First Texas Powerball jackpot winner of 2026 to split $20M grand prize with Florida winner<\/a><\/p>\nWhat changes are being made to Powerball?<\/p>\n
Adding the UK National Lottery means that now, 49 lotteries will pool their funds for the Powerball jackpot. But the benefits of each ticket sale will remain local, with over half of each ticket sold remaining in the jurisdiction it was purchased in, the announcement said.<\/p>\n
Tickets bought in the UK will not contribute to lower-tier U.S. prizes. Instead, UK players have a separate structure for low-tier prizes. The UK jackpot is advertised in pounds post-tax while the U.S. jackpot is advertised in U.S. dollars pre-tax, according to the Powerball website.\u00a0<\/p>\n
UK winners do not receive a one-time cash option, like in the U.S. Instead, the UK National Lottery will pay the jackpot over 30 years.<\/p>\n
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\u201cJust as importantly, this expansion does not change where the money goes,\u201d Paul wrote. \u201cEvery Powerball ticket sold in the U.S. will continue to support programs and services right here at home.\u201d<\/p>\n
Powerball first began drawing in 1992 and has since expanded to 48 U.S. lotteries; most recently, the Mississippi Lottery in 2020. The U.S. Virgin Islands and Puerto Rico are also included, according to the\u00a0Powerball website.<\/p>\n
How does the Powerball work?<\/p>\n
Powerball drawings are held every Monday, Wednesday and Saturday at 9:59 p.m., according to the Powerball website. Players choose five white ball numbers from 1 to 69 and one red Powerball number from 1 to 26.<\/p>\n
The UK National Lottery operates under the same security standards and compliance reviews as U.S. lotteries \u201cto ensure the integrity and security of the game,\u201d according to the release.<\/p>\n
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Is Powerball going to increase in price?<\/p>\n
Powerball tickets are $2 each. The ticket price will not change, the release said.<\/p>\n
Did anyone win the Powerball jackpot Wednesday night?<\/p>\n
The Powerball jackpot is at an estimated $600 million after no players won the grand prize in the drawing on Wednesday. The jackpot has an estimated cash value of $266.4 million and will increase each night it remains unclaimed.<\/p>\n
How will the expansion affect Powerball jackpot chances?<\/p>\n
Powerball jackpot chances will not change, the release said.\u00a0<\/p>\n
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Number ranges and selections from each drawing will remain the same, so Powerball said players will have the same odds of winning the jackpot as well as lower-tier prizes.<\/p>\n
Overall odds of winning a prize sit at 1 in 24.9, the release said. Jackpot odds are 1 in 292.2 million.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Powerball drawings are held every Monday, Wednesday and Saturday at 9:59 p.m., according to the Powerball website. Houston…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":357707,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[27,29,28],"class_list":["post-384284","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-texas","tag-texas","tag-texas-headlines","tag-texas-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/384284","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=384284"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/384284\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/357707"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=384284"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=384284"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=384284"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}