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Omaha Steve

(107,016 posts) Tue Sep 2, 2025, 08:57 AM Sep 2

Powerball jackpot rises to an estimated $1.3 billion after no winning ticket sold

Source: AP

Updated 1:44 AM CDT, September 2, 2025

DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — The Powerball jackpot rose to an estimated $1.3 billion Monday night after the winning numbers failed to appear.

The numbers drawn were 8, 23, 25, 40, 53 with the Powerball 5.

No one has matched all six numbers since May 31, allowing the jackpot to swell to $1.3 billion, which would be the fifth-largest prize in the game’s history if there is a winner in the drawing Wednesday night.

As ticket sales climbed during the past week, game officials raised the estimated Monday night jackpot to $1.1 billion before taxes.

Read more: https://apnews.com/article/powerball-jackpot-drawing-billion-95539223d7f227cb314c256c72f67932

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Powerball jackpot rises to an estimated $1.3 billion after no winning ticket sold (Original Post) Omaha Steve Sep 2 OP

when is next draw? should I play? bucolic_frolic Sep 2 #1

Buy and fund a public hospital? Build a public housing project? LiberalArkie Sep 2 #2

yeah, philanthropy is all there is bucolic_frolic Sep 2 #4

I am going to pick up one today also LiberalArkie Sep 2 #5

I'd eat like a champion, and sleep like a baby Polybius Sep 3 #11

I'd buy media... Chemical Bill Sep 3 #14

Not the answer we were looking for. twodogsbarking Sep 2 #3

Lol, we all have different needs Polybius Sep 3 #12

I was at a charity run this weekend and overheard several people talking about taxes on the payout. Probatim Sep 2 #6

I always get irate when I hear that. mercuryblues Sep 2 #7

Not just that - they have less than a snowball's chance in hell of winning and they're still upset about taxes. Probatim Sep 3 #8

If they're that angry over paying those taxes then give the ticket to me.... Bengus81 Sep 3 #9

Yeah...because stories about how lives weren't ruined by winning is boring Bengus81 Sep 3 #10

I knew a guy... Chemical Bill Sep 3 #15

more like 37% RussBLib Sep 3 #13

I read that the winning numbers for tonight, Wednesday, tavernier Sep 3 #16

bucolic_frolic

(52,392 posts)

1. when is next draw? should I play?

Reply to Omaha Steve (Original post)

Tue Sep 2, 2025, 09:17 AM

Sep 2

What good is 1.1 billion dollars? Everyone would be after you. Taxes and CFP's would never quit. A million I could fathom. But $1.1 billion won't enable me to eat more. The world will still have the same problems.

LiberalArkie

(18,931 posts)

2. Buy and fund a public hospital? Build a public housing project?

Reply to bucolic_frolic (Reply #1)

Tue Sep 2, 2025, 09:47 AM

Sep 2

bucolic_frolic

(52,392 posts)

4. yeah, philanthropy is all there is

Reply to LiberalArkie (Reply #2)

Tue Sep 2, 2025, 10:05 AM

Sep 2

i might play. haven't played in years. at one time always played the same 1 set of numbers. time to dust them off and tempt destiny.

Wish me luck. DU T-shirts for all!

LiberalArkie

(18,931 posts)

5. I am going to pick up one today also

Reply to bucolic_frolic (Reply #4)

Tue Sep 2, 2025, 10:53 AM

Sep 2

Polybius

(20,858 posts)

11. I'd eat like a champion, and sleep like a baby

Reply to bucolic_frolic (Reply #1)

Wed Sep 3, 2025, 08:54 PM

Sep 3

Chemical Bill

(2,914 posts)

14. I'd buy media...

Reply to bucolic_frolic (Reply #1)

Wed Sep 3, 2025, 10:00 PM

Sep 3

And actually tell the truth.

twodogsbarking

(15,741 posts)

3. Not the answer we were looking for.

Reply to Omaha Steve (Original post)

Tue Sep 2, 2025, 09:58 AM

Sep 2

https://www.instagram.com/reel/C_Ykq3PuGrw/?hl=en

Polybius

(20,858 posts)

12. Lol, we all have different needs

Reply to twodogsbarking (Reply #3)

Wed Sep 3, 2025, 08:59 PM

Sep 3

Mine would be a Victorian mansion with an arcade and a vintage computer room, a few hypercars, and a supermodel wife that's half my age.

Probatim

(3,182 posts)

6. I was at a charity run this weekend and overheard several people talking about taxes on the payout.

Reply to Omaha Steve (Original post)

Tue Sep 2, 2025, 02:55 PM

Sep 2

Everyone was angry that they'd have to give up over half in taxes if they won.

Then they moved on to the stories of how others ruined their lives after winning a big payout.

Lots of emotions covered in that group conversation.

mercuryblues

(15,855 posts)

7. I always get irate when I hear that.

Reply to Probatim (Reply #6)

Tue Sep 2, 2025, 03:14 PM

Sep 2

Hell, 500 million+ just dropped in their lap, be happy. Seriously the things people get angry about.

Probatim

(3,182 posts)

8. Not just that - they have less than a snowball's chance in hell of winning and they're still upset about taxes.

Reply to mercuryblues (Reply #7)

Wed Sep 3, 2025, 03:39 PM

Sep 3

Bengus81

(9,353 posts)

9. If they're that angry over paying those taxes then give the ticket to me....

Reply to Probatim (Reply #6)

Wed Sep 3, 2025, 05:57 PM

Sep 3

Bengus81

(9,353 posts)

10. Yeah...because stories about how lives weren't ruined by winning is boring

Reply to Probatim (Reply #6)

Wed Sep 3, 2025, 05:59 PM

Sep 3

So they run those "ruined lives" segments over and over. Have for decades....

Chemical Bill

(2,914 posts)

15. I knew a guy...

Reply to Bengus81 (Reply #10)

Wed Sep 3, 2025, 10:07 PM

Sep 3

Actually his mother won. They set up a trust, and the extended family has gotten an income ever since. The only way his life was ruined was people wanted to talk to him when he went out in town. I never got to talk to him after he won, because people gathered all around. Great guy....

RussBLib

(10,143 posts)

13. more like 37%

Reply to Probatim (Reply #6)

Wed Sep 3, 2025, 09:27 PM

Sep 3

...not "over half" in taxes.

tavernier

(13,935 posts)

16. I read that the winning numbers for tonight, Wednesday,

Reply to Omaha Steve (Original post)

Wed Sep 3, 2025, 11:55 PM

Sep 3

were sold in New Orleans.

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