Numbers drawn for $960 million Powerball jackpot after months without a big winner

LOUISVILLE, Ky. (WDRB) -- Check your tickets! Numbers have been drawn for Saturday's estimated $960 million Powerball jackpot.

Here are the numbers: 19, 30, 37, 44, 46, with a Powerball of 22 and a Power Play of 2X.

The estimated $960 million prize is the world's ninth-largest lottery jackpot, behind earlier Powerball and Mega Millions prizes that all topped $1 billion.

The jackpot has grown so large because there have been 30 consecutive drawings without a big winner, dating back to July 19.

According to the Kentucky Lottery website, there hasn't been a big jackpot collected in Kentucky since there were two in 2010.

In Jan. 2010, a Georgetown couple, Rob and Tuesday Anderson, won after a clerk at the Pro Stop Marathon incorrectly printed a Powerball ticket for Rob on Christmas Eve 2009. The mistake ticket ended up hitting the game’s $128.6 million jackpot.

In Dec. 2010, Knott County native and Louisville resident Muncie Meade won the Powerball worth $19.12 million.

There are nine ways to win the Powerball:

Match 5 + Powerball = $680 million jackpot
Match 5 + No Match = $1,000,000
Match 4 + Powerball = $50,000
Match 4 + No Match = $100
Match 3 + Powerball = $100
Match 3 + No Match = $7
Match 2 + Powerball = $7
Match 1 + Powerball = $4
No Match + Powerball = $4

Powerball's terrible odds of 1 in 292.2 million are designed to generate big jackpots, with prizes becoming ever larger as they repeatedly roll over when no one wins.

The largest jackpot was a $2.04 billion Powerball prize hit by a player in California in November 2022.

In most states, a Powerball ticket costs $2 and players can select their own numbers or leave that task to a computer.

The $850 million jackpot is for a sole winner who opts for payment through an annuity, doled out over 30 years. Winners almost always take the cash option, which for Wednesday night's drawing would be an estimated $397.4 million.

Those winnings would be subject to federal taxes, and many states also tax lottery winnings.

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