Powerball outcomes for $2.04 billion jackpot after drawing delay

The drawing for a document Powerball jackpot topping $2.04 billion was held Tuesday morning after a delay due to points with only one state processing ticket gross sales. The headline prize climbed past its earlier $1.9 billion estimate.

The profitable numbers had been white balls 10, 33, 41, 47, 56 and purple Powerball 10. The Energy Play multiplier was 2X.

The drawing on the Florida Lottery studio in Tallahassee, at 8:57 a.m. ET, got here after a delay of greater than 10 hours. 

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Powerball’s newest drawing had been scheduled for late Monday evening. However that was delayed due to the issues in a single state, which was not recognized by the Multi-State Lottery Affiliation.

In a press release Tuesday morning earlier than the draw occurred, the affiliation mentioned, “At the moment, one collaborating lottery remains to be processing its gross sales and play knowledge.”

“Powerball requires all 48 collaborating lotteries to submit their gross sales and play knowledge previous to the profitable numbers being chosen. As soon as Powerball receives the excellent submission, the drawing can proceed,” the group mentioned.

“Because of the size of the draw delay, it’s probably that we’ll not know the official outcomes of the Powerball drawing till Tuesday morning,” the assertion mentioned.

“Gamers ought to maintain onto their tickets.”

In the meantime, the official Powerball web site had featured the discover: “Outcomes Pending.”

If somebody received the drawing, the money payout of the jackpot — the biggest ever in lottery historical past — the money payout would prime $929 million earlier than taxes.

The final profitable ticket in a Powerball drawing was Aug. 3, for a jackpot of almost $207 million. There have been three drawings per week since then.