Powerball Delays Record-Breaking $1.9-B Draw

The Powerball drawing was delayed Monday and it’s likely that the official results won’t be known until later Tuesday (Wednesday, Nov. 9, 2022, in Manila), the Multi-State Lottery Association said.

Photo Insert: "Powerball requires all 48 participating lotteries to submit their sales and play data prior to the winning numbers being selected. Once Powerball receives the outstanding submission, the drawing can proceed,” said the lottery.

The record-breaking $1.9 billion Powerball drawing was delayed because a participating lottery had issues processing sales, officials said, Shamelka Dudley-Lowe and Scott McFetridge reported for the Associated Press (AP).

"Powerball requires all 48 participating lotteries to submit their sales and play data prior to the winning numbers being selected. Once Powerball receives the outstanding submission, the drawing can proceed,” the lottery said in a statement to AP.

Nearly three hours after the scheduled 10:59 p.m. EST drawing, the association told the AP: “It’s against our policy to name the lottery that is experiencing the delay.”

The winning numbers and recorded video of the drawing will be posted to the Powerball website and YouTube channel. Players should hold onto their tickets, the statement said.

The jackpot is nearly $400 million larger than the previous record jackpot and will keep growing until someone wins the prize.

Only four previous jackpots have topped $1 billion, but none of those are close to the current prize, which started at $20 million back on Aug. 6 and over three winless months has grown ever more massive. No one has won the jackpot since Aug. 3.

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