The numbers drawn in Monday evening’s Powerball lottery were 19, 24, 40, 42, 56 and the Powerball number was 23. The estimated jackpot is $1 billion, the 11th-largest U.S. lottery jackpot.
The drawing was the 39th since Jan. 1, the last time a ticket with all six numbers was sold.
The odds of matching all five numbers and the Powerball number is 1 in 292.2 million, according to the Multi-State Lottery Association, which conducts the game. The overall chance of winning a prize is 1 in 24.9.
The jackpot is the fifth-largest in the history of the Powerball game which began in 1992. There have been six larger jackpots for the Mega Millions game, which began in 1996 as The Big Game and was given the new name Mega Millions in 2002.
The Powerball game is played in 45 states, the District of Columbia, Puerto Rico and U.S. Virgin Islands.