Powerball jackpot grows to $1.1 billion after Saturday drawing ends without a winner

DES MOINES Iowa AP Powerball players will get another chance Monday at a jackpot estimated at over billion after no one won the big prize Saturday night No one has matched all six numbers since May allowing the jackpot to swell to billion which would be the fifth-largest prize in the championship s history Payments would be spread over years or a winner could choose an immediate lump sum of an estimated million again before taxes The odds of matching all six numbers are astronomical in million The likelihood of getting struck by lightning is far greater But with so various people putting down money for a chance at life-changing wealth someone eventually wins The numbers drawn Saturday were and with the Powerball Powerball which costs per ticket is played in states the District of Columbia Puerto Rico and the U S Virgin Islands Drawings are held each week on Monday Wednesday and Saturday nights