The winner of the $635 million Powerball jackpot is nobody

By : ujikiu / On : 14/04/2022

(CNN) -- Saturday's estimated $635 million Powerball drawing had no winner, an official with the Multi-State Lotteries Association (MUSL) confirmed to CNN.

The unlucky numbers were 28-38-42-47-52 and the Powerball was 1.

The next drawing is this Monday night.

"There was no jackpot winner, so the jackpot is up to $670 million (cash value $474.8 million) for Monday's drawing," MUSL spokeswoman Anna Domoto said. in an email.

Saturday's drawing had the 10th largest jackpot in US lottery history and the sixth largest in Powerball history, it was reported Friday.

The jackpot was last won in June and has since grown for four months, according to Powerball. The cash value of a winning ticket for Saturday's drawing would have been $450 million.

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El ganador del premio mayor de Powerball de US$ 635 millones es nadie

"When the jackpot reaches this level, we have more players participating in the game, so we are continually reviewing ticket sales to provide an updated estimate of the jackpot," said May Scheve Reardon, group president of Powerball Products and executive director of the Missouri Lottery, in a statement.

The record for the largest jackpot in US lottery history is just north of $1.5 billion.

A $1.586 million Powerball prize was split among three winners in January 2016.

A $1.537 billion Mega Millions prize in October 2018 was claimed anonymously by a South Carolina resident.

CNN's Steve Almasy, Gregory Lemos and Alta Spells contributed to this report.

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