No One Matches Winning Numbers in Jan. 9 Powerball Lottery; Jackpot Soars Past $1 Billion

Did someone win the largest jackpot in U.S. history in Saturday night’s Powerball lottery? No, Powerball announced early Sunday morning.

No one matched the Jan. 9 winning numbers: 32 - 16 - 19 - 57 - 34 and the Powerball number 13.

By the time the lottery numbers were drawn, the jackpot had grown to $949 million Saturday night. The cash payout would have been more than $560 million. With no matches, the record-setting jackpot will surpass $1 billion. Lottery watchers expect the pot to reach at least $1.3 billion, with an $806 million cash payout.

What time is the next drawing? The next Powerball drawing will take place Wednesday, Jan. 13, at 9:59 p.m. Central time.

Friday and Saturday saw a huge surge of interest in the Powerball, as the pot quickly climbed in value, reaching $949 million late Saturday.

The jackpot started at $40 million on Nov. 4. The payout is based on sales, and ticket sales have increased as the pot has grown. Interest in buying Powerball lottery tickets was so intense in Illinois, the Illinois Lottery Powerball website page crashed around 7 p.m., and the state’s smartphone app also got hung up. As of 11 p.m., the website page had yet to recover.

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Illinois residents, 18 and over, can play Powerball and all of the Illinois Lottery’s draw-based games by using the Illinois Lottery’s mobile app. The free app (the first of its kind in the United States) is available for download on iOS and Android devices and offers any Illinois adult the chance to purchase lottery tickets on their smartphone. Players can also purchase their tickets online at illinoislottery.com or at more than 8,000 retailers statewide.

The average spend on lottery tickets in Illinois was $217.94 per person in 2014. (South Dakota residents spent $751.34 per person.)

CNN explains the tax implications of winning the big prize:

Lottery winnings are taxed like income, and the IRS taxes the top income bracket 39.6%. The government will withhold 25% of that before the money ever gets to the winner. The rest has to be paid at tax time.

Then there are local taxes. Of the 44 U.S. states that participate in Powerball, all but a handful will take an additional cut of the money, according to lottery statistics site USA Mega.