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Powerball players in Missouri and Texas hold two winning tickets for the nearly $1.8 billion jackpot on Sunday, ending the lottery game's three-month drought without a big winner.

The winning numbers the latest Powerball jackpot — the game's second-largest prize ever, at a final total of $1.787 billion — are 11, 23, 44, 61, 62 with a Powerball of 17. Saturday's jackpot has a cash value of $820.6 million, or $410.3 million for each winning ticket holder, . 

The winning ticket in Texas was sold at a gas station-convenience store in Fredericksburg, according to the Texas Lottery.

The top prize had climbed after no winning tickets were sold for . There have been six jackpots of more than $1 billion in Powerball's 33-year history.

"We encourage everyone to play responsibly and take pride in knowing that every $2 ticket also helps support good causes in their community," said Matt Strawn, Powerball Product Group Chair and Iowa Lottery CEO.

Jackpots rise as more and more tickets are sold as drawings approach.

A single jackpot winner would of taking a lump sum payment estimated at $826.4 million or opting for a payout via an annuity, which would consist of one immediate payment followed by 29 annual payments that increase by 5% each year. 

No one had won Powerball's jackpot since May 31, when a single ticket claimed a $204.5 million jackpot with a cash value of $91.6 million. So far this year, the jackpot has been hit four other times.

The are 1 in 292.2 million, according to Powerball. Drawings take place every Monday, Wednesday and Saturday at 11 p.m. ET.

In 2022, a single ticket sold in Altadena, California, claimed a $2.04 billion jackpot, the . The first Powerball drawing was in 1992.

Powerball tickets are sold in 45 states, the District of Columbia, Puerto Rico and the U.S. Virgin Islands, and cost $2 each.