The Powerball jackpot has climbed to an estimated $930 million \u2014 the seventh-largest jackpot in Powerball history \u2014 after no one won the grand prize on Monday night.<\/p>\n
That means there\u2019s still a chance \u2014 one in about 292 million \u2014 that someone could take home the jackpot after Wednesday’s drawing. Unfortunately, a person is more likely to get eaten by a shark<\/a> or win an Olympic medal than win the Powerball jackpot. But, hey, you never know.<\/p>\n If there’s a winner from Wednesday night’s drawing, they can choose between a $930 million prize paid out in yearly payments or one big payment estimated at $429 million. Both amounts are before taxes.<\/p>\n The drawing of the numbers is held live every Monday, Wednesday and Saturday at 10:59 p.m. ET. Sales cut-off times before the drawing vary by one to two hours, depending on the location. You can watch the drawings here<\/a>.<\/p>\n I need to check my Powerball numbers. What are Monday\u2019s winning numbers?<\/p>\n The winning Powerball numbers<\/a> for Monday, Dec. 8, were 8-32-52-56-64, and the Powerball was 23.<\/p>\n The Power Play multiplier was 2X.<\/p>\n That\u2019s a lot of numbers. How do you win?<\/p>\n In order to win the grand prize jackpot, you have to match the numbers of all five white balls (in any order) and the red Powerball number in a given play line. You cannot crisscross play lines or combine numbers from other tickets. Jackpot winners can choose to receive the winnings in 30 yearly payments or as a one-time lump-sum payment. Both are subject to federal and jurisdictional taxes.<\/p>\n If players don\u2019t match all six numbers, there are still eight other ways they can win a monetary prize with a combination of matching some white ball numbers alone, or with the red Powerball number visualized here<\/a>.<\/p>\n People also have the option to add a \u201cPower Play\u201d for $1 per play line. This can multiply non-jackpot prizes by 2, 3, 4, 5 or 10 times. The multiplier amount is drawn and announced during the Powerball drawing. For example,\u00a0 one lucky winner on Monday<\/a> won a $1 million prize for matching five of the white ball numbers.<\/p>\n If there are no grand prize winners, the prize will continue to increase.<\/p>\n How many Powerball grand prize winners have there been this year?<\/p>\n