No winners for Powerball jackpot, grand prize tops $1B

Mike Gallagher

Jan 10, 2016 - 02:06

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No winners for Powerball jackpot, grand prize tops $1B

Momtaz Parvin pulls Powerball lottery ticket from the printer at her store in Oklahoma City, Friday, Jan. 8, 2016, as the multi-state jackpot reaches $800 million. With ticket sales doubling previous records, the odds are growing that someone will win Sat

A drawing Saturday night for a $900 million Powerball jackpot once again yielded no grand prize winners, lottery officials confirmed early Sunday moing.

The announcement meant the prize - already the largest lottery jackpot in U.S. history - would only grow. Early Sunday moing the Multi-State Lottery Association estimated the jackpot would be worth at least $1.3 billion.

Players in Connecticut and Texas won $2 million each, according to the Multi-State Lottery Association. Meanwhile, players in 14 states won $1 million each.

Officials estimated shops nationwide sold $277 million worth of lottery tickets Friday and $400 million Saturday.

The current record for highest jackpot was set in 2013 when a Florida woman won $590.5 million playing Powerball.

The winning numbers were selected Saturday night.

They are 32-16-19-57-34 with a Powerball of 13.