The New York Lottery today announced that the Powerball jackpot for Wednesday’s January 13^th drawing is now at $1.3 billion dollars. No one matched all six numbers for Saturday’s $947.9M drawing causing the jackpot to roll to an unprecedented $1.3 billion or $806 million in a lump sum.

Saturday’s drawing did produce 25 $1 million dollar second place prize winners with three tickets sold at these locations in New York:

CHEF HONG INC, 56-31 METROPOLITAN AVE, RIDGEWOOD, Queens

MR TOBACCO, 17 SINGER LANE, SMITHTOWN, Suffolk County

STEWART'S SHOPS, 2931 ROUTE 9, VALATIE, Columbia County

“History continues to be made with this massive jackpot. Three Lucky New Yorkers are $1 million richer as the excitement spreads across the country,” said Gardner Gurney, Director of the Division of the Lottery.

This history-making Powerball jackpot has skyrocketed sales statewide to $155.8 million for drawings leading up to and including Saturday’s record jackpot drawing. Since this Powerball jackpot began on November 7, New Yorkers buying Powerball tickets have contributed more than $54.5 million in aid to education.

Wednesday’s drawing will be the biggest Powerball jackpot ever and largest jackpot prize of any lottery game in U.S. history.

If no one matches all five numbers plus the Powerball for Wednesday’s drawing, the jackpot will continue to grow. Tickets cost $2 per game and can be purchased until 10:00 p.m. EST.

Powerball is played in 44 states, Washington, D.C., Puerto Rico and the U.S. Virgin Islands. Prior to this jackpot, the largest Powerball jackpot $590.5 million, won in Florida in May 2013.

Note: National media inquiries regarding Powerball should be directed to Kelly Cripe, Media Relations Director at the Texas Lottery: kelly.cripe@lottery.state.tx.us or at 512-344-5131.

About the New York Lottery

The New York Lottery continues to be North America’s largest and most profitable Lottery, contributing $3.11 billion in fiscal year 2014-2015 to help support education in New York State.  The Lottery’s contribution represents 14 percent of total state education aid to local school districts. 

New York Lottery revenue is distributed to local school districts by the same statutory formula used to distribute other state aid to education.  It takes into account both a school district’s size and its income level; larger, lower-income school districts receive proportionately larger shares of Lottery school funding.