The Powerball jackpot drawn the winning numbers for $1.3 billion jackpot

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The Powerball drew the numbers for a huge lottery amount, an estimated $1.3 billion jackpot, on early morning Sunday after delay for more than 3 hours

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The numbers drawn for the Powerball jackpot were 22, 27, 44, 52, 69 and The Powerball number 9.

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The Powerball delayed the numbers drawing for a few hours with said “one participating lottery that needs additional time to complete required pre-draw procedures.”

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“Powerball game rules require that every single ticket sold nationwide be checked and verified against two different computer systems before the winning numbers are drawn.

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The Powerball jackpot has been raised to an estimated $1.3 billion ahead of Saturday night's drawing as no one won the Jackpot .

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Since 1 January no one has won the Powerball jackpot when tickets were sold in Michigan and claimed an approximate $842.4 million jackpot.

On 1st January a ticket was sold in Michigan and claimed an $ 842.4 million jackpot. Since then 40 consecutive drawings have gone without a jackpot winner as per Powerball Jackpot.

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This is the 8th largest US lottery jackpot and its ranking over the last Mega Millions jackpot with $ 1.13 billion was won last week in New Jersey.

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The Powerball Jackpot Numbers Drawn after few hours of delay