The solitary ticket — unveiled next a delay of much more than a few hours to the drawing — matched all six quantities drawn to acquire the jackpot worthy of $1.326 billion, Powerball claimed in a assertion.

The jackpot has a income price of $621 million if the winner chooses to take a lump sum relatively than an annuity paid over 30 years, with an immediate payout adopted by 29 yearly installments. The prize is matter to federal taxes, even though many states also tax lottery winnings.

The winning numbers drawn early Sunday early morning were being: 22, 27, 44, 52, 69 and the pink Powerball 9.

Until finally the hottest drawing, no just one experienced received Powerball’s prime prize considering the fact that New Year’s Day, amounting to 41 consecutive drawings without the need of a jackpot winner, tying a streak set twice right before in 2022 and 2021.

The $1.326 billion prize ranks as the eighth premier in U.S. lottery heritage. As the prizes improve, the drawings bring in a lot more ticket product sales and the jackpots subsequently turn out to be more durable to hit. The game’s long odds for the weekend drawing were 1 in 292.2 million.

Saturday night’s scheduled drawing was held up and took position in the Florida Lottery studio just just before 2:30 a.m. Sunday to allow one of the organizers to entire demanded strategies ahead of the scheduled time of 10:59 p.m., Powerball mentioned in a assertion.

“Powerball activity regulations involve that each solitary ticket bought nationwide be checked and confirmed towards two distinct pc units before the successful quantities are drawn,” the statement claimed. “This is done to ensure that every ticket offered for the Powerball drawing has been accounted for and has an equivalent opportunity to earn. Tonight, we have 1 jurisdiction that demands further time to finish that pre-draw process.”

Powerball is performed in 45 states in addition Washington, D.C., Puerto Rico and the U.S. Virgin Islands. Powerball officials did not right away say where by the verification problem occurred.

It’s the 2nd time a hold off happened in the drawing for a substantial Powerball jackpot in the past 17 months.

In November 2022, the Powerball drawing for a record $2.04 billion, gained by a one ticket marketed in southern California, was pushed back by almost 10 hrs. The Minnesota Lottery announced later that there was a specialized situation with its two-tiered verification process, which is operated by outside the house vendors.