(WWJ) -- The Powerball jackpot has climbed to more than half a billion dollars after there were no winners during Saturday night’s drawing.
As a result, the payout for Monday night’s drawing will soar to an estimated $522 million, with a cash option of $371.5 million.
No one has hit the Powerball jackpot since Oct. 4 when a lottery player in California won nearly $700 million.
The record for the biggest Powerball jackpot was in 2016, when a lucky winner scored a massive prize of $1.5863 billion. Notably, a Mega Millions record was broken a year ago when an Oakland County lottery club claimed a jackpot that was worth just over $1 billion.
Tonight’s Powerball drawing is set for 11 p.m.
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However, there are four new millionaires out there from the latest drawings. Tickets sold in Arizona, California, Florida and Maryland matched all five white balls to win a second-tier prize. The ticket sold in Maryland also had the Powerplay to win $2 million.