Lottery players looking to get rich quick were on the edge of their seats Wednesday night as the numbers were drawn for the astounding $1.2 billion Powerball jackpot.
The Powerball jackpot for Saturday, Nov. 5 will be an estimated $1.5 billion.
The winning numbers were 2, 11, 22, 35 and 60. The Powerball was 23.
Nobody won the jackpot, but some lucky players won $2 million and $1 million prizes.
Ticket holders in New Jersey, Arizona and Montana hit all five numbers, plus a two-times multiplier for $2 million.
Players in 12 states, including New York, New Jersey, California and North Carolina, won $1 million by matching all five numbers without the multiplier.
Wednesday’s jackpot, a cash value of $596.7 million, was the second-largest sum of money in Powerball history and the largest prize in more than six years.
The winning numbers for the major $1.2 billion Powerball jackpot were 2, 11, 22, 35 and 60, with the Powerball being 23. AP
The $1.2 billion Powerball jackpot is the second-largest sum of money in Powerball history. REUTERSThe next jackpot for Saturday’s drawing is expected to be a whopping $1.5 billion.
There have been 39 consecutive drawings without a grand prize winner since early August.
However, some lucky people won smaller prizes in Monday’s Halloween drawing. There were 5.4 million winning tickets for a total of $59.5 million in prizes.
Ticket-holders in New York, California, Florida, Indiana, Michigan, Ohio and Texas won one million bucks by matching all five white balls on Monday.
The odds of winning the second-largest jackpot at 1.2 billion are one in 292.2 million. APThe odds of winning the jackpot are one in 292.2 million.
The largest Powerball prize ever won — $1.586 billion — was set in 2016
The next Powerball drawing is on Saturday night.



