on a Powerball ticket, the game’s ultra-long odds of 1 in 292.2 million means there still is a good chance that another drawing will pass without anyone winning the grand prize. That would push the jackpot for Wednesday’s drawing to more than $2 billion.

Della Reminar, right, and Crystal Baptiste try to get the ticket machine to scan a card for personal selection numbers for a ticket for the Monday Powerball drawing with an annuity value of at least $1.9 billion, Monday, Nov. 7, 2022, at a convenience store in Renfrew, Pa. (AP Photo/Keith Srakocic)

Those who spend $2 on a Powerball ticket might wonder if something is wrong when 40 drawings pass without a jackpot winner, but this is how the game is designed. It’s unlikely anyone will win the prize until a growing jackpot attracts more players. And more ticket sales mean the lottery can raise more money for public programs, which is the point of the state lotteries.

People line up to buy tickets for the Monday Powerball drawing with an annuity value of at least $1.9 billion, Monday, Nov. 7, 2022, at a convenience store in Renfrew, Pa. (AP Photo/Keith Srakocic)

Still, it has been an awful long time without a jackpot, and if there isn’t a winner some time Tuesday now because of the delay, a record will have been reached: 41 draws without anyone matching all six numbers.

The game is played in 45 states, as well as Washington, D.C., Puerto Rico and the U.S. Virgin Islands.

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