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Powerball jackpot rises to $638M, the 10th-largest prize in game history

Customers stand beneath an enlarged symbolic check for $1.08 billion in Las Palmitas Mini Market on July 20, 2023, in Los Angeles. The lottery game's jackpot prize rose to an estimated $638 million ahead of Monday night's drawing.    (Mario Tama/Getty Images North America/TNS)
By Lana Ferguson The Dallas Morning News

If you’re feeling lucky, today may be the day to purchase a Powerball ticket.

The lottery game’s jackpot prize rose to an estimated $638 million ahead of Monday night’s drawing. The cash value is about $304.2, million, according to a Powerball news release.

This prize is the 10th largest in game history.

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 current top-10 prizes on record.

The July record-setting jackpot was the last time the jackpot was won. Since then, there’s been 25 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 9:59 p.m. Mondays, Wednesdays and Saturdays, according to a Powerball news release.