The Powerball jackpot has ballooned to more than $1 billion for the second time this year.
The lottery game prize rose to an estimated $1.04 billion ahead of Monday night’s drawing. The cash value is about $478.2 million, according to a Powerball news release.
This prize is the fourth-largest in game history, about $400,000 behind the third-largest jackpot record that was set a few months ago.
There have been two large Powerball jackpots won this year, including a $754.6 million prize in February and a $1.08 billion prize in July. No Texan has won any of the top-10 prizes on record.
The July jackpot was the last time the top prize was won. Since then, there have been 32 drawings without a winner.
The odds of winning the jackpot are 1 in 292.2 million, while the odds of winning any sort of prize are 1 in 24.9.
Drawings are at 9:59 p.m. Mondays, Wednesdays and Saturdays.
