Winning Powerball numbers announced for estimated $1.14 billion jackpot

The winning numbers for Monday's estimated $1.14 cardinal Powerball jackpot person been drawn. They are 23, 35, 59, 63 and 68 with a Powerball of 2.

Monday's jackpot is the sixth-largest successful the past of Powerball, aft cipher won Saturday night's $1 cardinal drawing. It's besides the 2nd clip this twelvemonth the Powerball Jackpot has reached $1 billion. 

To triumph the expansive prize, a summons indispensable lucifer the 5 achromatic balls pulled during the drafting arsenic good arsenic the reddish Powerball. The imaginable victor oregon winners volition get to take betwixt the estimated $1.14 cardinal jackpot paid retired successful an annuity oregon arsenic an up-front lump-sum outgo estimated astatine $503.4 million, some earlier taxes.

It was not instantly known if determination were immoderate winners of Monday's jackpot. 

Powerball tickets are $2 each and are sold successful 45 states, the District of Columbia, Puerto Rico and the U.S. Virgin Islands.   

While cipher won the jackpot implicit the weekend, 5 tickets claimed $1 cardinal prizes by matching each 5 achromatic balls, and 2 different tickets each earned a $2 cardinal payday by again matching each 5 achromatic balls aft having bought the Power Play bonus for an further $1.

In September, a $1.787 cardinal Powerball jackpot was split between 2 tickets purchased successful Missouri and Texas.

The odds of winning the Powerball jackpot are highly low, with changes to the crippled made a decennary agone further decreasing the likelihood of winning the expansive prize. 

Powerball accrued the fig of achromatic balls from 59 to 69 successful 2015, portion the fig of reddish balls decreased from 35 to 26. The Multi-State Lottery Association said the jackpot likelihood became steeper aft the redesign, shifting from 1 successful 175.2 cardinal to 1 successful 292.2 million. The wide likelihood of winning immoderate prize improved aft the changes, from 1 successful 31.85 to 1 successful 24.9, according to the association.